Re: Oil, the Euro and Iraq

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ragland"
> In any case, Mandela no longer holds a Government position, he know longer
> represents the Government, he does represents the consciousness of the
> majority of South Africans, like myself.  If you want to do an analysis of
> the South African Governments position, or the ANC for that matter, do not
> mix issues.

Hear hear! The problem of course isn't Mandela but his hypocritical
successor, who talks left while acting right. The cartoon in our largest
Sunday paper by Zapiro (below) nailed it. I'll do a seminar on this topic,
if anyone's interested, on 4/21 in NYC...

Cheers,
P.

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           The Institute of African Studies, Columbia University
                                  and
                  The Africa-America Institute, New York

          The Spring 2003 NEPAD Political-Economy Speaker Series

                           presents a lecture by


                          ***  PATRICK BOND ***
         Professor, Graduate School of Public and Development Management
                    University of Witswatersrand, South Africa

                                    on
     'THABO MBEKI'S NEPAD: BREAKING OR SHINING THE CHAINS OF GLOBAL
APARTHEID?'

Patrick Bond is coauthor of 'Zimbabwe's Plunge' (2003), author of
'Unsustainable South Africa' (2002), 'Against Global Apartheid' (2001),
'Elite Transition' (2000) and 'Cities of Gold, Townships of Coal' (2000),
and editor of 'Fanon's Warning: A Civil Society Reader on the
New Partnership of Africa's Development' (2002)

                           Monday, April 21, 2003
                                12.00-2.00pm
                  Rm 1118, International Affairs Building
                             Columbia University
                            420 West 118th Street


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