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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 708: BLACKS RISING: STRUGGLES FOR A JUST ORDER The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka #PambazukaNews Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Letters & Opinions, 5. Jobs /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features THE CUBAN OPENING AND THE STRUGGLES FOR A NEW SOCIAL ORDER Horace G. Campbell The eminent Africanist revolutionary Amilcar Cabral declared that: 'no power in the world will be able to destroy this Cuban Revolution.' America's recent decision to resume relations with Cuba proves Empire's failure to destroy the Revolution. But Cubans must now guard against a capitalist onslaught. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93677 ****** CUBAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON CUBA-US RELATIONS Raul Castro Cruz 2014 ended on a happy note for the Cuban people following the release of their three compatriots who were held unjustly by the US and the announcement of improved relations between the two nations. In this address to the nation, the Cuban president expresses his view of these developments. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93669 ****** #BLACKLIVESMATTER: FROM MARIKANA TO FERGUSON Benjamin Woods The protest movement arising from Ferguson has captured the world's attention, heralding a new generation of radical Black organizers. A similar scenario is unfolding in South Africa. This movement needs support. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93680 ****** HAPPY NEW YEAR BLACK AMERICA! Imruh Bakari The recent bitter spat between hip-hop artists Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks over alleged identity theft reveals the commodification, capitalization and appropriation of Black identity, within a Western culture of violent and obfuscated race relations. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93678 ****** VS NAIPAUL AND AFRICA Lansana Gberie Acclaimed writer and Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul has spent much time traveling in and writing about Africa. But his views of the continent are ignorant and bigoted, like those of most foreign visitors before him. It is disappointing that such a towering literary figure who should know better chooses to see Africa and her people through a lens of racism and colonial prejudice. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93679 ****** OIL SPILL POLLUTES RICH WHITE PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES But suburban Durban's disaster reveals wider planetary abuse and eco-racism Patrick Bond The latest spill should nudge policy elites and community activists to begin properly preparing for a post-carbon future. It is time South Africa - and the world - questioned its overconsumption of fossil fuels, especially via overpriced and dangerous pipelines. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93670 ****** HAS THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND REFORMED? Patrick Bond Economically, the overall IMF objective is stabilising crisis-prone world capitalism on behalf, mainly, of Western financiers. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93676 ****** EBOLA: WHO CREATED THIS TERRIBLE VIRUS AND WHY? Antoine Roger Lokongo Conspiracy theories that Ebola - and HIV - are bio-weapons created by the West to depopulate Africa refuse to die away. Leaks from within Western establishments and the behaviour of these capitlist powers fuel the theories. They are difficult to ignore. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/93681 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements UNDERSTANDING THE EMERGING POWERS FOOTPRINT IN AFRICA: A CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE AND GUIDELINE Calling applicants The Emerging Powers Programme based in Fahamu is offering a one-week course -- in Nairobi -- analyzing the footprint of Africa's engagements with emerging powers from the Global South. The course provides a unique opportunity for civil society practitioners (in particular activists, community based leaders, undergraduate and postgraduate students, commentators, journalists and trade unionists) to unpack and debate the nature of the relationship between Africa's regional economic communities and key actors from the Global South. The course is designed to provide insights into the linkages and influences these emerging powers have had on the "Africa Rising" narrative and the continent's integration into the international system. 15 sponsored places are available for applicants for this course that intends to strengthen civil society's understanding of and engagement with Global South nations whose presence is growing in Africa. Follow the link below for more details on the workshop and how to apply. Understanding the Emerging Powers Footprint in Africa: A Civil Society Perspective and Guideline - See more at: http://www.fahamu.org/node/1261#sthash.QFbhx548.dpuf Deadline: 15 January 2015 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis 2014, THE YEAR OF THE CON Vanessa Burger 2014 in South Africa was marked by a number of large-scale national scandals. Far more insidious, however, are the small, subtle, everyday distortions or omissions of truth which have become pervasive in our political discourse. These distortions, championed by politicians, characterize the public, the media, NGOs and academia. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93683 ****** ANTI-RACIST MOVEMENT MUST INTENSIFY IN THE U.S. DURING 2015 50 years after the Selma to Montgomery March the struggle continues Abayomi Azikiwe The political superstructure of the U.S. is dominated by right-wing ideology that completely ignores the growing demands for decent wages, adequate housing, quality education, an end to law-enforcement abuses and the cessation of military hostilities abroad. African American masses who are most affected by these injustices need new alliances to fight this system. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93671 ****** DEC. 20, 1989: THE DAY BLACK LIVES DID NOT MATTER IN PANAMA Ajamu Baraka The black lives taken by the murderous assault on Panama 25 years ago should be a sober reminder that U.S. state violence is not confined to ghettos and barrios of the U.S., but is a central component of a racist, colonial, capitalist project. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93674 ****** THY KINGDOM COME The political philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth and its relevance for the contemporary world Odomaro Mubangizi Although the mission of Jesus on earth has always been understood as being spiritual, a closer look at his life and work exposes a social and political philosophy geared to building a better world for all people. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93672 ****** VICTIMS' VOICES SILENCED BY ICC SIDESHOWS Simiyu Barasa The politically insitaged violence that rocked Kenya seven years ago is slowly being dumped in the dustbins of history for political expediency. Alleged villains have since paraded themselves around the world as the victims - and won more than sympathy at home and abroad. But the real victims still cry for justice. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93673 ****** WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT? Henry Kyambalesa With Zambia's presidential by-election set for 20 January, voters must carefully consider which candidate will be able to increase peace, democracy, equality and prosperity by implementing good government practices and encouraging national unity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93682 ****** WILL ZAMBIA BECOME A MATURE DEMORACY? Charles Mwewa Is 2015 the year of change in Zambia? With the 20 January presidential by-election fast approaching will there be a shift from a growing democracy to a mature democracy? Can the nationa finally shed the coat of corruption and become a truly democratic society that can trust and rely on its elected officials? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/93684 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Letters & Opinions CONCERNING FERGUSON UNREST William M. Hart Dear Editor, Ordinarily, I would say police violence is more of a police militarization problem than one of race. However, this is St. Louis County we're talking about here. There is still Klan activity in STLCO-- white robe-wearing, cross-burning KKK. Check out the Wikipedia entry for Rosa Parks Highway. That was where the Klan used to participate in the state adopt-a-highway program. About five months before the Michael Brown shooting, an STLCO PD lieutenant was fired for directing those under his supervision specifically to target racial minorities. I, myself, was prosecuted for having re-published some of the words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on-line. Here is my crime: '[U]nenforceable obligations are beyond the reach of the laws of society. They concern inner attitudes, genuine person-to-person relations, and expressions of compassion which law books cannot regulate and jails cannot rectify. Such obligations are met by one's commitment to an inner law, written on the heart. Man-made laws assure justice, but a higher law produces love.' --ML K, Strength to Love p. 37 I would like to get this story out. It never drew media attention the way that the shooting did. I think Alemayehu G. Mariam is the right one to tell the story. Please forward this on to him. Thank you. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Jobs REGIONAL RESEARCHER - GREAT LAKES REGION, NAIROBI Permanent Contract $68,699 USD per annum A I Amnesty International The mobile revolution. Geopolitical power shifts. A radically altered global economy. The world is changing, and so is the way that people fight for their rights. In order to be effective, Amnesty International's (AI) International Secretariat needs to change how we work. That's why we have opened an East Africa Regional Office in Kenya. And why we need your field research expertise with us on the ground. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/93610 ****** REGIONAL RESEARCHER - HORN OF AFRICA, NAIROBI. Permanent Contract $68,699 USD per annum A I Amnesty International The mobile revolution. Geopolitical power shifts. A radically altered global economy. The world is changing, and so is the way that people fight for their rights. In order to be effective, Amnesty International's (AI) International Secretariat needs to change how we work. That's why we have opened an East Africa Regional Office in Kenya. And why we need your field research expertise with us on the ground. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/93611 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. (c) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For further details see: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/about.php Pambazuka news can be viewed online: English language edition ( http://www.pambazuka.org/en ) Edicao em lingua Portuguesa ( http://www.pambazuka.org/pt ) Edition francaise ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr ) RSS Feeds available at http://www.pambazuka.org/en/newsfeed.php Pambazuka News is published with the support of a number of funders, details of which can be obtained here ( http://www.pambazuka.org/en/about.php ) . 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