By Stephen Gowans
Global Research, March 30, 2007
Ever since veterans of the guerrilla war against apartheid Rhodesia violently seized white-owned farms in Zimbabwe, the country’s president, Robert Mugabe, has been demonized by politicians, human rights organizations and the media in the West. His crimes, according to right-wing sources, are numerous: human rights abuses, election rigging, repression of political opponents, corruption, and mismanagement of the economy. Leftist detractors say Mugabe talks left and walks right, and that his anti-imperialist rhetoric is pure demagogy.
I’m going to argue that the basis for Mugabe’s demonization is the desire of Western powers to change the economic and land redistribution policies Mugabe’s government has pursued; that his lapses from liberal democratic rectitude are, in themselves, of little moment to decision makers in Washington and London; and that the ultimate aim of regime change is to replace Mugabe with someone who can be counted on to reliably look after Western interests, and particularly British investments, in Zimbabwe. More...
Article courtesy of Global Research
2 comments:
What research protocol did this organisation follow to come up with such drivel. Not worthy to be included on this honourable blog.
Your first question is very relevant but I am not quite sure about your second statement. For the pioneers of freedom of speech such as John Stuart Mill would be turning in their graves if we were to censor opinions and information. Mill says that opinions should not just be forbidden because they are false or perceived to be so since such conduct might inhibit the extension of knowledge. Rather he believes we should let ideas engage each other vigorously and the truth would always triumph without unnecessary censor.
Who knows, what might be considered false now could, after all turn out to be true in future.
This is the spirit that this Blog religiously embraces. The greatest weapons one can bring to this Blog are ideas. We need lots of them.
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