The BBC interviews four people in Palestine about the latest clashes between militias.
One of those interviewed, the Belgian NGO worker, mentions that people dismiss Mustafa Barghouti (who is head of the so called Palestinian Initiative and who received 20% of the presidential vote running against Abbas) as a "showman." That made me chuckle! As opposed to whom, I wondered? Do we have any leaders who are not "showmen" these days? They are born to perform in front of Al Jazeera and Al Arabeya. They belong in a circus not in a country.
Ok. Back to Fanon. I've been reading The Wretched of the Earth all day and it's making me quite wretched! I keep wondering what would he say if he were still alive today? He's fortunate to have died when he did--at the height of decolonization, not in these rotten times.
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OK let’s see here “Algerian struggle for independence”
“Frantz Fanon 1961” either you showing your age or you are traditional Marxist or just a jabhahwi ha ha .. What’s up with
You and the Algerians (do you know any meals from there)
Love that book good read I’m very imprested
wrong on all counts, Philistini!
Well, Fanon lived at a time where revolution was still thought to be possible, what kind of revolution can happen today? Not much. I still however believe that in Sartre's terms people are "condemned to be free"--may be you can spin it into, people are "wretched (damnés, as in the french) to be free"
I hope it is so
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ya, imagine living at Fanon's time. One country after another getting independence. Went to his head! What kills me is that we got colonized at the age of decolonization. What rotten luck! I think we are just damned. "to be free" costs extra!
You know that men can’t be wrong never the less on all counts, so I’m wrong about the jabhahwi part (just a kidding)
Unless I’m talking about the wrong Fanon? Here is a tad more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Fanon
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