[Revolution!?!? That is what the Blacks should be calling for. If they had any courage, then it should be the “French Revolution” all over again – fighting the Ancien Regime of the Black Communist Elite! But, we must see if they will ever go that far.

It is good to see them getting angry again. Maybe they will be angrier this time around.

I still say, the Blacks in Zimbabwe should be hunting around for arms. It is easy for Black people to obtain weapons in Africa. Black Zimbabweans can even obtain them from Black people in neighbouring states – especially Mozambique – and even in South Africa where millions of AK47’s are floating around.

If the Blacks in Zimbabwe could make a few small scale successful stands against Mugabe’s military – then you might see the flame of revolution sweeping across that country on short order. You could maybe see a raging inferno explode across that country in a matter of days and weeks.

The secret to revolution is to show the broad population that resistance does stand a chance of success because then the people will rise as one. This is why I always told the Black Zimbabweans that they must go to the USA (or Germany, or Australia or Canada) for weapons (not the UK – I don’t trust Tony Blair). To me, the logical base for an attack on Zimbabwe was Botswana. Botswana is an American ally and even has American military bases there. The Americans have a massive airfield there, and the Americans also have a base there from which they monitor all the communications in Southern Africa.

There was one time, when the Black Zimbabweans told me of a strategy of surrounding Zimbabwe by setting up bases in Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. Talk – talk – talk. They were all talk. They never did anything. Too bad… because in my view Mugabe CAN be brought down through war. It really is not as difficult as you might think (plus, then you will see who really supports Mugabe when all his Communist buddies come out of the closet – like the South African Govt!). I sat and chatted to the Black Zimbabweans years ago, and we brain-stormed, and I thought that a successful revolution in Zimbabwe against Mugabe was very do-able. An idea I liked a lot was economic sabotage because it could send the country into a tail-spin of chaos and unleash a mass uprising which Mugabe could not control. I still suggested ideas to the Blacks, saying that they should sabotage everything that Mugabe and Zanu(PF) controlled. I thought it would be good to break the actual strings which are holding Zanu(PF) in power. Among the discussions and ideas thrown around were things like: launching attacks on businesses owned by Mugabe’s elite.

I sigh in disgust, because Mugabe should have been gone – years ago – but nobody with any real power is interested in doing anything. Mugabe’s rickety regime just needs a serious push – and the whole thing will fall apart. I’ve been saying for years that Mugabe needs a war. Even the American Govt agrees that the Zimbabwe regime is one of the most evil on Earth. So why doesn’t anyone do anything? Blacks in South Africa sympathise with those against Mugabe. America has military power just across the border. The Govt of Botswana can’t stand Mugabe and is pro-American, pro-Western, pro-Capitalist. The Blacks of Zimbabwe are pro-American in many ways. The whole region is staggering under the weight of the Zimbabwe collapse – especially Botswana. The Zimbabweans loved talking – and I don’t know how much weight to attach to all they spoke of – but there seemed to me to be real possibilities.

Mugabe can be overthrown at the price of small-change. Really – If America, were to divert the money it spends on Iraq for 1 hour… If the war on terror is costing the USA $1 billion per week, then that is: $600,000 per hour. Now if the USA were to divert just 1 hour’s worth of money from Iraq, to Zimbabwe – you would see Mugabe well on his way out – and you would see Politics in Southern Africa changed in a way that would be most positive. For that bit of money, they could arm tens of thousands of Black Males, give them some rudimentary military training (nothing fancy is needed), and send them over the border. In no time at all, you would see serious results.

There is also a chance that many Black soldiers will start changing sides because they know how the populace feel and they fear their families being killed by the populace in a revolution.

Just last week, Blacks in Mutare were gathering by the hundreds, calling for weapons to fight Mugabe.

Zimbabwe is like dry wood… all it needs is a match… and you will see the most amazing, and dramatic change Southern Africa has seen in decades. Most of us would call it: HOPE! … It would also send a signal to the South African Government to think thrice before taking more White commercial farmland too… It would really strength democracy in the region… Jan]

The Zimbabwean government has vowed to deal ruthlessly with a planned mass action called for Thursday and Friday by an alliance of the main opposition and civic groups to protest against the arrests of more than 22,000 informal traders and the demolition of informal settlements that have left many homeless.

This would be the first mass action in Zimbabwe in more than two years after the passage of draconian security laws which outlawed all strike action, unless sanctioned by the police.

The government has declared the planned mass action illegal, but the organisers say they will press ahead with it because repression in Zimbabwe “has reached intolerable levels”.

“We are protesting against the senselessness of this regime in terms of the mass suffering it continues to cause to the people of this country,” said an alliance spokesperson.

The alliance includes the Movement for Democratic Change, the National Constitutional Assembly, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the Crisis Coalition of Zimbabwe and several other groups.

This article was originally published on page 3 of The Mercury on June 07, 2005

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