There are racists everywhere.Nito Alves, the fractionists?? the motivation for the coup was
social, not racial.Nito was accused of being simultaneously maoist and pro-soviet
) Show me a racist text written by the fractionists.So, Neto was racist, Nito Alves was racist, to sum up, everybody was racist,the MPLA was racist.
But let's remember what happened: in 1960 the CIA recruited
Holden Roberto, the leader of
FNLA/UPA, who spent most of his life in the Congo. On 15 March 1961 in northern Angola, a group of bakongos of UPA engaged in a massacre of white and black Africans on a bloody scale rarely equaled, even in Africa. The massacre was planned by Holden Roberto, a tribal leader.
On the other side, UNITA regularly fought with MPLA.
Military cooperation between UNITA, South Africa and colonial Portugal(!!!) strengthened in 1971/72. UNITA began to cooperate with the Portuguese around 68/69. Read the correspondence between Savimbi and the Portuguese army. "
We have actively participated in weakening the MPLA in certain of eastern regions..."
To sum up. Even with its flaws, internal divisions and
contradictions, the MPLA was the only authentic liberation movement with the sole aim of freeing Angola from Portuguese colonialism. Among the working class, MPLA was by far the most popular movement and drew support from
intellectuals of all ethnic groups.
And no, Neto's poetry was not "
to inflame anti-racist anti-portuguese sentiment in Angola". While violence may be necessary to the acquisition of independence (ask the USA!), the poetry of Neto is anti-racist and non violent.
Obviously, Neto assumes the voice of the "
world negro". In the poem "
Aspiration",
Ever my mournful song
and my sorrow
in Congo in Georgia in Amazonas . . .
Ever my spirit
ever the quissange
the marimba
the guitar
the saxophone
ever my rhythms of orgiastic ritual.
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The Cuban expeditionary force was essential for the MPLA ultimate victory. That said, it is quite true that
Portugal betrayed the Alvor Agreement, the proximate cause for the Angolan Civil War. But in the end, the
war was inevitable.
No, I say that Neto was victim of
black racists...as I said, "Neto survived these difficulties, remaining committed to anti-racism".
On a side note- in my opinion- there is an "over victimization" of the Angolan mestiços. Many MPLA leaders were mestiços, such as Mário de Andrade, Joaquim Pinto de Andrade Viriato da Cruz and Lúcio Lara. Read the Guardian's eulogy on Lara,
Lúcio Lara obituary | World news | The Guardian
As you can see, Agostinho Neto was not racist. This conversation is quite interesting, but it's becoming offtopic.
What is that supposed to mean? independence remains an elusive dream for Palestinians. JVP Action, a political advocacy group affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace, rightly said, recently,
"
Blaming Palestinians for their own oppression is an anti-Palestinian talking point and there is never an excuse for such explicit racism, let alone as the Israeli government makes blatant and illegal land grabs"
I have some news for you:Biden would resume humanitarian aid to Palestinians and re-open the US consulate in East Jerusalem.
Biden has said Israel's annexation of Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank would "choke off" any hope of peace, criticism of Israel is not anti semitism (obviously), and added " the US should press Israel not to take any actions that jeopardize a two-state solution".