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WiPoKuLi: A few Months Rest Needed!

At age 71 energies are limited. The potential to parallelly carry on with bigger projects is reduced. I´m thus forced to let my blog WiPoKuLi (name derived from the German words “Wissenschaft, Politik, Kunst und Literatur” = Science, Politics, Arts and Literature) rest for a while. Surely I´ll refer to articles on my blog from time to time in comments to articles from somewhere else. I also hope that my readers might pass this or that of my existing articles. Here I give an overview over link lists on my blog to a number of fields.

Overview

Link lists of my articles about the US:

Additional list of New Articles about the US: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/new-articles-about-the-us-whats-wrong-with-wordpress-neue-artikel-zu-den-usa-was-ist-mit-wordpress-los/

My articles about the USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/list-of-my-articles-on-the-usa/

Link list of my articles about Africa:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/african-struggles-for-social-justice-freedom-and-democracy-in-perspective-reflected-in-a-series-of-articles/

Europe and the US:

Europe: There Will be no Peace and no Social Progress Without a Revolution Against US Dominance!”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/europe-there-will-be-no-peace-and-no-social-progress-without-a-revolution-against-us-dominace-deutschland-europa-es-wird-keinen-frieden-und-keinen-sozialen-fortschritt-ohne-eine-revolution-gegen/

Some Science:

Some Thoughts on Science and Life”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/some-thoughts-on-science-and-life-einige-gedanken-zu-wissenschaft-und-leben/

Mutation in the Number of Chromosomes in Evolution“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/mutation-in-the-number-of-chromosomes-in-evolution/

Between Neurophysiology and Philosophy: Some Speculations about Consciousness”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/between-neurophysiology-and-philosophy-some-speculations-about-consciousness/

The Olmec Mystery”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/the-olmec-mystery/

Overview over my little Art Works:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/overview-over-my-little-art-works-uebersicht-ueber-meine-kleinkunst/

Some Literature:

My Big Thanks to a Giant of Literature: James Baldwin!“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/my-big-thanks-to-a-giant-of-literature-james-baldwin/

Chinua Achebe: A Great Loss, but Africa keeps his Heritage, Hopefully!”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/chinua-achebe-a-great-loss-but-africa-keeps-his-heritage-hopefully/

A „Must Read“ if you want to understand present day Politics:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/must-read-if-you-want-to-understand-present-day-politics/

And some music: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/some-music/

OK, so long!

Andreas Schlüter

For contact:

a-schlueter-kwaku@gmx.de

Deutsche Version

WiPoKuLi: einige Monate Ruhe sind nötig!

Im Alter von 71 Jahren sind die Energien begrenzt. Das Potenzial, parallel größere Projekte zu betreiben, ist reduziert. Ich bin daher gezwungen, meinen Blog WiPoKuLi für eine Weile ruhen zu lassen. Sicher werde ich auf vorige Artikel von mir von Zeit zu Zeit in Kommentaren zu Artikeln von woanders verweisen. Ich hoffe auch, dass meine Leser dieses oder jenes meiner bestehenden Artikel verbreiten. Hier möchte ich noch einen Überblick zu meinem Blog geben.

Überblick:

Aufstehen: Wofür wir kämpfen müssen!”:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2018/09/04/aufstehen-was-wir-fordern-muessen/

Aufstehen, warum, wogegen, wofür„: aufstehen-warum-wogegen-wofuer

Zu den USA:

Neue Artikel zu den USA!”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/new-articles-about-the-us-whats-wrong-with-wordpress-neue-artikel-zu-den-usa-was-ist-mit-wordpress-los/

Linksammlung zu den USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/link-liste-meiner-artikel-zu-den-usa/

Linksammlung zu Afrika und Nahost: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/artikelsammlung-zu-afrika-und-zum-nahen-osten/

Einige Gedanken zu Migration und Krisen:

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Linksammlung zu Gladio, Geheimdiensten & den Morden des „NSU“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/link-liste-meiner-artikel-zu-gladio-nsu-geheimdiensten-und-staatsorganen/

Europa und die USA:

Deutschland, Europa: es wird keinen Frieden und keinen sozialen Fortschritt ohne eine Revolution gegen die US-Dominanz geben!”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/europe-there-will-be-no-peace-and-no-social-progress-without-a-revolution-against-us-dominace-deutschland-europa-es-wird-keinen-frieden-und-keinen-sozialen-fortschritt-ohne-eine-revolution-gegen/

Linkliste meiner Artikel zu Evolution, Humanevolution und Frühgeschichte: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/linkliste-meiner-artikel-zur-evolution-humanevolution-und-vorgeschichte/

Überblick über meine „Kleinkunst“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/overview-over-my-little-art-works-uebersicht-ueber-meine-kleinkunst/

Zur Literatur:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/james-baldwin-mein-dank-an-einen-grossen-toten-schriftsteller/

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/zeitreise-uber-den-roman-%e2%80%9ea-man-oft-he-people%e2%80%9c-von-chinua-achebe/

Und ein wenig Musik: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/some-music/

Bis später!

Andreas Schlüter

Kontakt: a-schlueter-kwaku@gmx.de

Deutsche Version unten hinter den Bildern

Libyan Slavery: a Day of Fury in Berlin!

Yesterday a protest demonstration against the terrible sufferings inflicted on African migrants and excesses_of_slavery in Libya was held by Germany´s Black_Community in front of the Libyan embassy in Berlin. Several hundred people, members of the African community (from Berlin and Hamburg), Afro-Germans and German supporters expressed their anger and fury about the events in Libya. Unfortunately some people were obviously more interested in staging themselves and made the organization a bit difficult, but important contributions were given. The protests were disciplined and facing a relatively cooperative police. In all it was an impressive protest, though the event was after all confronting a Sturday-empty embassy. Luckily the US-American, French, British and German hands in the destruction of Libya which led to the disaster were mentioned. Possibly in the final analysis the protest should have been held in front of the US Embassy. We shouldn´t forget the “laughing_Lady”, crooked Hillary Clinton!

Is such a protest enough?

No doubt, such well based feelings of anger have to be expressed, but it would be bad if the relieve by shouting would be all. It is very clear, Colonialism_is_alive_and_still_going_strong! The US Empire – assisted by its foolish European vassals thus creating a “refugee crisis” for themself – is working hard to destroy all African independence and reduce Africa to resource-slavery, which “Happenings” like “G20_Africa_Partnership_Conference” will not make us forget. And_the_refugees_may_get_drowned! The inflicted destruction pushes also a dangerous “brain drain”. And it´s even going beyond that, US Power_Elite_declared_biowar_on_Africa!

Organization and Self Empowerment!

It should be obvious: Africa will not develop “with the West”, but only “against the West” taking into consideration the powers “that shouldn´t be” in the West! And “self victimization” wouldn´t help, likewise lamenting! The spirit of Lumumba, Nkrumah, Malcom X, Sankara and others has to return and be merged with further studies of the enemy, of self organization and economic self empowerment. Many Liberation movements stopped at official “Independence” and were neutralized after the “victory”, in which process surely the crumbling down of the East Block played an important role.

I remember an event in Berlin on the 29th August 2011 about the renaming of the “Gröbenufer” into “May_Ayim_Ufer”. In all the speeches no word was dropped about the those days ongoing Western war against Libya, which drove me mad. Today we can see the “success” of that war!

Symbolism and Fake Allies

In all these symbolic activities the German Green Party is always very active, but, “In the Libyan war, the Greens attacked the then Christian Democratic Union/Free Democratic Party government for not participating in the bombardment of the country. Last year, they were the strongest advocates of military intervention in Syria”, as “World_Socialist_Web_Site” describes.

It is hard to write – since I have no liking for those people – but maybe a whole number of xenophobes in Europe would be more reliable allies if they could be rightfully convinced that Europe´s help for the US lead destruction of Africa and Near and Middle East will confront them with migrant waves they can not dream of stopping!

And an important point is the general Peace Question. A common point of interest with broader sections of the German society would be to make them understand that for German interests it would be better to engage in the Eurasian Cooperation than in the develish destruction of Africa and Near East. Their “most important ally”, the US Power Elite, is not only the driving force in Africa´s destruction (eight_million_dead_in_DR_Congo_in_the_last_twenty_one_years), but also in the effort to make Europe the battle field of the mad warmongers war against Russia! Surely that necessary turn of German strategy would be the “nightmare_of_the_US_PowerElite”. Behind all this: excessive neoliberal globalized Capitalism!

After all, my dear African friends, there is a_long_struggle_ahead! Being 70 years old what I can do is exposing Imperialism and its hidden implications and agendas, and I will!

Andreas Schlüter

Links:

African Struggles for Social Justice, Freedom and Democracy in Perspective, Reflected in a Series of Articles“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/african-struggles-for-social-justice-freedom-and-democracy-in-perspective-reflected-in-a-series-of-articles/

My articles on the USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/list-of-my-articles-on-the-usa/

And Africa´s Sisters and Brothers in the Pacific and Sout East Asia are struggling as well : https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/the-forgotten-struggle-of-west-papua-and-neocolonialism/

Photos of the Protest – Fotos vom Protest

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Libysche Sklaverei: ein Tag der Wut in Berlin!

Gestern, am Samstag, fand eine Protest-Demonstration vor der libyschen Botschaft in Berlin gegen die abscheulichen Exzesse des Menschenhandels in Libyen statt, veranstaltet von der Afrikanischen_Community in Deutschland. Afrikaner, Afrodeutsche und deutsche Unterstützer vornehmlich aus Berlin und Hamburg drückten ihren Zorn über die Ereignisse in Libyen aus. Es war eine eindrucksvolle Demonstration mit Hunderten von Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern, auch, wenn einige Leute die Organisation durch undiszipliniertes Verhalten nicht erleichterten. Die Demonstration verlief friedlich und die Polizei war relativ kooperativ.

Begrüßenswerterweise wurde die Rolle der USA, Frankreichs und Großbritanniens nicht unerwähnt gelassen, die durch den Krieg gegen Libyen die Katastrophe erzeugt haben. Dabei sei daran erinnert, dass die damalige Bundesregierung wenigstens bei der Abstimmung im Sicherheitsrat zur “Flugverbotszone” sich der Stimme enthalten hat, was ihr wohl eine “Erinnerung_des_grossen_Bruders” einbrachte. Letztendlich hätte man wohl vor der US-Botschaft demonstrieren sollen, man erinnere sich an Hillary Clintons Lachanfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8kAvneeMo.

Auf jeden Fall war die Veranstaltung ein deutlicher Ausdruck allzu berechtigten Zornes.

Ist das alles genug?

Aber reicht es, seine Wut lautstark vor einer “Samstags-leeren” libyschen Botschaft auszudrücken? Es wäre bei Weitem zu wenig. Keine Frage, der_Kolonialismus_lebt_und_tobt_weiter! Auch Veranstaltungen wie die “G20_Afrika-Konferenz” können nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen. Der Westen gibt sich gerne als “Feuerwehr” aus und ist tatsächlich der Brandstifter! Die angebliche “Bekämpfung der_Fluchtursachen“ ist eine hohle Phrase. Aber es geht noch darüber hinaus, in den faschistischen Neocon Think Tanks wird vom “biologischen_Rassenkrieg” geträumt. Afrika soll offenbar in ewiger Rohstoff-Sklaverei gehalten werden.

Selbstorganisation, politisch, sozial und auch insbesondere wirtschaftlich

Die Annahme einer Opferrolle und Klagen sind nicht der Weg. Tatsächlich muss es einem klar werden, so wie die Dinge im Westen liegen, kann Afrika sich wohl nicht “mit dem Westen”, sondern nur “gegen den Westen” entwickeln! Das erfordert viel Arbeit und Enthusiasmus. Der Geist von Lumumba, Nkrumah, Malcolm X, Sankara und Anderen muss wiederbelebt werden und mit dem Studium der Gegner, der Organisation, Geo-Politik und autozentrierter Wirtschaft verknüpft werden. Leider sind die Erfolge des Befreiungskampfes in vielen Ländern nach dem vermeintlichen Sieg wieder zunichte gemacht worden, wobei der Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion wohl eine große Rolle spielte.

Symbolismus und falsche Verbündete

Forderungen nach Mahnmalen für die Opfer von Sklaverei und Kolonialismus nähren nur die alberne Illusion, der Kolonialismus sei vorbei. So sehr man sich über Straßen ärgern mag, die nach Kolonialisten benannt sind, das Ringen um Umbenennung darf nicht über die Notwendigkeit hinwegtäuschen, den Kolonialismus wirklich zu bekämpfen, es gibt kaum ein alberneres Wort als das vom “Post-Kolonialismus”. Ich erinnere mich an eine Veranstaltung_zur_Umbenennung des Gröben-Ufers in May-Ayim-Ufer am 29. August 2011. Zur gleichen Zeit fand der NATO-Krieg gegen Libyen statt. Nicht ein Wort fiel auf der Veranstaltung dazu, was mich sehr verärgerte.

Besonders die Grünen sind eifrig bei derartigen Alibi-Veranstaltungen dabei, haben sich aber auch bei der Zerstörung Libyens als “olivgrüne” Kriegspartei hervorgetan und die damalige Bundesregierung für ihre relative Zurückhaltung schwer angegriffen. Man höre dazu Cohn-Bandit, äh, Cohn-Bendit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkoJQDI5ENU

Friedenskampf gegen tödliches “Spiel”

Wir sollen auch nicht vergessen, dass zu den “grünen Lieblingen”, wie denen des weistlichen Mainstreams insgesamt, Paul Kagame gehört, der der US-Handlanger für die Zerstörung der DR Kongo ist und für über acht_Millionen_Tote dort verantwortlich zeichnet. Gerne wird medial übrigens die gezielte_Destabilisierung_Afrikas als das Ergebnis “Afrikanischer Barbarei” dargestellt.

Angesichts grüner Doppelzüngigkeit kann man fast noch eher Xenophoben – so unappetitlich sie mir sind – klarmachen, dass sie besser gegen die US-geführte Zerstörung Afrikas und des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens aufstehen sollten, anstatt vor Flüchtlingsheimen zu gröhlen, wenn sie nicht Flüchtlingsströme erleben wollen, die keiner mehr aufhalten könnte! Diese Politik zerstört ja nicht nur das Umfeld Europas, sondern könnte auch zur “Sprengung_Europas” führen. Die Friedensfrage ist bei Bündnissen von zentraler Bedeutung, denn die gleich US-Machtelite, die die Zerstörung der südlichen Hemisphäre orchestriert, müht sich auch, Europa zum Schlachtfeld ihres Krieges gegen Russland zu machen.

Keine Frage, meine afrikanischen Freunde, es wird ein langer Kampf, Afrika wirklich zu befreien und dafür zu sorgen, dass Menschen nicht mehr lebensgefährliche Fahrten unternehmen müssen, um Not, Krieg und Zerstörung zu entkommen. Es wird ein langer Kampf, dafür zu sorgen, dass die Bewohner des Kontinents seine Reichtümer selbst nutzen können und ihre Gesellschaften so entwickeln, dass sie nicht mehr zum Spielball des westlichen neoliberalen, globalisierten Raubtier-Kapitalismus werden.

Wenn ich mit meinen 70 Jahren mit der Entlarvung der Strategien der westlichen Machteliten und ihrer unmenschlichen Zielsetzungen ein wenig beitragen kann, wäre ich glücklich!

Andreas Schlüter

Links:

Linksammlung zu meinen Artikeln über Afrika und Nahost: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/artikelsammlung-zu-afrika-und-zum-nahen-osten/

Meine Beiträge zu den USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/link-liste-meiner-artikel-zu-den-usa/

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Every now and then “News” are propping up in the Western Media about Burundi indicating “Repression” and “misconduct” by the government. Even the UN is accusing the Burundian government of human rights violations and else. In September the New_York_Times writes about the UN condemning the Government with President Nkurunziza of “crimes against humanity”. It “reports” the crisis would have heated “when Mr. Nkurunziza announced his intention to run for a third term – a violation of Burundi´s Constitution”. Well, even BBC_had_to_admit that Burundi´s Supreme court decided the running for a third term would be legal since the first term started under extraordinary circumstances, being appointed by parliament in course of the Arusha agreements and not being elected in a popular vote.

Long Live the Double Standard!

The Western smear campaign against Burundi and Nkurunziza is the more astonishing since Western darling Presidents in Burundi´s surrounding are not respecting any limitation for their number of terms. Uganda´s President Yoweri_Museveni is on top since more than 30 years. Rwanda´s President Paul_Kagame, who invaded Rwanda with his RPF from Uganda and with heavy US support, is President since 2000 and has no limitation in terms (he must be suspected for ruthlessly murdering_critics abroad). DR Congo´s Joseph_Kabila is President since 2001. In Western media usually not many words are dropped about this when hitting on Burundi´s government. But it´s the same when it comes to other “good friends” of the West like for example the “lighthouse of Democracy” in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia. So what is the reason for Western hostility towards Burundi?

Much of Western rhetoric relates to the (fake) mainstream narrative on the tragedy in Rwanda shouting “genocide under way”, a dangerous alarmism of which the Guardian warned in 2015. All that though Burundis_real_social_divide_is_urban_and_rural. But Burundi´s problems might in fact have a lot to do with Rwanda, but in a different way than insinuated by the media. And Burundi´s government stands_in_the_way_of_the_US as Ann Garrison points out correctly.

The US Empire, “Their Man” Kagame and the Plunder of Congo

23 years ago the US Empire has installed the henchman Paul Kagame in Rwanda with a bloody war of aggression waged by the Uganda based RPF and decorated this with a monumental disinformation campaign making the world believe that the former Rwandan government would have planned a “Genocide against the Tutsi”. It was rather a Genocide against the Hutu majority. For the history of that tragedy read:

Half the Truth is a whole Lie! 20 Years of brazen Desinformation!https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/rwanda-half-of-the-truth-is-a-whole-lie-twenty-years-of-brazen-desinformation/

There is no doubt that the “Scramble for Africa” is going on and that Rwanda´s RPF regime is playing an essential part in it, as Robin Philpot correctly portrays in his book “Rwanda_and_the_New_Scramble_for_Africa”, likewise described by Finian_Cunningham. Coltan, Uranium, Cobalt, Gold diamonds and copper are “waiting for plunder”. Especially the US military is busy “winning_Africa”. Even the “Economist” though upholding the fake Western narrative about Rwanda´s tragedy admits the unholy role of Rwanda and ethnic Tutsis in DR Congo in an article of 2012.

An important role plays the rebel_group_M23 mostly made up of ethnic Tutsis, who were integrated into the Congolese army. Fights between_the_Congolese_army_and_M23 went also on this year. Despite the defection of Tutsi fighters to those rebel groups there is still Tutsi dominance said to prevail in DR Congo´s army. An example was also Laurent_Nkunda, and an example for the close relationship to the US via US Christian sectarianism as well.

The crisis sharpens obviously again in DR Congo, especially in the Kasai region (see links below). Trough the “complicated” conflicts “Big Brothers” hand (“well trained” in steering ethnic conflicts) is shining. The US Power Elite has long lasting experience in such operations also in the Middle East and the Balkans.

Possibly the Geo-Strategic Clou to the Story

In February 2016 it became obvious that Rwanda_is_recruiting_as_well_as_training_and_arming_Burundian_rebels in order to destabilize_Burundi and oust_the_Burundian_President. This most probably has the aim to plunge Burundi into chaos and sharpen ethnic conflicts, and then for Kagame and his RPF to appear as the “savior” of the Burundian Tutsi! Surely with the aim of installing a Tutsi dominated regime and possibly uniting the two countries, restituting a “glorious Tutsi Reign”.

What could be the further aims of Kagame and his US masters? Well, it might silence the slowly developing skepticism about Kagame´s role in Congo and fix again the “Genocide against the Tutsi” narrative. But much more important: it would broaden Kagame´s power basis for his plunder of the DR Congo in favor of Western resource policy. And a Coltan_processing_plant is built in cooperation with a Canadian Company in Rwanda, where_no_Coltan_is_to_be_found. Coltan is in Congo. But Rwanda is the World´s biggest Coltan exporter, guess how?!

Is it very absurd to speculate that Kagame´s plan (and that of his US masters) might be to unite Rwanda and Burundi for a broader power basis and thereafter split the Eastern part of DR Congo off, using militant Tutsi groups in Congo? If that costs thousands of lives in Burundi and more millions of lives in Congo, do you think the US Power Elite dominated by the US_Neocons_and_their_think_tanks would bother?

Andreas Schlüter

Links:

Interview with HE PhD Edouard Bizimana, Burundi´s ambassador in Russia, in French:

https://fr.sputniknews.com/points_de_vue/201709131033024529-burundi-crimes-contre-humanite-onu-rapport/

https://fr.sputniknews.com/points_de_vue/201709141033045050-bizimana-ambassadeur-burundi-situation/

unmasking faces of plotters: http://trumpetnews.co.ug/2017/10/11/intelligence-briefing-unmasking-faces-of-burundi-radical-opposition-leaders-plotting-nkurunziza-downfall/

further Links:

Rwanda´s Untold Story, Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4DKBgJlif8&feature=youtu.be

Rwanda´s Untold Story, Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pAg5uwr9E

Media on the present humanitarian situation in DR Congo (many times with disinformation concerning the political background):

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo-bana-mura.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/congo-violence-fuels-fears-of-return-to-90s-bloodbath

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4604036/Children-raped-DR-Congo-militia-violence-UN.html

https://theowp.org/congo-violence-in-kasai-puts-400000-children-at-risk-of-starvation/

http://www.dw.com/en/mass-graves-in-dr-congo-opposition-stronghold-kasai/a-38534834

http://www.enca.com/africa/one-million-displaced-in-dr-congos-kasai

http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/400-000-drc-children-at-risk-in-violence-hit-kasai-unicef-20170524

http://tvcnews.tv/2017/04/kasai-violence-drives-one-million-congolese-seek-refuge-angola/

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-demands-independent-probe-of-alleged-civilian-massacre-in-drc/3733011.html

More Links:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-in-the-congo/16452

https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/4358/5015

https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/pentagon-human-rights-auxiliary-pushes-icc-indict-burundi

https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/ugandans-resist-museveni%E2%80%99s-bid-life-presidency

https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/victoire-ingabire-danger-kagame-cracks-down-hard-rwanda

https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/west%E2%80%99s-favorite-african-ruler-wins-99-arrests-opponent

https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5282

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African Struggles in Perspective“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/african-struggles-for-social-justice-freedom-and-democracy-in-perspective-reflected-in-a-series-of-articles/

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Kanzi the Great

The closely related Bonobos and Common_Chimpanzees (together making up the genus “Pan”) share around 98 % of genes with us, the human beings. A bit less we share with Gorillas and Orangutans. Together we belong to the Primates, particularly the Apes, particularly the Great Apes, called Hominidae. Thus a look into the life and behaviour of our relatives tells us also a lot about ourselves and our Evolution. Human arrogance has been reduced in the last decades by finding out that we´re not the only ones having self-awareness and by understanding that we´re also not the only ones having developped tool-making. These two qualities are by the way also not exclusive to Primates but also at times being observed with few quite different species. Remarkable is also the fact that some of our relatives have developped “cultures”, methods varying between different groups of the same species. An important question is the field of communication, including even the communication between different species, for example between Great Apes and ourselves. Experiments on this have been going on for decades.

Outstanding Examples of “Humanlike Behaviour” and Communication

Astonishing progress had been found in the communication with Great Apes. For example there is the Gorilla lady Koko who can communicate by sign language. Now, sign language contains elements which are derived from gestures partly automatically associated with emotions or activities. Nevertheless it is very impressing to see the Gorilla´s ability to communicate this way with her human friend. It´s impossible not to be moved by watching this exchange of informations as well as expression of feelings.

Another case is the Orangutan Chantek, one parent Sumatran Orangutan, the other from Borneo. Baby_Chantek was taught sign language as well. Being a_very_clever_guy he was roaming the University campus a bit too excessive and it ended in a somehow tear_jerking_story, since he was taken to Atlanta_Zoo to live with other Oranutans. The Smithonian Magazin in deed identified “six_talking_Apes”.

Kanzi, the Super Star

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Kanzi at Young Age

Among all those of our impressive hairy cousins the outstanding “Super Star” is the Bonobo Kanzi. That clever guy was_born_in_1980 into a Bonobo group in a research center. He understands_several_hundred_words in English, can make fire and is a very willing helper to his caretaker. He likes jokes and masquerading. He even learned to telephone, but how? Apes anatomy doesn´t allow them to articulate human language. He managed by a sophisticated_equipment made available to him: a word synthesizer, which allows him to create English words by touching symbols on a Touchscreen.

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Kanzi making fire

The Clou

He learned that as a very small kid by observing the futile efforts to teach an elder Bonobo female. But this is the clou: the symbols are totally abstract signs! Nothing that represents in any way the content of the word. Now writing started from pictograms having a connection to the meant content. Only a next step lead to abstract symbols. This was regarded as a very human quality. Well, Kanzi didn´t invent this, but all of us didn´t invent it too (ancestors did long ago), we just learned to understand and use it, so did Kanzi.

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Kanzi´s Keyboard

This means he has the intellectual capacity to connect the abstract symbol with the meaning. And he does that in an impressive way also displaying creativity in covering new items by combination of words. After all this all takes place in a favouring and inspirational enviroment which is far from the normal enviroment of Bonobos. Anyway, Kanzi´s abilities fix a mark in our progress of understanding our closest relatives.

Additional Thoughts

It is interesting that these remarkable abilities in communication are displayed in a Bonobo but not so much in Chimps (both evolutionary equally close to us). Both species hunt, they both also hunt small monkeys, but the common Chimps display much more  and excessive brutality_and_have_wars_among_themselves. Concerning human brutality we equal Chimps more than Bonobos, taking communication abilities and brutality we combine_important_traits_of_both. One thing is clear: concerning self awareness and the emotional make up we humans and our relatives are very close to each other and the potential to suffer is very similar likewise.

On the other side we have to admit that human abilities exceed those ones of our relatives by far. What in our DNA makes the big difference? There´s an interesting point in the discussion: we´re often correctly told that we share around 98 % of the genes with our closest relatives, but there is a difference which is hardly mentioned in popularized science. We have one pair of chomosomes less than the Great Apes because of a chromosomal fusion connecting two chomosomes in humans. By the way, in deed the general question_of_chromosomal_mutation_in_evolution is a scientifically thrilling one. It could have an extraordinary effect on gene_expression. A big question in human evolution is thus: when did this mutation appear? Did it occur by the hybridization of two or more species of the Australopithecines?

Will they survive? And will we Survive?

All Great Apes belong to the endangered_species. In deed many of our relatives end up as “Bushmeat”, which is somhow blamed on the people of Africa. But the scource of this hunting is poverty and the miserable condition Africa has been plunged into and kept in, “Colonialism_is_alive_and_well”! As for the most brilliant of our “cousins”, the Bonobos, future looks very dim, since they live in the Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. That country is exposed to extreme – Western orchestrated – plunder since the times of Belgian King Leopold_II. DR Congo and the African_Great_Lakes Region have been and are exposed to murderous wars, covered by more than twenty_years_of_brazen_desinformation. This might have cost DR Congo more than eight million deaths during the last 21 years and the murder is going on. Today most important in this is the hunt for Coltan. It is all for “Western progress” and no sweet “partnership_talks” can wipe that away!

The “Powers that (shouldn´t) be”, Great Apes and our Survival

No doubt, we Humans have responsibility for our hairy relatives survival, but even more so for Humanity´s survival. Some benevolent people caring for our relatives at times loose that a bit out of sight. Focussing on general human responsibility for the Great Apes they tend to forget that there are the “Powers that (shouldn´t) be“ even contemplating about wiping_out_large_setions_of_mankind.

Moreover those powers play aggressive “war games” which put even whole mankind´s existence at risk by pushing us to the edge of “Nuclear Armaggedon”. In the end most of us are in “the same boat”, together with our hairy Cousins!

Andreas Schlüter

 

It´s not a joke – or if, then a very dangerous one – but the US Power Elite sees the whole globe to be their colony. How far this goes shows a view on the way  the US_Mititary_High_Commands for the various regions of this World are organized:

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The Sun never sets in the US Empire!”

In fact the US High Command for the region in the center of the old Tri-Continent Asia, Europe, Africa, is called US CENTCOM, United_States_Central_Command. Under normal circumstances one would expect a big power – if so arrogant anyway to divide the World into sections for “colonial” military organization – to name the region of their own country as “CENTCOM”.

The explanation for this somehow strange naming is, that the US Power Elite has taken over – with some regional modification – the ideas of Sir Halford John Mackinder, a British Geographer and political analyst having formulated the „Heartland Theory”. Quote:

„Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; Who rules the World Island commands the World.“

http://www.indrastra.com/2016/06/PAPER-Heartland-Theory-of-Mackinder-Relevancy-in-Central-Asia-Geopolitics-002-06-2016-0043.html

Especially we in Europe should all know that it´s very dangerous to ally oneself too closely with a power following such dangerous concepts, since allies will be regarded as the forefront for militant expansion and thus are in the danger to become a battleground! This would be more dangerous with a probable US President named Hillary_Clinton!

Andreas Schlüter

Links:

Geo-Politics: The Core of Crisis and Chaos and the Nightmares of the US Power Elite“ https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/geo-politics-the-core-of-crisis-and-chaos-the-nightmares-of-the-us-power-elite/

US Politics: These Words Shouldn´t be Forgotten“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/us-politics-these-words-shouldnt-be-forgotten/

The US Elections Ahead: What´s to be Expected From the US? A Recommendation“: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/the-us-elections-ahead-whats-to-be-expected-from-the-us-a-recommendation/

My articles on the USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/list-of-my-articles-on-the-usa/

 

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I´m very sorry I lost his writings and analysis a bit out of sight, but last week I had the pleasure to hear and meet this great Analyst, Samir_Amin, in Berlin, on two occasions. One occasion was a meeting organized by the left party, DIE LINKE. The other occasion was an event by the International_Peace_Bureau on Friday, the 30th of September. For a long time I suffered from senseless talks celebrating the mere existence of the organization for more than hundred years. Talks without substance, not at all naming the real culprits, the US Power Elite. But then Samir Amin, being the last speaker, saved my evening, he put things right! He made it clear that the US and its Western allies including Japan stand for more than 75 percent of world´s armament and other countries are armed not to be crushed by the West. The US Power Elite is trying always to crush every country not dancing to the tune of “the Master”! And he told the assembly – though in a friendly way – that the presentations lacked substance!

His writings should be much more read!

Here are some:

http://monthlyreview.org/2014/09/01/the-return-of-fascism-in-contemporary-capitalism/

https://normanpilon.com/2016/09/04/samir-amin-the-us-imperial-project-is-to-destroy-the-arab-nations/

https://normanpilon.com/2015/01/27/samir-amin-in-conversation-with-sara-motta-ceasefire-magazine/

https://normanpilon.com/2014/03/25/samir-amin-russia-and-the-ukraine-crisis-the-eurasian-project-in-conflict-with-the-triad-imperialist-policies/

https://normanpilon.com/2016/08/10/the-kurdish-question-then-and-now-samir-amin-tlaxcala-global-research/

His work, a “Must Read”!

Andreas Schlüter

Short Addition to the Post

Since the grip of the US Empire on the „Old World“  is dwindeling the Empire seems to be more determined than ever to get hold of the whole American Double Continent: „America to the Yankees!“ The „Roll Back“ of the leftist tendency in Latin America is on. Present main target: Venezuela!

Original Post

I´ve written a lot about the US Power Elite and their internal divisions (http://tinyurl.com/zv32w7m), though they might only count about 100 people today. It appears that finally the Neocon faction of the Power Elite has taken control, especially since they took over the Democratic Party (http://tinyurl.com/zy4t6er), clearly signaled by the spearhead of the Neocons in that party: Hillary Clinton!

Nightmare One:

The Southern Hemisphere – the „Non-White World“ – Getting Independent

The US Power Elite (predominantly WASP, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) would be rightfully called the „Deep State“ of the USA (http://tinyurl.com/ho2nz87). And this Deep State has become more and more ruthless over the time. They have brought nightmares over the Southern Hemisphere by installing brutal dictatorships (http://tinyurl.com/kkpvcf7) in their interest and waging bloody colonial wars, in the last one and a half decades especially with their „War on Terror“ (http://tinyurl.com/nrxxej5). One of their aims is to prevent countries of Africa, Latin America, Near and Middle East and Southern Asia from choosing their trade partners freely and from making use of their resources and industrialize, since that would mean a division of resources and allowing them their part of „consuming ecologic Earth capacity“. To fight this the US Power Elite is even ready to resort to Bio warfare:

US Power Elite Declared Bio War on the Southern Hemisphere, East Asia

and all Non-Western Countries in September 2000”: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/us-power-elite-declared-war-on-the-southern-hemisphere-east-asia-and-all-non-western-countries-in-september-2000/

There is quite a number of people – among myself – who suspect that the „Deep State“ of the US could be behind some outbreaks of epidemics Africa (http://tinyurl.com/mwgjhoo) and Latin America (http://tinyurl.com/hfxvkq6). Furthermore it becomes more and more obvious that US „Intelligence“ was (and is) deeply involved in pushing fanatic Islamism (http://tinyurl.com/h7s3y7e) in order to counter the Socialist block (formerly) but more so to counter progressive Arab/Islamic nationalism that could develop their own regions full of resources (http://tinyurl.com/nu3zv9n). Unfortunately the US strategy seems to be relatively „successful“ in the desire to keep the South under control.

In fact the US lead Western policy has established a „Ring of Fire“ around Europe (http://tinyurl.com/gp48dhw) and European governments have been so stupid for a long time to lend a helping hand to „Big Brother“ in doing so. In fact this ring of fire stretches from Libya throughout Africa (http://tinyurl.com/le2hlpx) over Near and Middle East, the Balkans up to the Ukraine. Actually one gets the impression that the fire burns into Europe with Terror (http://tinyurl.com/zrwrk3k) adding also together with the refugee crisis to the financial problems threatening to blow even the EU up. Is the US having a hand also in this dramatic development? Absurd? Weakening their allies/vassals? We have to have a look at further geo-political challenges the US Power Elite is facing.

The Role of the European Union and the Changes in it

In the perception of many people at the core of the European Union´s history stands the French German relationship, and not without reason. Long Nazi-German occupation during WW II has humiliated France (and saw a lot of collaboration on the French side). The more it might astonish how relatively fast France and the Western part of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) developed some sort of neighborly closeness and somehow friendship in post war times under De Gaulle and Adenauer.

Not only the war tired youth gave additional impulses but a strong part did the hysteria about the (not real) danger of a Soviet invasion and the cold war. France was soon stripped off his official colonial empire (as happened to the Germans with theirs after WW I) though keeping (a disastrous) dominance in many of its former colonies. The war torn countries saw a close cooperation (also with other smaller countries) in basic industrial fields as favorable (German: „Montan Union“). The members of this European Coal and Steel Community ‚ECSC‘ (“ the six“: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany) joined the EEC, the competing body  in Europe became the “European Free Trade Association” ( EFTA). As much as European powers (and the US) wanted the BRD to be enshrined in supranational structures France was resisting to be too much absorbed by such developments. Likewise France was member of NATO (French: OTAN) but did not integrate into the military structures and built its own “Force de frappe”.

The other side of the story is that the EU and its predecessors were also a means to keep the (West)-European allies/vassals under extended US control (http://tinyurl.com/zhocuew). And especially by the close French-German relationship the French with their desire for „independence“ as well as Germany could be better controlled being „bound together“ (not to forget that the German „Intelligence“ agencies were via old Nazis under full US control)

The EU has also become a means of US-lead Western expansion into East Europe and the former domain of the Soviet Union and later Russia, culminating in the Ukraine Crisis.

But there are changes in the US-European relationship. After World War II the roles were clear: the United States of America being the „Workbench of the World“ (http://tinyurl.com/pqp2mpp), creating more than half of World´s GDP, were the master, the war stricken West European countries the „clients“. With the vast de-industrialization of the US (and the UK) in the last decades and the turning to mostly finance-capitalist activities the European Union has become an enormous industrial power, quite ahead of the US. As problematic as the construction of the Euro is, it has become a dangerous competing currency for the Dollar.

And now we should look at the second nightmare of the US Power Elite, probably for them even much more frightening than the first one.

Nightmare Two, Most Troublesome:

The Iron Silk Road, the AIIB and the Eurasian Cooperation

China is actually supposed to bypass the US economically by 2018 (http://tinyurl.com/gr8z842), if one takes into consideration that many of the processes within the USA contributing to the GDP are somehow of „virtual“ nature, China´s real economic power might already be greater. Russia has to a certain extend recovered from the catastrophes linked to the collapse of the USSR. Both countries are in the BRICS „club“ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). China and Russia are eager to strengthen the Eurasian economic cooperation. This is also manifested in the Iron Silk Road, the railway connection from China to West Europe, now only used for goods (http://tinyurl.com/hpz6cra). In connection to this and moreover important is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is also threatening to compete with the World bank. This is probably the greatest nightmare for the US Power Elite.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11476533/Joining-Chinas-World-Bank-is-in-UKs-national-interest-depsite-Washington-anger.html

& http://www.businessinsider.com/hank-paulson-on-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-2015-4?IR=T

& https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/13/white-house-pointedly-asks-uk-to-use-its-voice-as-part-of-chinese-led-bank

& http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/john-browne-chinese-bank-challenges-u-s-supremacy

& http://www.hangthebankers.com/united-states-facing-global-economic-isolation/

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A look at the map showing the countries participating in it makes the US anger and fear understandable. In fact European industrial capital could benefit a lot from such an intensified cooperation developing the center of the Eurasian double continent. It opens a very peaceful mutual cooperation. Now one must know that the US Power Elite has taken over – with some regional modification – the ideas of Sir Halford John Mackinder, a British Geographer and political analyst having formulated the „Heartland Theory”. Quote:

Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; Who rules the World Island commands the World.

http://www.indrastra.com/2016/06/PAPER-Heartland-Theory-of-Mackinder-Relevancy-in-Central-Asia-Geopolitics-002-06-2016-0043.html

How far this goes shows a view on the way the US Military High Commands for the various regions of this World are organized:

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In fact the US High Command for the region in the center of the old tri-continent Asia, Europe, Africa, is called US CENTCOM, Central US Military High Command, (http://tinyurl.com/jjowlkc). Under normal circumstances one would expect a big power – if so arrogant anyway to divide the World into sections for “colonial” military organization – to name the region of their own country as “CENTCOM”.

The concept of the Eurasian cooperation and the Iron Silk Road with the AIIB stands directly in opposition of the US Power Elite´s will to control the World by controlling the “Heartland”. Even the United Kingdom like many European countries is participating (http://tinyurl.com/zkk8746) in the AIIB. Also the old US ally Turkey has dared to join the Silk Road project and the AIIB. Could that have been a reason for a “US hand” in the coup attempt against Erdogan (http://tinyurl.com/gpp5fch)? And most of Europe, practically all of the EU involved in the Eurasian project, reason enough for US politics to take action?!

As one of the last attempts to get the EU “in line” is to be seen in the US efforts to get the EU into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). As the US Ambassador with the EU has bluntly stated: “We need this deal to help solidify further the transatlantic alliance, to provide an economic equivalent to NATO “ (http://tinyurl.com/zoo9owg).

But resistance against TTIP and CETA (the Canadian-European equivalent) in Europe is growing rapidly, especially also in France. It looks as if it might (hopefully) not happen.

So, what if the US Power Elite has come to the conclusion: it´s time to blow up what we´ve built to control Europe better, since it has developed a dynamics which is now an obstacle to our world dominating strategy? A Europe pushed into complicated conflicts among the various states as well as within the respective societies might also be easier prevented from slipping into a Eurasian cooperation and they might always call „Big Brother“ to mediate in their quarrels. And also to this perspective fits the US strategy (in which stupid European governments have helped again and again) to create a „Ring of Fire“ around Europe from Libya through Africa and Near & Middle East to the Ukraine, moving millions of people (miserable poor victims of the warmongers) into Europe and creating enormous problems and conflicts between European states as well as within the European societies. As far as this aspect is concerned, this is my suspicion since quite some time.

So it might be that the “Deep State” of the US has come to the conclusion: what we can not control, we have to destroy! Thus the “European Project” might have died for the US.

And we have a „Neocon“ “crown witness” to this strategic concept, George Friedman, founder of Stratfor (retired from it 2015), presenting a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLu_yyz3tc

After all the „Deep State“ within the USA (http://tinyurl.com/ho2nz87) is famous for „False Flag attacks“, often perpetrated by Operation Gladio. A famous blueprint is Operation Northwoods, a project from the early 60ties for terror attacks on US targets outside and inside the US to be blamed on Cuba as a pretext for a full scale invasion of the hated country. It was stopped by Kennedy, which he didn´t survive long (http://tinyurl.com/ndzt8ho). After all the most famous False Flag is the event which the Genius James Corbett presented in five Minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrunnLcG9Q

Maybe US politics takes a last measure to frighten especially France and Germany by Terror „to order“. That´s why one should think into „all directions“ when it comes to the tragic terror attacks and otherwise tragic or painful events hitting the two countries:

Staged „prevented“ Terror Attacks – Staged Terror?!“ https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/staged-prevented-terror-attacks-staged-terror/

Truly Europe has to be on alert!

Andreas Schlüter

My articles on the USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/list-of-my-articles-on-the-usa/

The fact that France and Germany share the same fate of being Terror stricken could be a reason to look at the relation between the two countries, which should be done here.

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Coming (in case of Germany partly) from one mediaeval state, Charlemagne´s Empire, which was split after his son´s death, the relationship of the two countries saw many conflicts, which turned to be more complicated with the rise of Prussia which didn´t come from that common heritage.

The French Revolution was very ambivalent for the relation in as far as it raised democratic hopes in some German circles which were widely liquidated during French occupation of great parts of Germany by Napoleon. This again strengthened tendencies for German unity, which was finally the result of the Prussian led victory of German states against France in 1871, a triumph which left deep scares in France´s collective memory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93Germany_relations

Both World Wars left France against Germany victorious but only because of strong Anglo-Saxon support. Long Nazi-German occupation during WW II has humiliated France (and saw a lot of collaboration on the French side). The more it might astonish how relatively fast France and the Western part of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) developed some sort of neighborly closeness and somehow friendship in post war times under De Gaulle and Adenauer. Not only the war tired youth gave additional impulses but a strong part did the hysteria about the (not real) danger of a Soviet invasion and the cold war. France was stripped off his official colonial empire (as happened to the Germans with theirs after WW I) though keeping (a disastrous) dominance in its former colonies. The war torn countries saw a close cooperation (also with other smaller countries) in basic industrial fields as favorable (German: „Montan Union“). The members of this European Coal and Steel Community ‚ECSC‘ (“ the six“: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany) joined the EEC, the competing body within Europe became the “European Free Trade Association” ( EFTA). As much as European powers wanted the BRD to be enshrined in supranational structures France was resisting to be too much absorbed by such developments. Likewise France was member of NATO (French: OTAN) but did not integrate into the military structures and built its own “Force de frappe”. .

France tried to keep close control especially of its former African colonies, to part of them (especially Togo) and their colonial henchmen German conservatives like Franz Josef had close links, at times combined with economic interests of Strauß´s entourage.

Germany and France had close military cooperation which was even directed at nuclear efforts (Strauß being Minister of Defense – 1956 to 1962 – was also very eager to get a nuclear option not purely based on the US, but were so in the end). By and large the German French relationship was complicated because of France being very skeptical about the US whereas Germany was depending on the US to a high degree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93United_States_relations

The end of the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet bloc confronted France with the reunion of the two German states which was only tolerated (with pains as well by Thatcher´s GB but supported by the US) with the perspective of Germany being enshrined in a new European currency: the Euro (which GB didn´t join).

1990 to 1994 saw a very different approach of France and Germany to an African topic. France (surely out of own interest and a strategy still independent from the US) helped 1990 to rebuke the terrorist attack of Kagame/Museveni´s US backed invasion attempt into Rwanda, German polititians were on the opposite helpful in preparing and covering the second invasion of the terrorist RPF into Rwanda and the horror which followed for the DR Congo by Uganda´s and Kagame-Rwanda´s invasions (http://tinyurl.com/kkpvcf7).

In the US invasion of 2003 into Iraq based on lies France and Germany acted together trying to keep them out of that act against international law.

Things turned almost fundamentally with Sarkozy coming to office. Whereas Germany´s capital interests (still mostly based on production and the US turning more and more to finance capitalism) differed so much from the US that some reservation towards the US are to be detected France being obviously sceptical of Germany´s growing economic power turned more towards the US. France turned back to the integrated NATO Command.

When Libya was attacked by the US and NATO, Germany didn´t support the „No Fly Zone“ in the UN whereas France together with GB were in total support. After Hollande came to office the integration into the US imperial designs continued which is very obvious in case of Syria and Mali. Possibly Germany has been scared into a more supportive position by obvious „False Flag“ manifested in the Bag with the not exploding bomb found at Bonn Main Station (2012). This was the reminder to the German government by the US: „Boys and Girl, think of how nicely German Governments were behaving when they were still sitting in Bonn!“ (https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/usa-unser-groser-bruder-und-willst-du-nicht-mein-bruder-sein/).

It is obvious: the French German relationship can only be understood to the full extend in context of the triangle France-US-Germany and from the question whether French and German national interests contrasting to US interests had to manifest themselves. This played an important role also in the Ukrainian crisis coming from the aggressive expansion of NATO to the East.

The determination of France and Germany to join with Russia in the efforts to calm down the Ukraine conflict, resulted in the Minsk II agreement. The leaders of Belarus, Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine had met from 11th to 12th February 2015 – without the US being invited! After that was finalized the British Prime Minister Cameron was to be seen in front of a camera almost foaming from anger and indicating the Anglo-American fury about those efforts. In deed France and Germany had come to the conclusion that the Ukraine conflict wasn´t in Europe´s best interest (after having helped the US to start the mess). How important the Ukraine „game“ is, see the Neocon Think Tank man George Friedman on the Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablI1v9PXpI

Don´t mind the German subtitles!

So seeing the reactions of Cameron I made the prediction: „nasty things will come to France and Germany!“

Andreas Schlüter

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Since a blog always lacks order, here the links to all posts about my small works!

Da es auf einem Blog immer unübersichtlich zugeht, hier ein Überblick über meine „Kleinkunst“:

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/one-more-noch-eins-inspired-by-the-old-nok-culture-inspiriert-von-der-alten-nok-kultur/

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/my-thanks-to-the-old-nok-culture-of-nigeria/

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/remembered-inspiration-erinnerte-inspiration/

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/within-this-madness-a-little-art-to-stay-healthy-inmitten-des-wahnsinns-ein-wenig-kleinkunst-um-gesund-zu-bleiben/

https://wipokuli.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/gang-durch-meine-galerie-21.pdf

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/after-charlie-hebdo-journalists-and-cartonnists-if-you-want-to-be-brave-here-are-some-cartoons-you-could-spread/

https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/a-little-tribute-to-africa/

https://wipokuli.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/e_n_t_e_r__click4.pdf

Andreas Schlüter

Hardly any author has contributed to my desire to write more than James Baldwin, the Giant of Literature!

On my blog there´s a small contribution on that influence in German, which was waiting since long to be translated into English (as much as I like to write in both languages I´m always lazy to translate): http://tinyurl.com/jywwwsd

To honour the Giant but still being lazy to translate here I use most of my comment on an article (which gave now again inspiration to me) about the great man on this fine Blog: https://moorbey.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/why-james-baldwin-still-matterz/#comment-10837

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James Baldwin

How did this influence of Baldwin come about with a relatively pale Hamburg boy like me?

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Me 1968

1963 – me and my family had just moved to a part of Hamburg called Altona – I had fallen for the natural daughter of a Black WW II veteran living in a German family just round the corner. Unfortunately those days that was a very one sided affair (she loved me just like one would love a Mosqito), notwithstanding the fact that now since almost two decades I´m harmoniously living together with exactly that Lady. But those days my love for the teeny sharpened my already existing sensibility for racism in my own society as well as in the US and worldwide. On basis of that sensibility I got across Baldwin´s works. I think it was in 1966 that I had the pleasure to see Baldwin life presenting his „Amen Corner“ at Hamburg University. But the clou came with his book „The Fire Next Time“ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fire_Next_Time). I remember myself well in summer 1967 sitting in a Café at the banks of River Elbe and writing a small essay about his book for our school newsletter (unfortunately disappeared). I can rightfully say that his book instilled into me the eagerness of writing. And it had considerably contributed to my eagerness studying intensively everything about Racism, Colonialism, Imperialism and about the Powers that (shouldn´t) be in the US and elsewhere.

I must say I owe this man a lot!

Andreas Schlüter

Links:

Video with James Baldwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryuAW_gnjYQ

My articles on the USA: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/list-of-my-articles-on-the-usa/

My articles on Africa: https://wipokuli.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/african-struggles-for-social-justice-freedom-and-democracy-in-perspective-reflected-in-a-series-of-articles/