Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:51:40 +1100
Subject: Re: AUT: my two cents on Zimbabwe
From: Thiago Oppermann <topp8564-AT-mail.usyd.edu.au>


On 3/14/02 12:00 PM, "Peter Jovanovic" <peterzoran-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:

> hi all
> 
> If I recall correctly there were at least two one-day general strikes in
> Zimbabwe in 98 and 99. I seem to recall seeing stuff about this on the
> website of the now defunct South African anarchist group, the Workers
> Solidarity Federation. Might this proletarian militancy have something to do
> with Mugabe's turn to land reform?
> 
> peter
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I doubt it. Mugabe's land reform benefits mostly rural folks and his own
goons. From what I gathered, Tahir is right to say that Mugabe sat on his
ass for twenty years, not doing much about land reform at all, and only
started moving on it when his goons became restless. What is disturbing
about this, besides the obvious violence, is that Mugabe was once playing to
England's tune on land reform, and stopped when the English didn't deliver
on promised funds; precisely the same sort of promises are floating about
the MDC now. 

Thanks for the reply, Tahir, that was very interesting.

Thiago



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