When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2... more When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2011, with the chant, 'the people want to bring down the regime', there was hope all over the continent that these rebellions were part of a wider African Awakening
January 2022 marked the rollout of the largest trading block in the world, the RCEP. It is the ar... more January 2022 marked the rollout of the largest trading block in the world, the RCEP. It is the argument of the paper that this trading block emerged out of four periods of the Bandung Process that was launched in 1955 for the process of decolonization. In 1954, the Vietnamese army defeated the army of France and Dien Bien Phu. A year later, Vietnam was one of the founding members of the Bandung process. This was the project initiated by the formerly colonized states to form a global coalition to resist imperialism. Organizing to consolidate independence under the banner of the struggles for bread, freedom and justice, the Bandung movement anchored the nonaligned movement, the struggles in Palestine, the struggles against apartheid and the struggles for a New International Economic Order (NIEO). As a member of the 10 member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam has been at the forefront of opposing western economic and military domination of Asia. This resistance had matured in the formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement which was signed in November 2020. RCEP brings together China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The paper traces four moments of the Bandung Process and brought to the fore the importance of the current historical conjuncture when Vietnamese diplomatic leadership within ASEAN facilitated this new trade deal. The combination of the intensified warfare, global health pandemics, crisis of global warming, the fragility of capital, the weaponization of trade and finance and instability generated by the US political system, along with systemic racism continues to point to the necessity for a new international monetary and financial system (IMFS). From the Bandung era, through the financial crises of capitalism, the societies of the South have been seeking new institutions and formations to break the stranglehold of western imperialism and white supremacy. The paper will highlight the possibilities offered by RECP in the context of the continued struggles for a New International Economic Order in opposition to the US project of the weaponization of trade and finance.
International Journal of African Historical Studies, Sep 1, 2007
... I have received scholarly support and encouragement from Nelson Kasfir and Paul Kaiser, both ... more ... I have received scholarly support and encouragement from Nelson Kasfir and Paul Kaiser, both of whom reviewed the first chapter, and Ron Kassimir, who helped clear ambiguities in the ... My former student H. Twebaze deserves mention for providing data and research materials ...
Faced with pressures from below and the wave of new energies from the African peoples, the Execut... more Faced with pressures from below and the wave of new energies from the African peoples, the Executive Council of the African Union in May 2013 declared an ambitious agenda for a people-centered Union to achieve the agenda of full unity by 2063. From the outset, the Pan-African Movement has articulated this goal of the full unification of Africa and the emancipation of African peoples in all parts of the world. This chapter is one more effort to grasp the Pan-African experiences from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union. In this contribution, by Pan-African experience we mean the process of getting knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things associated with the emancipation of Africa. In this case, the getting of knowledge and skill came from the differing Pan-African activities that were undertaken to advance the cause of freedom. The chapter traces the evolution of the global idea of Pan-Africanism and its political and ideological manifestations over ...
'Imminent threat' is a term used in international law to justify a preemptive military st... more 'Imminent threat' is a term used in international law to justify a preemptive military strike. This concept of imminent threat had been articulated prior to the war against the people of Iraq by the George W Bush Administration when the peoples of the world were bombarded with information that Saddam Hussein possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Ten years after the destruction of Iraq with millions killed or displaced, we now know that the case for war had been presented with dubious evidence.
The African Review a Journal of African Politics Development and International Affairs, 2013
Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 when the financial markets imploded, there has been a gro... more Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 when the financial markets imploded, there has been a growing awareness of the fragility of the international capitalist system. This paper examines the contradictory experience where there is austerity in Europe and North America, yet Africa is experiencing tremendous growth with seven of the fastest growing economies in the world being Africa. The paper underlines four major features of the changed world economy:1) the looming end of the European project (most manifest in the comatose state of the EURO, 2) the consolidation of radical alternatives in Latin America (especially moving towards one currency) the imminent end of the US dollar hegemony, 3) the revolutionary changes that have been initiated in the streets of Cairo at Tahrir Square, and 4) building peaceful relations and the opportunities for energy transformation which could lead to repairing planet earth away from the impending environmental cataclysm. These four changes are examined in the context of the relations between the peoples of Africa and the peoples of Asia –drawing from the experiences of China and Vietnam. These relationships were honed within the context of the non-aligned movement and the anti-colonial struggles. The paper noted that the questions of transformation will now have to be clarified to specify whether these transformations are within the framework of capitalist “development” or that of a new mode of social and economic organization. The paper concludes by raising the challenge of how our work as intellectuals and activists assist in the transformation of society, to develop human potential for self-emancipation from all forms of bondage and restrictions – mental, racial, economic, gender, social and cultural. The dignity and the unification of the peoples are interconnected to questions of transformation.
... state. Hence, on top of the four contradictions of the post colonial state the contradictions... more ... state. Hence, on top of the four contradictions of the post colonial state the contradictions of racial hierarchy, patriarchy and imperial ... history of the Caribbean. From the end of the colonial ... were numerous formations seeking alternatives, with the Grenadian experience
... AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA IN AFRICA 09T062122Z_01_BAN922845_RTRIDST _0_OZABS-MINERALS-CHR... more ... AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA IN AFRICA 09T062122Z_01_BAN922845_RTRIDST _0_OZABS-MINERALS-CHROME-SAMANCOR-20061109.XML> 16 Leni Wild and David Mepham (eds) (2006) The New Sinosphere: China in Africa, Institute for Public Policy ...
When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2... more When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2011, with the chant, 'the people want to bring down the regime', there was hope all over the continent that these rebellions were part of a wider African Awakening
January 2022 marked the rollout of the largest trading block in the world, the RCEP. It is the ar... more January 2022 marked the rollout of the largest trading block in the world, the RCEP. It is the argument of the paper that this trading block emerged out of four periods of the Bandung Process that was launched in 1955 for the process of decolonization. In 1954, the Vietnamese army defeated the army of France and Dien Bien Phu. A year later, Vietnam was one of the founding members of the Bandung process. This was the project initiated by the formerly colonized states to form a global coalition to resist imperialism. Organizing to consolidate independence under the banner of the struggles for bread, freedom and justice, the Bandung movement anchored the nonaligned movement, the struggles in Palestine, the struggles against apartheid and the struggles for a New International Economic Order (NIEO). As a member of the 10 member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam has been at the forefront of opposing western economic and military domination of Asia. This resistance had matured in the formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement which was signed in November 2020. RCEP brings together China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The paper traces four moments of the Bandung Process and brought to the fore the importance of the current historical conjuncture when Vietnamese diplomatic leadership within ASEAN facilitated this new trade deal. The combination of the intensified warfare, global health pandemics, crisis of global warming, the fragility of capital, the weaponization of trade and finance and instability generated by the US political system, along with systemic racism continues to point to the necessity for a new international monetary and financial system (IMFS). From the Bandung era, through the financial crises of capitalism, the societies of the South have been seeking new institutions and formations to break the stranglehold of western imperialism and white supremacy. The paper will highlight the possibilities offered by RECP in the context of the continued struggles for a New International Economic Order in opposition to the US project of the weaponization of trade and finance.
International Journal of African Historical Studies, Sep 1, 2007
... I have received scholarly support and encouragement from Nelson Kasfir and Paul Kaiser, both ... more ... I have received scholarly support and encouragement from Nelson Kasfir and Paul Kaiser, both of whom reviewed the first chapter, and Ron Kassimir, who helped clear ambiguities in the ... My former student H. Twebaze deserves mention for providing data and research materials ...
Faced with pressures from below and the wave of new energies from the African peoples, the Execut... more Faced with pressures from below and the wave of new energies from the African peoples, the Executive Council of the African Union in May 2013 declared an ambitious agenda for a people-centered Union to achieve the agenda of full unity by 2063. From the outset, the Pan-African Movement has articulated this goal of the full unification of Africa and the emancipation of African peoples in all parts of the world. This chapter is one more effort to grasp the Pan-African experiences from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union. In this contribution, by Pan-African experience we mean the process of getting knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things associated with the emancipation of Africa. In this case, the getting of knowledge and skill came from the differing Pan-African activities that were undertaken to advance the cause of freedom. The chapter traces the evolution of the global idea of Pan-Africanism and its political and ideological manifestations over ...
'Imminent threat' is a term used in international law to justify a preemptive military st... more 'Imminent threat' is a term used in international law to justify a preemptive military strike. This concept of imminent threat had been articulated prior to the war against the people of Iraq by the George W Bush Administration when the peoples of the world were bombarded with information that Saddam Hussein possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Ten years after the destruction of Iraq with millions killed or displaced, we now know that the case for war had been presented with dubious evidence.
The African Review a Journal of African Politics Development and International Affairs, 2013
Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 when the financial markets imploded, there has been a gro... more Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 when the financial markets imploded, there has been a growing awareness of the fragility of the international capitalist system. This paper examines the contradictory experience where there is austerity in Europe and North America, yet Africa is experiencing tremendous growth with seven of the fastest growing economies in the world being Africa. The paper underlines four major features of the changed world economy:1) the looming end of the European project (most manifest in the comatose state of the EURO, 2) the consolidation of radical alternatives in Latin America (especially moving towards one currency) the imminent end of the US dollar hegemony, 3) the revolutionary changes that have been initiated in the streets of Cairo at Tahrir Square, and 4) building peaceful relations and the opportunities for energy transformation which could lead to repairing planet earth away from the impending environmental cataclysm. These four changes are examined in the context of the relations between the peoples of Africa and the peoples of Asia –drawing from the experiences of China and Vietnam. These relationships were honed within the context of the non-aligned movement and the anti-colonial struggles. The paper noted that the questions of transformation will now have to be clarified to specify whether these transformations are within the framework of capitalist “development” or that of a new mode of social and economic organization. The paper concludes by raising the challenge of how our work as intellectuals and activists assist in the transformation of society, to develop human potential for self-emancipation from all forms of bondage and restrictions – mental, racial, economic, gender, social and cultural. The dignity and the unification of the peoples are interconnected to questions of transformation.
... state. Hence, on top of the four contradictions of the post colonial state the contradictions... more ... state. Hence, on top of the four contradictions of the post colonial state the contradictions of racial hierarchy, patriarchy and imperial ... history of the Caribbean. From the end of the colonial ... were numerous formations seeking alternatives, with the Grenadian experience
... AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA IN AFRICA 09T062122Z_01_BAN922845_RTRIDST _0_OZABS-MINERALS-CHR... more ... AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA IN AFRICA 09T062122Z_01_BAN922845_RTRIDST _0_OZABS-MINERALS-CHROME-SAMANCOR-20061109.XML> 16 Leni Wild and David Mepham (eds) (2006) The New Sinosphere: China in Africa, Institute for Public Policy ...
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