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Mali Invasion Shows That “Adieu” Does Not Always Mean

Tue, 01/22/2013 - 15:54 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

Whether rightists or “socialists,” all French governments believe in their inalienable right to dominate Africa. French troops are on the move in Mali and the Central African Republic, and not long ago overthrew the regime in Ivory Coast. If the colonial era has passed, somebody ought to tell Paris – and French-speaking Africans – the news.

Arab/Black Conflict: A Colonial Gift to Africa That Keeps on Giving

Tue, 11/20/2012 - 13:46 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

The U.S. and European media frame “racial” conflicts among the peoples of Africa as endemic to the continent, rather than a legacy and tool of colonial rule. However, “the crisis in Mali is not a simple conflict between two racial groups that can’t get along, even if race is somewhere in the mix.”

Bad News for Africa: 3,000 More U.S. Soldiers are on the Way

Tue, 10/23/2012 - 20:34 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

The United States plans to permanently station a U.S. Army brigade on African soil, beginning next year. Is this the start of something big – and ominous – or “only a benign creeping U.S. military presence in Africa?”

The People’s Rage in South Africa

Tue, 08/28/2012 - 14:39 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

South Africa did not complete its revolution with the transfer of government power to Black hands in 1994. The Marikana mine massacre shows that imperialism “will not tolerate any disruption in the flow of profits from the exploitation of highly valuable natural resources.” The question now comes to a head: Will the poor majority of South Africa tolerate a Black government that defends the interests of imperialism?

Africa’s Deadly Spy Infestation

Tue, 06/26/2012 - 13:29 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

The expanding U.S. spy infrastructure in Africa, including a network of landing strips to service a fleet of intelligence-gathering aircraft, is inherently hostile to African self-dermination. That’s because “those who dictate U.S. intelligence policy make decisions on the basis of where access to oil and valuable minerals is threatened, or where an African leader has in some way resisted the imperialist program.” Washington is establishing the structures to recolonize Africa, in the guise of anti-terrorism.

Beware the Rotten Fruit of AFRICOM Training

Tue, 05/01/2012 - 23:30 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

The U.S. military command in Africa, AFRICOM, has trained thousands of officers on the continent, including the young captain that overthrew his own government in Mali, this year. “If AFRICOM’s protégés have taken careful note of how the U.S. military is routinely used to try and take whatever the U.S. wants in Africa, often without regard for law, custom or prudence, it is not hard to imagine how or why Amadou Sanogo might do the same thing in his own country.”

Uganda Or Somalia? Get Your Story Straight, America

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:43 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

The U.S. and Uganda are playing a cynical game of musical chairs in Africa. The Americans send Green Berets to Uganda, ostensibly to help the beleaguered Ugandan military hunt down Joseph Kony’s LRA guerillas, while the Ugandans send thousands of soldiers to Somalia to prop up the U.S.-backed government in Mogadishu. “The U.S. has no real interest in the LRA, but is drawn instead to oil fields in Uganda and South Sudan.”

Hell No, We Won’t Go To War Against Africa!

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 02:21 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

Elders and other influencers discouraged Black youth from becoming fodder for the Iraq war, but what of the looming U.S. imperial wars in Africa? The U.S. Africa Command propagates the lie that it only “advises” friendly forces on the continent, but “at the same time establishes bases in the Central African Republic and South Sudan” as part of a purported mission to hunt a guerilla force in the region. U.S. ground wars in Africa may be upon us before there is a chance “to throw up an anti-recruitment barrier around the community.” The education process must begin now, and become permanent.

Obama’s Tragic Rorschach Perceptions of the Law, Africa and Military Intervention

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:57 — Mark P. Fancher

 

by Mark P. Fancher

President Obama uses his training as a constitutional lawyer to find opportunities to spread violence and impose U.S. imperial will on Africa. He makes war against Libya and then denies having done any such thing. He sends troops to Uganda and other central African nations, at precisely the time when Uganda is discovered to possess huge reserves of oil. Are the soldiers there to protect Uganda, whose army is quite capable, or is it there to draw a line against China’s commercial “advance into the Congo basin.”

Africom Unmasked, Unwanted and Vulnerable

Tue, 01/04/2011 - 18:39 — Mark P. Fancher

by Mark P. Fancher

All African nations except Liberia have so far refused U.S. requests to establish a U.S. Africa Command headquarters on African soil. But “AFRICOM is likely to continue nibbling away at Africa’s resistance through projects like the National Guard partnership program” with African militaries. “Mass resistance must take place in the U.S. as well,” if Africa is to be spared further U.S. penetration and militarization.

Wanted: A New People’s Vision for Mining and Drilling in Africa

Wed, 09/15/2010 - 09:27 — Mark P. Fancher

by Mark P. Fancher

Multinational corporations claim that the problem with Africa is corruption. But the most corrupting influence in Africa is the multinational corporation. Africa's mines have enriched everyone but Africans. Yet, “the people are never allowed to even consider the prospect of booting foreign corporations out of Africa altogether.”


The African Liberation Struggle is a Grassroots Thing

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 20:50 — Mark P. Fancher
by Mark P. Fancher
Nkrumah statueAfrican decolonization began with dreams of prosperity through unity, best articulated by Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah. But Nkrumah was toppled by forces backed by the U.S., and the vision of a United States of Africa faded. “Nevertheless, the demand for African unity by Africa’s grassroots has been incessant,” fed by yearnings from the grassroots.

AFRICOM AIN’T THE PEACE CORPS

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 00:55 — Mark P. Fancher
AFRICOM: Not the Peace Corpsby Mark P. Fancher
The U.S. military’s AFRICOM forces pretend their mission on the continent is humanitarian. In reality, AFRICOM is the sharp edge of U.S. imperialism, a killing force eager to impose American dominance. The military command “locks Africa into a state of dependency and maintains favorable political and social conditions for U.S.-based corporations that exploit Africa’s natural resources.”  This is not a bug in the system.  It's a defining feature of it.

Freedom Fighters or Criminals? AFRICOM Doesn’t Care.

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 22:45 — Mark P. Fancher

 

whateverby Mark P. Fancher
The U.S. military’s African Command – AFRICOM – extends its tentacles on the east and west coasts and deep into the interior of the continent. Its mission: “to keep Africa safe for western corporations that need access to the continent’s oil and mineral resources.” All indigenous opposition to imperial policies and interests is deemed “criminal” or “terrorist” – whether along the internationally exploited shores of Somalia or in the oil-rich delta of the Niger River. As African Liberation Day approaches, we must understand that “AFRICOM…is really all about building the capacity of western corporations to hold fast to Africa.”

 

Why Imperialism Needs Proxies to Do Its Dirty Work in Africa

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 18:00 — Mark P. Fancher
AFRICOMcolin powell

Despite resistance from virtually every nation in Africa, the U.S. continues to seek a home for its Africa Command, AFRICOM. The lure of African oil and other resources causes Washington to devise various schemes to dominate the continent - especially the recruitment of proxies to do the Americans' bidding. A central Washington political thrust in Africa revolves around the Darfur region of Sudan, where Colin Powell first charged that genocide was occurring. What the U.S. really wants is regime change in Sudan, and control of its oil resources. "AFRICOM is made to order - provided it can overcome the near unanimous opposition that it faces from Africans the world over."

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