Comments on: It’s Time To Demilitarize US Policy in Africa http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Wed, 08 May 2013 02:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: sk http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15396 sk Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:40:14 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15396 Lloyd, the link labeled ‘this’ in my posting takes you to the page where the talk (broken into three parts, all in MP3 format) can be heard. If the links at that page don’t work, you might have to download the MP3 files to your computer.

Right click each part in turn, and then save the MP3 file to your computer. You can then listen to the talk by left clicking on each file.

]]> By: Lloyd Rowsey http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15394 Lloyd Rowsey Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:42:32 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15394 sk. none of the three links at the page you refer readers to works. Readers, if you follow sk’s “this” — to return to DV, do NOT X-out. Hit the back button.

]]> By: Annie Kendig http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15393 Annie Kendig Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:18:47 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15393 I recently contacted my congressmen and women with regard to sending aid to DR Congo when a Chinese company dumped around 20 tons of uranium laced ore into a river there. I recieved no reply. This says to me that my congressmen are as uninformed as I used to be.

]]> By: Mike McNiven http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15374 Mike McNiven Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:50:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15374 Also, it is time to dimilitarize US policy in every corner of the world! Only an imperialist nation needs a world-wide military presence!

]]> By: DavidG. http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15366 DavidG. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:18:05 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15366 The old saying of: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, should be replaced by: Beware of Americans bearing guns!

American machinations all over the world are truly amazing. And dangerous!

]]> By: sk http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15318 sk Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:52:27 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/no-arms-no-transfers-no-military-aid-its-time-to-demilitarize-us-policy-in-africa/#comment-15318 The Damocles’s Sword hanging over Africa isn’t just military, it’s also political:

Some of the most important threats to democracy in Africa are the International Republican Institute (IRI), USAID and other international NGO’s that are directly funded by the United States Congress. These are US foreign policy institutions that masquerade as philanthropic organizations of good-will all the while furthering American foreign policy. They are currently operating in over 40 African countries including Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

For anyone interested in getting the low-down on “Democracy Promotion” overseas, this talk (MP3 audio) is as good a starting point as any.

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