![]() Indeed the Zimbabwean situation is “dire”, but not all is lost. Thereafter they will draw their own conclusions. They can relate talk of “draconian” Zimbabwean legislation to the United States Patriot Act. They can relate the impending global food shortages and food riots to reckless commodification of edible cereals. Men and women of reason, the world over, are able to relate talk of massive western financial assistance for a “reformed” Zimbabwe, on one hand, to failed IMF/WB ESAP projects, on the other. And herein can be found Zimbabwe’s major problem with western establishments. It is also more human rights based, and has greater potential for addressing African poverty and famine than the western transnational corporation-driven model for development. Zimbabwe’s independence-land-sovereignty centered ideology is not only legitimate. ![]() The Anglo-American establishments in their current efforts to destabilize and unseat the ruling liberation movements in Zimbabwe and South Africa have no less an objective than the above. These are also the core values around which the Zimbabwean state was founded.Īmerican leadership has made horrible blunders in the United States itself, in Iraq, and elsewhere, but that cannot justify “calling” on America to repudiate the very core ideas on which the American state is founded. Mugabe’s thought, in its purest form, and Zanu PF’s land/sovereignty-centered ideology, past challenges with transforming these into viable programs notwithstanding, have huge resonance with the majority with Zimbabwean and African masses. It is politically nonsensical and morally hypocritical, based entirely on their capital and military might. In fact the west should abandon rather than “soften” its exclusivist stance on President Mugabe and ZANU-PF. Michelle Gavin, the BBC’s reporter in South Africa last week remarked to the effect that the dire situation in Zimbabwe could be salvaged if the west supported Sadc efforts, rather than working parallel or against them. The report suggests that a negotiated way forward for Zimbabwe need not necessarily exclude President Mugabe, and should that inclusion be part of a genuinely negotiated agreement that aims at reconciliation and renewal, the Euro-Americans “should not hold back”. The International Crisis Group (ICG) Zimbabwe Report of March 2008, though hugely and typically neo-colonial, mourns the fact that the west’s position on President Mugabe and Zanu PF constitutes an impediment to reaching a possible negotiated settlement in Zimbabwe. Subsequently the west’s political strategists went fishing and their “catch” is what we have in Zimbabwe today. In the event, the government did not rig the elections, and in spite of a ruthlessly battered economy, the opposition did not make a clean sweep. This is exactly where western-controlled global media apparently wanted the country, when, together with Zimbabwean opposition, they insisted government would either rig the elections, or lose them overwhelmingly. The opposition is promising “the Hague” for the country’s present rulers, whilst the rulers accuse the opposition of treason. The west has raised the stakes on this issue to a level where Zimbabwean society has been polarized to breaking point. African nationalists in nationalist-liberated Sadc, including those of South Africa and Zambia are acutely aware of this. It is the latter that created the independent state of Zimbabwe, indeed against other preferred options of the west. Perhaps the voters will feel the same way when the regular season comes to a close.THE west, particularly the Anglo-American establishment should stop insisting that President Mugabe and Zanu PF cannot be part of a future prosperous Zimbabwe. ![]() And after reading it, we have a hard time arguing against Nikola Jokic winning his second consecutive MVP. And ladies and gentlemen, upon our inspection, everything checked out. The user had also uploaded links to basketball reference page, guiding any onlooker to the proof that justifies their statement. He also has one fewer double-double than Embiid has games played.” “(Nikola) Jokic has as many double-doubles as Giannis has games played … Just a fun note I realized, Jokic is a walking double-double. And well, here is what they had to say on the matter. Recently, Redditor u/cycguy2 apparently just happened to be exploring some pages of basketball reference. NBA Reddit uncovers that Nikola Jokic has recorded the same number of double-doubles, as Giannis Antetokounmpo has played games this seasonĪnd yes, we mean double-doubles in a single season.
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