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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 807: What we must do: Resistance and solidarity ------------------------------ 2 February 2017 CONTENTS: 1. Features <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> 2. Announcements <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> ------------------------------ *Features* ------------------------------ The position of international law on despots-turned asylum seekers: The case of Jammeh <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/position-international-law-despots-turned-asylum-seekers-case-jammeh>Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3921>Under unremitting pressure from the regional bloc ECOWAS, the African Union and the UN, Gambian strongman Yahya Jammeh fled into exile in Equatorial Guinea. There are credible allegations of serious human rights violations against him, covering his 22 years in power. Jammeh can run but cannot hide. Everything possible must be done to bring him to justice. What southern Africa can learn from West Africa about dealing with despots <https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/what-southern-africa-can-learn-west-africa-about-dealing-despots>Chris Saunders and Henning Melber <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/chris-saunders-and-henning-melber>How long will it take before SADC has the means and the will to remove rulers who have either been defeated in an election or who refuse to leave at the end of their terms? Will what has happened in West Africa in the case of The Gambia help persuade SADC to move towards more effective interventions to remove dictators and other illegitimate rulers? ECOWAS has done well, but… <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/ecowas-has-done-well-%E2%80%A6>Cameron Duodu <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6674>The West African regional bloc’s no-nonsense stand against former Gambian despot Yahya Jammeh is admirable. But there are a few other places where ECOWAS has not performed well. For one, the bloc needs to devise ways by which citizens of a misruled nation can get back their money from a fleeing tyrant – and justice. The Muslim ban and beyond: Fighting white power in Trump’s America <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/muslim-ban-and-beyond-fighting-white-power-trump%E2%80%99s-america>Beverly Bell <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6489>My neighbors Anthony and Fenton, brothers aged 7 and 8, and I had a sidewalk conversation about Trump’s victory one evening. The boys were nervous because they had heard that Trump hated Black people; they wanted to know whether this was true. I told them that all evidence indicated it was. They deliberated for a few minutes, and then Anthony said, “Well, our dad is white, and our mom and grandma are Black. So he would hate our family.” Build and fight: Beyond Trump and the limitations of the United Front <https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/build-and-fight-beyond-trump-and-limitations-united-front>Kali Akuno and Doug Norberg <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/kali-akuno-and-doug-norberg>Donald Trump is a manifestation of the crisis of capitalism, which has entered a profound state of economic and ecological imbalance, social instability, inter-imperialist fighting, mass displacement, increased suffering and rampant carnage on a global scale. Salvation of the human family is up to the revolutionary Left and the people’s movements. They must find a way to align and unite and form a revolutionary, counter-hegemonic force. Reflections on post-US elections geopolitics: Part six <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/reflections-post-us-elections-geopolitics-part-six>*Politics of resistance and solidarity*Yash Tandon <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5272>The Trump phenomenon points to a civilizational shift; namely, the slow, painful demise of the Western Empire. If this shift breaks down the European Union, dismantles NATO, weakens the Empire’s financial control over the global South, and opens a space for a new moral and political order to emerge, then it is an opportunity all revolutionary forces must seize. Trump presidency: What African countries and Australia must do <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/trump-presidency-what-african-countries-and-australia-must-do>Karamzo Saccoh <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/karamzo-saccoh>With Trump’s America First campaign, African nations need to craft a coherent regional foreign policy approach for development and security cooperation with external actors to benefit Africans. Meanwhile Australia should take every step to ensure its investments and security engagement do not result in the destabilisation of African countries. NUMSA 10th National Congress: Congress Declaration <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/numsa-10th-national-congress-congress-declaration>National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/national-union-metal-workers-south-africa> With the internet and all other technologies which can connect the world working class into a global fighting force to defeat global capitalism which is threatening not only human life but the entirety of our universe, there have never been better conditions for the success of the global Socialist Revolution than now. Building workplace democracy in South Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/building-workplace-democracy-south-africa>William Gumede <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4919>Greater workplace democracy in South Africa’s companies is both a moral and ethical issue. Employees are often treated as infants. Because Black people are still predominantly low-skilled, low-wage and dominating manual positions – with whites occupying the high-skilled, high-paid and managerial positions - as it were during apartheid, racist perceptions of Black people as being inferior persist in many workplaces. We want our nation back <https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/we-want-our-nation-back>Lindela Mashumi Figlan <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/lindela-mashumi-figlan>South Africa no longer belongs to the people but to the rich few. The hopes of the liberation struggle have evaporated. Only a new leadership that is guided by the interests of the citizens will save the nation. Murder and mayhem in Liberia: What America wrought in the country America created <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/murder-and-mayhem-liberia-what-america-wrought-country-america-created>Brooks Marmon <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/brooks-marmon>The US was deeply involved in the overthrow and assassination of Liberian President William Tolbert that led to a 14-year civil war in which as many as 250,000 Liberians perished. Subsequently, America was also implicated in the removal from power of two other Liberian heads of state. The truth of this extensive meddling is important for genuine reconciliation among Liberians. Resisting the lynching of Haitian liberty <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/resisting-lynching-haitian-liberty>Malaika H. Kambon <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/malaika-h-kambon>In spite of all of the horrible things they continue to experience, the Afrikan people of Haiti keep fighting to be free. Haitian resistance to entrenched U.S. interference has not ceased for over 200 years. The latest attempt to kill Haiti’s freedom by aborting her dreams of democracy via the electoral process was designed to prevent landslide victories for the popular Fanmi Lavalas party. Fifty-five years after Lumumba’s assassination, Congolese see no relief <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/fifty-five-years-after-lumumba%E2%80%99s-assassination-congolese-see-no-relief>Ann Garrison <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5282>Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruler Joseph Kabila was constitutionally supposed to leave office on 19 December 2016. He did not. There were no elections. Instead, an agreement brokered with the help of the Catholic Church extended Kabila’s rule to December this year when elections of his successor will be held. In the following interview, Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, explains the political situation in DRC and America’s endless meddling. Show solidarity with suffering Swazis <https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/show-solidarity-suffering-swazis>Peter Kenworthy <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7048>Introduce sanctions and boycotts against the repressive Swazi regime and help the democratic movement with everything from legal assistance to torture counselling, organizational skills and information dissemination, says young Swazi activist. Missing numbers is Ghana’s election 2016: Low turnout or a bloated register? <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/missing-numbers-ghana%E2%80%99s-election-2016-low-turnout-or-bloated-register>Alexander Afram and Kafui Tsekpo <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/alexander-afram-and-kafui-tsekpo>Ghana’s national election in 2016 was hailed as a success. It was the seventh poll since the birth of the Fourth Republic in 1992. But according to the results, nearly 5 million voters did not turn up to cast their ballots. What accounted for this situation? Voter apathy or there was a problem with the voters roll? Nigeria’s anti-corruption war: Why the presidency must stick with Magu <https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/nigeria%E2%80%99s-anti-corruption-war-why-presidency-must-stick-magu>Godwin Onyeacholem <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9871>The attempts to President Buhari’s nominee for anti-corruption chief, Ibrahim Magu has nothing to do with Magu being unsuitable for job. This is a grand scheme of a formidable network of highly placed crooks inside and outside government who are hell-bent on stopping Magu, given the rare vigour and impetus he has introduced to the anti-corruption crusade. Buhari should resubmit Magu’s name to the Senate for confirmation. What does Canada want in Africa? <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/what-does-canada-want-africa>Yves Engler <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9660>Canada’s announcement that it intends to send 600 troops on a peacekeeping mission in Africa has elicited little enlightened discussion about Ottawa’s history in the continent. In addition to Canadian extensive mining interests, the country has a growing military footprint in Africa over the past decade - working closely with the new United States’ Africa Command (AFRICOM). Decolonizing communicative praxis with ‘words that remake life’[1] <https://www.pambazuka.org/announcements/decolonizing-communicative-praxis-%E2%80%98words-remake-life%E2%80%991>Amber Murrey <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8044>In this two-part work *space,* a collective of transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholars will come together to deliberate on and practice new modes of communicative praxis in academic conference/workshops. ------------------------------ *Announcements* ------------------------------ Crisis Action - South Africa Director <https://www.pambazuka.org/jobs/crisis-action-south-africa-director>*Location: Johannesburg Closing date: 19 February 2017* Crisis Action is a global NGO which works with individuals and organisations from civil society to protect civilians from armed conflict. It is currently seeking candidates for the position of South Africa Director based in Johannesburg. 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