A good and timely article by Pilger. However, the left always and everywhere have to watched with a critical eye. He refers to China as an “imperial rival” hinting at Lenin’s inter-imperialist rivalry thesis. But it is necessary to distinguish between the empire, operating out of Washington and London and currently embarked on a programme of world domination,and those who defend themselves against it. Pilger gives us a hint of a treacherous line from the left: that we remain neutral in the wars being provoked by the empire- a plague on all their houses.
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20th October, 2011
On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic. They will only “engage” for “self-defence”, says Obama, satirically. With Libya secured, an American invasion of the African continent is under way.
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