Counterrevolution, Neocolonialism and the Mass Struggle
Lessons from false starts and imperialist intervention
An article by Abayomi Azikiwe (too long to reproduce the whole here) regarding the impacts and ongoing problems in African countries as a result of colonialist and imperialist interventions and history and how it continues through (mainly) western activity, be it corporate or governmental involvement via 'client' or proxy elites.
US, France, Britain, NATO and Israel, on the one side with Cote d'Ivoire, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Burkino Faso, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana and Pan-Africanism on the other, all get a mention.
Below is how the article concludes:
All of these struggles aimed at winning a decent standard
of living for workers, youth and farmers; the ideological and political
campaigns to battle reactionary ideas and movements; the quest for
genuine all-African unity; and the revolutionary imperative for the
empowerment of the majority of the people within society, should be at
the top of the agenda of all progressive forces on the continent and
their supporters internationally.
With the decline in commodity prices on the global markets,
many African states are already feeling the impact of this looming
crisis. These post-colonial governments and the national bourgeoisies in
these countries are more vulnerable than ever since they are largely
dependent on the foreign exchange earnings from exports to ensure their
dominance within these societies.
It is quite obvious that the neo-liberal agenda in
operation for the last three decades is running its course. The only
real solution to the crisis is socialist reconstruction and planning
within a continental and global Pan-African framework.
There is no mention of what this 'socialist reconstruction and planning' would be but we can agree that globally the neo-liberal agenda has worked well only for the capitalist class and that definitely needs to be defeated.
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