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Panel Discussion on the current state of Congo. Panel Discussion on the current state of Congo.
Call Number: AFR 062Format: Cass A & BCollection: Zaire-DRC
Panel discussion on the current state of Congo. Zairian Political Scientist Ilunga Kabongo speaks about the past struggles of Congo, and about former Congo Prime Minister and revolutionary Patrice Lumumba’s efforts in the struggle for liberation in Congo. He speaks about how FLN (National Liberation Front) was restricted because of revolutionary mercenaries from South Africa and other neighboring countries. He speaks about Congo’s abundance of natural resources as well. Next, Nzongola Ntalaja, Congolese Political Scientist, speaks about the continuing struggles in Congo, and about the struggle for autonomy in that country. He calls for the complete liberation of the Congolese people, and speaks about the struggle against Sese Seko Mobutu, president/dictator of Congo from 1930 - 1997, who had usurped power through a coup and was backed by Western powers. Ntalaja speaks about the struggle for a “second independence”, and the need to continue the struggle for liberation against Mobutu’s regime. On Side B, Dr. Tshiteya Mukona of Penn State University speaks about Mobutu’s Development policy of bribery, and how American foreign policy in Zaire (DRC - Democratic Republic of Congo) is supportive of Mobutu. Lastly, he speaks about the US’s role as a superpower and how it can influence other countries without destroying them.
Imperialist oppression in Southern African countries Imperialist oppression in Southern African countries
Date: 1/15/1982Call Number: AFR 066Format: Cass A & BCollection: African liberation movements
Judy Jensen of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU makes a speech about Southern Africa. She speaks about ZANU’s defeat of white settler colonialism in Zimbabwe and also women’s contributions to the struggle. She discusses the different fronts in the war for the liberation of Southern Africa, and the struggle against the US’s attack on their independence. She talks about struggles in Namibia, South Africa’s control over Southern African countries, and calls for solidarity with Southern African countries. Lastly, she draws comparisons and similarities between the oppression of blacks in America and Africa. Next, Serge Mukendi, US Representative of the Workers and Peasants Movement of the Congo (MOP), speaks about weaknesses in natural and human resources in Africa because they are not in the hands of the Africans. He speaks about the struggles in Congo and tells the audience that it is our duty to strengthen the fight for liberation in Congo through support and solidarity. On Side B, Eve Rosahn, political activist, Students Against Government Misconduct, speaks about political activists for black liberation who have been tortured and beaten for their actions. Next, a member of the Anti-Springbok 5 chants “Up With Azania, Down With South Africa!”, and speaks about her experiences as an ASB-5, and tells the audience about the Springbok 5 and what they represent. The Springboks are an elite white supremacist South African rugby team traveling the US, representing the spread of white imperialism. Lastly, PAC (Pan African Congress) representative Jackie Mazibuko, speaks about white alliances between Ian Smith of Zimbabwe, the South African government, and the US in their oppression of black Africans. She also speaks about the land issues in Africa, and that all land originally, and still should, belong to black Africans, and that people must have the ideology of revolution to struggle against oppression.
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1987Volume Number: Vol. 11-1 Winter-SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorials: Puerto Rico: Yankee Go Home p. 1 - Defend the Palestinian Revolution p. 4 - Contragate p. 6 - Chicago: Confronting the Racist Right p. 7 - Myth of Black Progress, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 17 - Kuwasi Balagoon 1946-1986 p. 21 - U.S. and Zaire Training African Contras p. 22 - Chile: Crisis in the Southern Cone p. 24 - Interview with Puerto Rican Patriot Rafael Cancel Miranda p. 31 - From the Clandestine Movement: Communiques from the Puerto Rican People's Army - Machateros p. 38 - On the Chicago Indictments p. 40 - Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit p. 41 - Statement by Watani Tyehimba to the Grand Jury p. 42 - Write Through the Walls p. 43 - Bill Wahpehpah 1937-1987 p. 45
People\'s Power in Mozambique, Angola and Guinea Bissau People\'s Power in Mozambique, Angola and Guinea Bissau
Publisher: Mozambique, Angola & Guine Information CentreYear: 1977Volume Number: No. 7-8 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Frelimo in Congress, Attempted Coup in Luanda, Literacy in Guinea Bissau
IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis
Year: 1977Volume Number: No. 6 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: IKWEZI
In this Issue: Soweto: Era of Mass Struggles Begin; Soweto and the South African Economy; Southern African Liberation Movements Must Take a Stand Against Soviet Social Imperialism; The National Question in Azania: The Native Versus the National Question; The Falsified History of African Dispossession of Their Land and Country in Azania; Why the Soviet Union is an Imperialist Country; Aspects of Social Imperialism in Africa; Who are the Katangese Gendarmes; Labour Laws in Angola; more
Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid
Publisher: Southern Africa CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. IX No. 7 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: South Africa\'s Squatter Camps- Defying Apartheid; Bishop Muzorewa Goes to Washington
Afrikan Awakener Afrikan Awakener
Publisher: Pan Afrikan Peoples OrganizationYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 2-16 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
The organ of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Organization. Contents of this issue include: Zimbabwe Patriotic Front Recognized, Roots: Red, White and Blue or Black?, Will Zaire be the next Vietnam?, How the Camp Pendleton 14 resist Klan violence, psychology of the Black Revolution, Home Births- Not a Bad Thing, What's Happening to Our Bad Youth