Re: [Marxism] Will Sudan be re-colonized?

["Paula" <Paula_cerni@xxxxxxx>]

Gowans' article usefully sets growing US-China rivalry as the background for 
conflict in Sudan. The discussions about 'humanitarian crisis', 'genocide', 
etc, tend to hide this background, but it is becoming increasingly obvious 
nonetheless.

China's relations with Africa are now a hot topic, see this piece by Walden 
Bello [which I don't necessarily agree with]:
http://ww4report.com/node/3738


Paula C.

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From: "Louis Proyect" <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: [Marxism] Will Sudan be re-colonized?

Will Sudan be Re-Colonized?

By Stephen Gowans

The United States is maneuvering to introduce a UN peacekeeping force
into Darfur, as a first step to securing control of the region’s vast
supply of oil. US control of Darfur’s petroleum resources would deliver
highly profitable investment opportunities to US firms, and scuttle
China’s investment in the region, thereby slowing the rise of a
strategic competitor whose continued industrial growth depends on secure
access to foreign oil. Washington is using highly exaggerated charges of
genocide as a justification for a UN intervention it would dominate,
while at the same time opposing a workable peacekeeping plan acceptable
to the Sudanese government that would see the current African Union
mission in Darfur expand.

Continued at
http://gowans.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/will-sudan-be-re-colonized/

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