Zimbabwe: Another Imperialist Attempt to Drive People of Color off the Land
Recently we have been aware of the Israel’s bombing of Gaza. Thus far 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. What one does not know or at least the western press has not told us much about is the similar war being raged on Zimbabwe by western powers in the interest of capitalism and the corporate monopolies. Shortly after the Zimbabwe’s war of liberation Robert Mugabe, the newly elected president of Zimbabwe instituted a long sought after land reform that would take the large estates owned by white farmers and distribute them to African farmers. Zimbabwe like most of the countries of southern Africa had long been victims of apartheid, discrimination, and racial oppression by white racist dominated governments in the region. The most abusive act took place in 1930 when the United Kingdom introduced the Land Appor...