Re: global apartheid intensified

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Gernot Koehler wrote:

> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:01:10 +0200
> From: Gernot Koehler <gktbg1@tiscali.de>
> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
> Subject: global apartheid intensified
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> An observation emerging from the recent discussion. - The notion of a Third
> World War in Professor Frank's sense (double meaning of world war No. 3 and
> war against the third world) is compatible with the notion of global
> apartheid. The current global war for and against terror is mostly along the
> major fault line of global apartheid. In 2003 global apartheid shows two
> more apartheid features that were less visible ten years ago. In that regard
> one can claim that global apartheid is more intense in 2003 than it was ten
> years earlier. The two elements are (a) theological - a fundamentalist
> Christian theology in the leading state is used to justify policies that
> intensify global apartheid, in addition to the Huntington doctrine; (b)
> military - in 2003 NATO was enlarged to include nearly all of Europe, except
> Russia, and the military doctrine of NATO is now changed to provide
> anti-terror interventions by NATO (not only by USA) anywhere in the world,
> which effectively means intervention by the White Wealthy West in the
> non-White non-Wealthy non-West (also known as Third World).
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> [disclaimer: the expressions "white" and "non-white" are used to describe
> political perceptions (politically constructed images), while denying
> the existence of biologically defined races.]
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> Parallel, in South African apartheid (a) a conservative Christian theology
> was used to legitimize the system, (b) overt and covert military or police
> or SS (security services) interventions were used to keep the unruly
> majority under control and to intimidate white supporters of democracy for
> all.
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> GK
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