http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/zimbabwes-unity-government-and-their-excess-baggage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwes-unity-government-and-their-excess-baggage Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/zimbabwes-unity-government-and-their-excess-baggage/#comment-181548 Patricia McFadden Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:32:01 +0000 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=1581#comment-181548 Well…so the moment of truth about the petite bourgeoisie has finally arrived and it is not pretty..but this is what people demanded without the necessary critical analysis and courage to look past the outrage ( which is always a necessity under neocolonialism) and the hype…yes..lots of hype ..to arrive at the moment when most will remain where they are…and probably be in an even worse-off place after the international vultures have picked every bone clean in the national cupboard….and so…hands in the fire again this time…and it burns like hell… Has the lesson of paying attention to the real identity and history of those who scream words that sound like they are about ‘all of us’ been learnt? I doubt it…but maybe the next time around there will be more caution about giving up our futures to whoever claims that they will bring us a better day. The historical fact is that no where in human history have those who occupy class-based states ever given the working people anything…what ever the people acquire is always through their own struggles, sweat and vigilance…and never ever through the mediation of frauds who wear the language and the gestures of the socially excluded. Learn from the bitter lessons of betrayal and craft your own future…and stop complaining…it won’t change anything..
Patricia McFadden, African Feminist, Harare, Zimbabwe

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