Intimidating independent nations across the developing nations is part of what the US defines as international democracy. They have caused endless atrocities in Africa, Asia and Latin America in that name. They have assassinated Presidents, overthrown governments and provoked violence in many places. To them, the argument would be and is always democracy.
The United States presidential election has come and gone. A winner that defied polls; a highly critical media and a never-say-die populist has emerged. On the other hand, the loser has left most world leaders in deep shock and surprise. And of course, leaving most world leaders with the realities of demographics, immigration and multiculturalism, especially in Europe. The threats of migrants to host communities in Europe have been accentuated by either their terror-related activities or economic cost to taxpayers in Germany, France, Belgium and the United States. The threat of dilution of Western culture and values is another factor that has opened space and acceptance of populist candidates around Europe. This factor has also lent credence and vitality to far-right movements in Europe and in the United States. Certainly, multiculturalism has been dealt a near-death blow.
By Aroun Rashid Deen – New York City Aug 11, 2016 – In an undated poem titled In The Midst of My Pain, Christian author, poet, song writer and playwright, Margaret C. Mullings, calls for God’s Love and Presence in the midst of adversities. The first stanza reads: In the midst of my pain Do not allow my living be in vain. For I must not kick and shove I must be harmless as a dove. Yet I need Your wisdom from above For the storms are raging and the waters Threaten to over take me…the dark Clouds are gathering…but... Continue Reading
On Thursday, October 15, 2015, a cloudless Johannesburg day, students and supporters gathered at the gates of Wits to protest the impending increase in fees. At the gate next to the Origins Centre, we sang, with passion, asiyifuni iagenda yamacapitalist (We don't want the capitalists' agenda). My voice was hoarse from the singing and chanting, but I was proud to be a Witsie, and gratified to be gathered with other young people, taking action on the issues that profoundly affect our lives. Then a cloud appeared. Not in the sky. Rather it was in the form of a coup from within the protest. A group of African National Congress (ANC) comrades, in their party t-shirts driving BMWs and AUDIs, arrived to deliver pizzas and drinks for
"How can we focus on the economy when the skulls of Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi are displayed in a British museum? These barbarians have been displaying the skulls of our First Chimurenga heroes and heroines in their libraries!” - Prof Jonathan Moyo.