Imperialism in Blackface II: Wyclef

Ladies and gentleman, children of all ages, I present to you "the preacher's son" a.k.a. wyclef jean. He is Haiti's roving ambassador. Way back in '04 he was fronting for regime change in Haiti. Well, they got rid of democratically elected Aristide. They put in this puppet Preval and now Wyclef's got a job. Fronting for imperialism 101. Obama sends him and Clinton and Rice to go push some neo-liberal agenda. i.e. ima rape you and you gonna like that shit. We need to start calling out these Uncle-Tom-ass-kissing mofo's willing to sell us out and start delivering a little Revolutionary justice. Wyclef, this aint a movie and it's still bigger than hip-hop.

Imperialism in Blackface

Ladies and Gentleman, introducing another blackface(they seem to multiplying like rabbits) willing to front for the American capitalist empire: Mr. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnnnnnie Carsonnnnnn. During his speechwhere he accepted the nomination you could easily tell Africa is in for more raping and general destruction if you can sift through the b.s. Some Africanists(I can't honestly call these people Pan-Africanists) seem to think it is a bad thing it took so long for someone to be named to the post. Some people seem to have "hope" beyond "hope" in a kinder, gentler form of imperialism. Silly rabbit, trix are for kids.

Allow me to translate as he breaks down America's interest in Africa. "Fifteen percent of America's oil comes from Africa and the continent supplies the majority of the liquefied natural gas consumed by the eastern United States. Africa's economic potential is vast and its importance as a trading partner will continue to grow." Yo, they got that oil son, and that natural gas. We could go head and rip them off and make crazy paper.

He goes on to mention Ghana and South Africa as models of democracy. He doesn't mention how the C.I.A. had a hand in the coup against Nkrumah and how different Ghana and Africa would be if the seeds of Pan-Africanism had been allowed to take root. Nah, he didn't mention that little bit of history. Democracy is well and good as long as its someone with the U.S.'s interests. He didn't mention the ANC has been in power for the last 15 years and has done very little to alleviate the exploitation of the masses of South Africans.

He mentions dealing with conflicts in Somalia, the Sudan and the Eastern Congo without mentioning the U.S.'s capitalistic interests in each of these conflicts. Again and again he presents these problems of Africa as if the U.S. had no hand in them and somehow they are gonna come and swoop in and solve Africa's problems. Some think we gotta wait and see what the U.S.'s Africa policy will be, but it aint changed: rape and plunder the natural resources and install "democratic" regimes that will be willing collaborators in the continued rape and plunder of Africa.

Capitalism lies all the time

Capitalism lies all the time. sometimes big, sometimes small, but all the time. Sometimes it is so subtle it is hard to notice. Son said most people are sheep and there have always been sheep and there will always be sheep. This is a lie. This is how capitalism comes to limit our thinking and limit what we seek to do. Dialectics tells us everything changes. The world is constantly in motion. So, the world is never "how it always was". That sort of reasoning is unscientific. The colonizers thought they could keep us colonized forever and they were wrong, the slavers thought they could keep us enslaved forever and they were wrong, the feudal lords thought they would rule the serfs forever and they were wrong. And some seem to think capitalism was here and will always be here and they are surely wrong too. It is crumbling everyday!! Some think our People will remain unconscious forever and they are surely wrong too. Our People can and will become conscious the same way anyone becomes conscious: by constant political education. Now our job is to go about this is an organized manner, to make as many People conscious in as efficient a manner as possible. This is why we need a mass Revolutionary Party.