White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa

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This book is coedited by Ann Oakley and Susan Williams. It is a second edition of a book published originally by UCL Press in 1994. It will be Volume 25 of ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: WELFARE AND THE STATE Combining Old Values with New: The Breakdown of Political Relationships in Colonial Bunyoro, Uganda - Kerry Pearson She writes extensively in White Malice of the West’s alleged culpability in the torture and murder of Patrice Lumumba, independent Congo’s first prime minister. Lumumba had hoped that the US, a nation he admired, would be a natural ally to the Congo, given the country’s triumph over colonialism and its achievement in self-determination. Susan's book The People's King was the basis for this Blakeway/BBC documentary, which highlights the role of the Commonwealth and the Dominions. Susan worked as the historical consultant and is the central Talking Head. A Special Issue of The Round Table, co-edited by Williams with Dr Mandy Banton (SAS) and Professor Elizabeth Shepherd (UCL) and with an introduction by all three editors

In related news, I can't wait to hear about how the 14th century "Red Death" was racist against (... There was also outright racism, the malice of the title. Then vice-president Richard Nixon is quoted as saying: “Some of the peoples of Africa have been out of the trees only for about 50 years . . . We must recognise, although we cannot say it publicly, that we need the strong men of Africa on our side.” A sense of guilt or remorse remains absent. Mike Pompeo says it all. Then CIA director from January 2017 to April 2018 and Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, “celebrated immorality”, as Williams drily comments (p. 515). “I was the CIA director,” Pompeo boosted in a quoted speech in 2019: Both agencies shared access to the encrypted messages used in confidential communication by Hammarskjöld and other high-ranking UN officials. As quoted by Williams (p. 290), the CIA celebrated this as “the intelligence coup of the century”.RECENT reports from Niger demonstrate that political events in Africa are still significantly influenced by the efforts of former colonial powers and the US to control vital resources, in particular uranium, which remains crucial to the generation of electricity and the nuclear weapons industry.

King was in Ghana for the independence celebrations in 1957, along with world leaders, freedom fighters, and others from the civil-rights struggle in the U.S.. They were also joined by the U.S. Vice President, Richard Nixon. Nixon was apparently in his element at the extended political jamboree, shaking hands with everyone, patting heads and ‘smiling, smiling all the time’ (p.13). At one point, he went up to one man, whom he took to be Ghanian, slapped him on the shoulder, and asked him how it felt to be free. ‘“I wouldn’t know, Sir” came the reply. “I’m from Alabama”’ (p.14). with Robert Holland and T. Barringer. Routledge. Susan wrote the introductory chapter: 'The Midnight Hour'This is a turning point in the history of Africa,” Nkrumah told Ghana’s National Assembly during a visit from Congolese prime minister Lumumba a few weeks into the Congo’s self-rule. “If we allow the independence of the Congo to be compromised in any way by the imperialist and capitalist forces, we shall expose the sovereignty and independence of all Africa to grave risk.” Williams shows that “assassination, overthrowing elected governments, sowing conflict between political groups and bribing politicians, trade unionists and national representatives at the UN” were just some of the strategies employed. I noticed that too, that the statistics lumped Hispanic perps in with Whites, breaking them down... I knew him for years. We always had a congenial relationship, or so I’d thought. In this article (try to ignore the mangled HTML, it’s that way with all old articles on Taki’s), he was the “friend” I was going to see for dinner.

This sensational book is a gripping read, a revelation even to those … who never had any illusions about the crimes committed by the CIA in the name of “freedom and democracy.”’ — Morning StarThen one night late in 2018 after my book Whiteness:The Original Sincame out, he interviewed me for a show he had on Anthony Cumia’s Compound Media network. Throughout the entire interview, he steadfastly denied that white people were getting slammed in the media. Last question he asked me was whether I thought Hitler got a bad rap in the press. I said of course he did. Before I was even given a chance to elaborate, he cut me off, ended the interview, and I never heard from him again.

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