That should be pretty clear by now, but - No, I do not. The interesting thing is, that many people who are now hypocritically castigating mugabe were supporting him for years, including the period in the early 80s when he committed genocide against the ndebele people. I have been against mugabe since it became clear that he had betrayed the pan african liberation movements with his capitulation to the west. He only turned to the land question when he ran out of cards to play. Furthermore, as the west goes after mugabe, they pretend that he is the only 'tyrant' in africa while thugs such as yoweri museveni in uganda, meles zenawi in ethiopia, paul kagame in rwanda, mwai kibaki in kenya and others proceed not only unbothered by, but lionized by the west. Indeed, ethiopia and kenya have figured prominently in us rendition/torture operations. Mugabe is a tyrant of course, but these selective presecutions of african leaders is sort of like the corrupt fbi selectively presecuting organized crime bosses while enjoying cocktails with others. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Nalini Lasiewicz" <LasiewiczN@xxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:44:54 To: <NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [NewPacifica] Re: Flashback 1980: What Future for Zimbabwe Now --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joseph Wanzala" <wanzala@...> wrote: > > Thanks for sending this Steve. Terrific stuff. It certainly puts the > current crisis in Zimbabwe, and Africa, in perspective and shows how > sublimely hypocritical the stance of the West and the 'international > community' is. In fact, it has major bearing for contemporary leftist > thought in general, in the face of non-hegemonic neo-liberalism. > > Joe W. I will apologize in advance for not reading the article(s) myself. We all have limits on our time. But, Joe, may I ask you a very simple question? Do you support this guy, Mugabe? Thanks, Nalini