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Water, Capitalism and Africans Ubuntu is a Zulu word meaning “humanness.” In Pan Africanism we call this quality “humanism” but it is even more down-to-earth among the Bantu. You can find examples of what is called ubuntu thru out Africa, not just among the Zulu. Almost all Africans have some version of it. It is [...]

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Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress A few things about ANC and Jacob Zuma. The recent presidential victory of Zuma seems to indicate that ANC has stepped away somewhat from the politics of compromise with Imperialism. The Young Communist League, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and other formations have gotten behind him [...]

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President Kibaki and PM Raila When Kenya cascaded into purgatory following disputed elections, hundreds of innocent people were butchered and displaced, thanks to tribal hatred. Kenya’s ever robust economy was pulled back. Myopically, the world attributed this carnage to tribal hatred in Kenya. Tribalism has never been Kenya’s problem. Instead, corruption and hunger for power are. I once [...]

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The Foul Legacy of Profit-Making Healthcare is one of the most important issues in US political and social culture. Tho a catastrophic condition will not likely strike most individuals during their working lives, for those who themselves or family members have crucial health problems the matter of healthcare poses a concern. Hospitals and nursing homes practices [...]

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Obama Policy: Imperialism thru Democracy Black workers, we who sell our labor to make a living, travail under special circumstances in capitalist America. We have the highest rates of unemployment, imprisonment, chronic health issues. On the other hand, we have the lowest rates for home ownership, capital formation, retirement security, and higher education. The current [...]

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Breaking down the concentrated class struggle Right now US society needs a clear understanding of the difference between socialism and fascism because a war is being waged against working class people. Americans fail to understand the class basis of the State. They also have a difficulty in making comparative analyses between the US brand of [...]

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What is going on with President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan? If we can take the word of economists like Paul Krugman and others, the government needs to wait out this period of “financial crisis” because it will stabilize over the next nine months or so. However, Obama continues to push for the so-called bank [...]

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Race, Class and White Supremacy “We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.” Pragmatic The difficult aspect of figuring out this economic breakdown is breaking it down for the masses, yet maintaining a grip on what is happening so that can be simplified. Because I am not by training an economist nor an intellectual by [...]

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