THURSDAY
hello world, been trying to find the text of this open letter signed by
16 prominent african and europeon writers inclu soyinka, okri and chimanda
accusing eu conference on africa of cowardice for not including darfur
and zimbabwe at the top of the agenda
i want to see what it actually says before commenting on it, this tight little
article on it by ugandan writer brings up a host of provocative issues
dealing with the post colonial relationship of europe and africa and
its a tricky little minefield as evidenced in conflict over mugabe
and gordons refusal to attend if mugabe does and the defense of mugabe
by many dedicated africanists who feel that he is being trashed by vengeful
ex colonials - reason i want to see exactly what the text say is because i do trust
soyinka and chimananda (okri not so much) and i personally think mugabe has
become an africanist liability and i know sincere fellow travelers who dont agree - but bad
leadership is a particular beef of mine when it comes to the destiny of the african world
and mugabes classic obsession w/power has become problematic and bad leaders
always claim racism and/or colonialism made me do it and try to rally the troops but
im not buying it - i remember when zimbabwe won their colonial struggle and standing in front
of the state office building in harlem w/a multitude of happy blackfolk cheering mugabe
and chanting MU GA BE MU GA BE - i have since felt betrayed by classic oligarchic african
strongman behavior of the sort that has so often crippled african post colonial development
but i dont much trust the wests agenda either so im walking very carefully on this one
inclined to follow the lead of folk on the ground so to speak and would be interested
in seeing what the text of that letter says, tried to google news it and didnt find it
but i suspect it will be up in the next couple of days, i will let you know
cause as you know dear regulators, i want rootsblog to be the place where
you can come for the real deal, specially when its full of nuance
nuance is my bread and butter, thats what i like to grapple with
cause the really important questions are nuanced by definition
when it come to geopolitic aint no easy answers
and its always deeper than you think
but darfur now, darfur is a no brainer, how can they not inclu darfur, whats up w/that
i havent been paying attention to this eu/africa conference but literary folk i respect
have, best i put my finger on that pulse, see whats what
da hoodooman do not like to not know whats going on
in struggle
rdoc
ps: clocking pages: its all good
TUESDAY
hello world, some quickies:
always trying to make rootsblog posts more relevant, think i will start including overt
commentary on my favorite subject: strategy: game, sidegame and countergame
sidegame in palestine: in competition, power like to divert folk into sidegame that dont
actually change the equation and just make your challenger a more complacent/invested part
of your system, your world, as is this program to quote unquote
provide economicopportunities for palestinians - you got that right
worldbank in malawi: most interesting article about malawi in the times other day, talk about how the worldbank was insisting malawi cut subsidies for fertilizer for farmers and have them grow
cash crops for export which meant buying/begging food from the west, article say malawians starving until bingu wa mutharika, new president of malawi say he tired of begging for food and defied worldbank
by subsidizing fertilizer (like the west does for its own farmers) and now malawi is a breadbasket
exporting food to other african countries, i must say this development tickle me on many levels
jena 6: deal mean the jena 6 guy got to stay in prison until june - thats not much of a deal
but who am i to say, aint me in jail, good luck to him, hope he use the attention to Work his life
speaking of criminalization: new report on disparities in drug enforcement say black and whitefolk
use drugs about same percentage, but enforcement mostly fall on blackfolk and the poor
report give a variety of reasons, openair markets instead of behind closed doors, etc etc, but
mostly a tendency to focus enforcement efforts on poor and minority communities, and a
judicial system harder on the disenfranchised every step of the way - so what else is new
everything fall harder on poor folk, thats not likely to change, not ever, you do what you can
but inequity pretty much a irreducible component of the human condition, file this
report away with the others - maintain focus on making the weakest of us
strong
bush and iran: time mag article say nie wouldnt have given new report on iran
without it being greenlit by the president, says the admin has decided iran is a
bridge too far and it was time to rachet down the rhetoric and chill out the neocon hawks
course this might be wishful thinking, hoping you know who chill out w/that WWIII rhetoric,
if anybody gon jumpstart WWIII its more likely bush et neocon all - bomb bomb bomb bomb iran
in the anti reality based community, iraq aint enuf
personals: dug in on rest for the weary, got some ideas ima try to run
all my love
rdoc
SATURDAY
okay world, i got to move on, that last post has gotten too long
picked up this commentary about waterboarding on andrew sullivans blog
apparently waterboarding been in use in america for sometime, in the olddays they call it the 'water cure" - just one component of lynchings that were public torture sessions
the water cure was most often used against blackfolk to extract false confessions so ruthlessly the mississippi supreme court voided a 1926 murder conviction because the water cure was too "barbarous"
and "a specie of torture well known to the bench and bar of the country,"
new attorney general say he aint been briefed, he cant say for sure if waterboarding is torture - this been interesting, what bush et al done to america
and they say it couldnt happen here - america got a good side, america got a
bad side, and you dont get to be topdog without a little blood on your fangs
bush/cheney/rice been fanning the worst america got to offer
so whats the next phase gon be, more of the same, or are we
gon try to live up to the myth of what america could be
bush has forced us all to look into the mirror
dont blame me if you dont like what you see
rickydoc flowers
crying out in the wilderness
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