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By Pierre Dorremans
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Wednesday, 19 April 2000 |
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The night of January 17th 1961 Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, was shot
dead in Katanga. Forty years later a new book by Belgian sociologist Ludo De Witte
uncovers proof of what everyone already knew: the complicity of the Belgian government and
the United Nations in this crime. Pierre Dorremans looks at the political background of
this case and explains the politics of Lumumba. |
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By Jordi Martorell
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Friday, 09 October 1998 |
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In May 1997 Kabila came to power in the former Zaire (which he renamed the Democratic
Republic of Congo), ousting dictator Mobutu. The US diplomacy was euphoric. They now had a
string of "client" regimes which included Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, Rwanda, the
DR of Congo and also a great deal of South Africa's foreign policy in the region was
dictated by Washington. But many things have happened since. At least nine African
countries have become involved in the Congo conflict which broke out on August 2. What is
the meaning of the conflict in the DR of Congo? |
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By Ted Grant and Alan Woods
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Thursday, 25 June 1998 |
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It is nearly seven years since George Bush, the then president of the US, made
his famous "New World Order" speech. This was in 1991. In the build-up to the
Gulf War the main imperialist power on earth promised a world without wars, without
dictatorships and, of course, a world firmly under the control of a single all-powerful
world policeman--the US. After the fall of Stalinism, US imperialism really thought that
the world would be firmly under their command and they would be able to dictate the
destiny of each and every country. Now all these dreams have been reduced to rubble. In
this document Ted Grant and Alan Woods make an in-depth analysis of the history of the
imperialist domination of the Third World and the way. |
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By Ted Grant
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Friday, 14 November 1997 |
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This article, by Ted Grant, deals with the refugee crisis in Central Africa at the end of
1996, when Belgium and French imperialists were demanding military intervention in the
area for 'humanitarian purposes'. |
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By In Defence of Marxism
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Monday, 27 October 1997 |
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On October 16, 1997, the troops of the former president of Congo Brazzaville, M.
Sassou Nguesso, took control of the capital Brazzaville, thus ousting the current
president Pascal Lissouba, after a five month long civil war. It would be very difficult
to understand the reasons for this conflict without taking into account the background
struggle for influence between French and US imperialism in Africa, and the interests of
the different oil companies in the rich oil fields in Congo Brazzaville's Atlantic coast. |
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By Jordi Martorell
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Tuesday, 27 May 1997 |
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On May 17 the forces of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
Congo-Zaire (ADFL) took Zaire's capital Kinshasa and changed the name of the country to
Democratic Republic of Congo putting an end to 31 years of dictatorship by Mobutu Sese
Seko. This article analyses the different forces behind the conflict and outlines a
socialist perspective for the masses of the Central Africa region. |
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