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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 832: Reclaim the humanism of Socialism ------------------------------ 27 July 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* ------------------------------ Reclaim the humanism of Socialism <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/reclaim-humanism-socialism> *The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture* Mphutlane Wa Bofelo <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4459> The crisis facing South Africa and the world today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy; (2) the inadequacy of liberal democracy; (3) the excesses of commandist communism and vanguardist Marxism and (4) the failure of the dominant discourse to locate racism and patriarchy as much central to the problems we face as capitalism. The crisis can only be appropriately dealt with by appealing to the radical humanism of Socialism. Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe: 90 years of struggle, suffering and sacrifice <https://www.pambazuka.org/gender-minorities/zondeni-veronica-sobukwe-90-years-struggle-suffering-and-sacrifice>Thando Sipuye <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/thando-sipuye> Mama Sobukwe epitomises the collective experiences of many Black women throughout the Afrikan continent and diaspora whose roles and contributions in the liberation struggle remain unacknowledged, written out of popular historical narratives, biographical memory and national consciousness. What would Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi have done? <https://www.pambazuka.org/gender-minorities/what-would-mbuya-nehanda-and-sekuru-kaguvi-have-done>Musa Kika <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/musa-kika> If Zimbabwe’s heroines Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi were here today, what would they have done as the country is run down by erstwhile liberators gone rogue? Fold hands and watch? Make social media jokes out of their suffering and laugh at themselves? Throw stones at those who dare rise and speak out? No! Those two were allergic to indignity, exploitation, suffering without action, disenfranchisement and subjugation. The repairwoman: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf <https://www.pambazuka.org/gender-minorities/repairwoman-president-ellen-johnson-sirleaf>Lansana Gberie <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4374> *A review of ‘Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’ by Helene Cooper (Simon & Schuster 2017.)* The book is a fascinating portrait of a deeply courageous, intelligent, shrewd and determined woman possessed, at an early age, of a sense of high destiny and a deeply patriotic commitment to serving her country – even if that meant making frankly rebarbative choices. Serleaf has been consistently pragmatic, determined to undo decades of despoliation visited upon Liberia by successive regimes, in some of which she served. How Haitian earthquake relief efforts pulled off a huge con job, with the help of mainstream media <https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/how-haitian-earthquake-relief-efforts-pulled-huge-con-job-help-mainstream-media> *Money that was promised to provide "tens of thousands of people with permanent homes" reportedly only made it to a total of six.* Timothy T. Schwartz <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/timothy-t-schwartz> Respected humanitarian agencies collected a mountain of donations in the name of Haiti earthquake victims, they largely squandered it, and they then refused to account for it. How did they get donors to give the money? Through exaggerations, truth-twisting and outright lies. And the international press spread those lies and gave them credibility. Lesotho government’s new-found political will is welcome, but it will not solve endemic corruption <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/lesotho-government%E2%80%99s-new-found-political-will-welcome-it-will-not-solve-endemic>Moletsane Monyake <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/moletsane-monyake> The new government of Lesotho has promised to tackle the scourge of corruption. But Basotho are familiar with such pledges that never translate into action. Political will is not enough to eliminate corruption where the vice is endemic, performs the basic function of maintaining political stability and is key to winning an election. Entrepreneurship for radical economic transformation in South Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/economics/entrepreneurship-radical-economic-transformation-south-africa>Paresh Soni <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/paresh-soni> Entrepreneurship is more than just an economic term — it is a way of thinking. Creating jobs, empowering people and giving individuals access to better lives is certainly a development goal which all countries aspire to. But while South Africa has embraced the rhetoric, it has yet to create the economic ecosystem necessary for entrepreneurship to thrive. Trump dissing Africa <https://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/trump-dissing-africa>Japhet M. Zwana <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5560> Trump’s myopic motto, ‘America First’, is complemented by an unspoken one, ‘Africa Never.’ His refusal to take notice of Africa will be deleterious to US-Africa relations. Luckily, one of the unintended benefits of Trump’s dissing of Africa is the realization of people of African origin worldwide that they need to pursue a common agenda. Trump's Africa policy should end US aid to dictators, rights abusers <https://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/trumps-africa-policy-should-end-us-aid-dictators-rights-abusers>Alemayehu G. Mariam <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6135> It is ironic that those who are criticizing Trump on Africa today seemed to have taken a vow of silence when Barack Obama befriended and wined and dined the most ruthless African dictators. Obama overlooked their deplorable human rights and corruption records in the name of counter-terrorism cooperation. African peasants highlight their struggles at Via Campesina global conference <https://www.pambazuka.org/land-environment/african-peasants-highlight-their-struggles-campesina-global-conference>Boaventura Monjane <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9362> Peasants across Africa are intensifying their struggles against land grabs and other harmful policies that promote industrial agriculture. At a recent international conference organized by the world’s largest peasants movement, Via Campesina, African peasants had opportunities to share their experiences of struggle and to learn. Africa’s Singapore is slowly taking shape <https://www.pambazuka.org/economics/africa%E2%80%99s-singapore-slowly-taking-shape>Bashir Goth <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8420> Djibouti is poised to transform itself if it takes advantage of this current moment of infrastructure and investment boom. Uganda: Why state should not amend Article 26 of the Constitution <https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/uganda-why-state-should-not-amend-article-26-constitution>James Muhindo <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9675> The proposed amendment of the Constitution is not only unjust; it raises questions of the democratic principle of separation of powers among the arms of government. Government (Executive) is arbitrarily seeking to overturn the decision of the Supreme Court (Judiciary) using its parliamentary majority (Legislature). The disinformation campaign on Venezuela <https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/disinformation-campaign-venezuela>Farooque Chowdhury <https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7808> The disturbances created by the wealthy are part of the imperialists’ intervention plan in Venezuela. The disinformation campaign carried out by the mainstream media is a key component of that effort. So, no one should be surprised by the profusion of Orwellian statements and the incessant vilification of President Maduro in mainstream coverage of Venezuela. ------------------------------ *Announcements* ------------------------------ Africa-Europe relations: Towards a different future for the two neighbours? <https://www.pambazuka.org/announcements/africa-europe-relations-towards-different-future-two-neighbours> *Call for papers for a special issue of Pambazuka News* The Editors <https://www.pambazuka.org/author/editors> As African and European leaders plan to meet in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, late November 2017 to assess the status of the Africa-Europe partnership, Pambazuka News is calling for a broad range of papers analysing, from various perspectives, relations between Africa and Europe and how they might evolve in the coming decades. 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