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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 786: Can the leopard, er, Empire change its spots? ------------------------------ 04 August 2016 CONTENTS: 1. Features <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> , 2. Advocacy & campaigns <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> ------------------------------ *Features* ------------------------------ Pentagon bombs Libya again <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/pentagon-bombs-libya-again>*Under the guise of “fighting terrorism” the war against Africa continues*Abayomi Azikiwe <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5740> The renewed bombing of Libya signals the escalation of war against the peoples of the Global South and those oppressed nations and communities within the imperialist states themselves whether in Europe or North America. To counter these provocations an international anti-imperialist movement must be built. I can no longer remain silent about racism in the World Bank <http://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/i-can-no-longer-remain-silent-about-racism-world-bank> Racial discrimination in the World Bank is a far more systemic and serious issue than any official is willing to admit. Successive Presidents have treated it as a can of worms that’s best kept closed. The Bank’s Administrative Tribunal exists to keep the can closed with a judicial seal and to shield senior management from accountability. Rwanda, the Clinton dynasty, and the case of Dr. Léopold Munyakazi <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/rwanda-clinton-dynasty-and-case-dr-l%C3%A9opold-munyakazi>Ann Garrison <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5282>[image: Umudendezo] Dr. Munyakazi is dangerous to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who justifies his ruthless totalitarian regime by claiming to be the savior who stopped a genocide. He is also dangerous to the Holocaust and genocide industries, whose false equation of the Holocaust and the Rwandan massacres is at the ideological foundation of “humanitarian” war ideology. The conspiracy of Katangese nationalism <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/conspiracy-katangese-nationalism>Zac Crellin <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/zac-crellin>Having failed to prevent Patrice Lumumba from taking power in Congo, a cabal of European and American politicians and businessmen saw the maintenance of indirect white rule in Katanga as the only means of ensuring their continued profiteering from Congo’s huge mineral wealth. Perpetuating a façade of African nationalism the white lobby supported autocrat Tshombe to plot for secession. Empires of conquest, occupation and genocide <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/empires-conquest-occupation-and-genocide>Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6424>For over a century, Europe has been involved in the mass murder of millions of people across Africa in connivance with local elites. The only way to stop these mass murders by empire is for African people to construct for themselves a civilisation where African life is fundamentally sacrosanct. The 1 Percent’s useful idiots <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/1-percent%E2%80%99s-useful-idiots>Chris Hedges <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9632>Sanders squandered his most important historical moment. He had a chance, one chance, to take the energy, anger and momentum, walk out the doors of the Wells Fargo Center and into the streets to help build a third-party movement. Morocco and the AU: When the King adds insult to injury <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/morocco-and-au-when-king-adds-insult-injury>Malainin Lakhal <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7578> Morocco is seeking to rejoin the African Union, but its motives are suspect. As suggested by an arrogant letter to the AU Chairman, Rabat could be intending to use its membership to strengthen its colonial claims over occupied Western Sahara, an AU founding member state. Moreover, as an ally of Western powers Morocco could be used to sabotage effective African unity from within the AU. Setting forth at dawn: A workshop <http://www.pambazuka.org/education/setting-forth-dawn-workshop>*Reflections on Setting Forth at Dawn: A Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Academic Writing, Jimma University (Ethiopia)*Amber Murrey <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8044> Maimuna Islam and Odomaro Mubangizi <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/maimuna-islam-and-odomaro-mubangizi> During this recent workshop on decolonizing publications and creating writing cultures, particular dilemmas and nuanced opportunities for the decolonization of knowledge were revealed and they are expounded at length in this reflection. It is our hope that this detailed reflection can serve as a rubric of important lessons for critical and Pan-African scholars who are immersed in decolonizing projects in their respective spaces and institutions. Britain, its colonies and WWII <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/britain-its-colonies-and-wwii>Marika Sherwood <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/marika-sherwood>Britain was heavily dependent on colonial wo/man-power, raw materials and even financial contributions. Black people conscripted by Empire suffered racial discrimination throughout a war which was supposedly fought against Hitler's race theories and in the name of freedom and democracy. These contributions are hardly acknowledged. What’s Emancipation Day to the Caribbean working-class? <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/what%E2%80%99s-emancipation-day-caribbean-working-class>Ajamu Nangwaya <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7073>Emancipation Day sends a clear message to the labouring classes that capitalism exploited their ancestors’ labour under chattel slavery and is doing the same to theirs under wage slavery. It is the responsibility of the revolutionary organizers to use Emancipation Day to strengthen the class consciousness, feminist commitments and anti-racist opposition of the labouring classes. Mozambique: Mediators suspend talks, war escalates <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/mozambique-mediators-suspend-talks-war-escalates>John Hanlon <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/john-hanlon>Efforts to end the growing violent conflict in Mozambique have stalled, largely because of the hard line positions taken by the government and the armed opposition group Renamo. There has been an increase in attacks and deaths by Renamo in recent months. Tackling police violence and impunity in Kenya: Give the Constitution a chance <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/tackling-police-violence-and-impunity-kenya-give-constitution-chance>Uladzimir Dzenisevich <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/uladzimir-dzenisevich>The article explores the problem of police violence in Kenya and links it to the structural conditions, informed by colonial legacy and most recent failure to de-colonise and democratise policing. Particular emphasis is placed on Constitution, adopted in 2010, and how its radical potential for police reform was wasted by current administration. From the Kangaroo report to the illegal court’s decision: Omissions, erasures and silences <http://www.pambazuka.org/education/kangaroo-report-illegal-court%E2%80%99s-decision-omissions-erasures-and-silences>Ibrahim Abdullah <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/ibrahim-abdullah>In a long-running dispute, powerful people within the administration of the University of Sierra Leone are doing everything they can to push out Prof Ibrahim Abdullah. The latest report of an illegally constituted committee reveals the extent to which Prof Abdullah’s enemies are willing to go to deny him justice. A liberal post-Brexit perspective on regionalism in Africa <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/liberal-post-brexit-perspective-regionalism-africa>Sekou Toure Otondi <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/sekou-toure-otondi>Brexit appears to reveal a growing dissatisfaction with globalization. But, on the basis of debates leading to and in the aftermath of the referendum, it seems that Britain’s decision to quit the EU is a mere hiccup in regional integration processes. Regionalism as a product of globalization is unstoppable, including in Africa. Ali Mazrui: Triple tropes and triads <http://www.pambazuka.org/education/ali-mazrui-triple-tropes-and-triads>Seifudein Adem <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9010>Prof Ali Mazrui was known for making penetrating comparisons of seemingly unrelated individuals, things and groups. It is fair to say that he was also a great classifier in general; nothing was unclassifiable for Mazrui whether it was racism, sexism, Africanity or slavery. Biafrans and Onumah’s ‘prophecies’ <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/biafrans-and-onumah%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98prophecies%E2%80%99>Ibrahim Ramalan <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/ibrahim-ramalan>This book is a useful contribution that will enlighten those people who want to understand why Nigeria is not working and what needs to be done. Persons in positions of leadership in the country may find it a useful guide in tackling some of the problems troubling the nation. ------------------------------ *Advocacy & campaigns* ------------------------------ Sign Petition: People of Conscience Concerned about Human Rights #JusticeforWalterRodney <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/sign-petition-people-conscience-concerned-about-human-rights>Aajay Murphy <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/aajay-murphy> IS THERE NO JUSTICE FOR MURDER, EVEN AFTER 36 YEARS? COMMISSION REPORT ISSUED ON ASSASSINATION OF DR. WALTER RODNEY. 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