[PEN-L:9445] Re: Zaire

[James Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis P. brings up the issue of Zaire, one that pen-l should discuss.

My feeling is that the US is pressuring and is going to pressure Kabila's
forces so that they will be safe neo-liberals but (hopes the State
Department) not kleptocrats like Mobutu. With the USSR no longer
counterbalancing the "West," the only chances for avoiding this kind of
fate depends on how organized and conscious the popular movement is, how
far they go beyond standard nationalism.

Not being an expert, I can't say how strong the factual basis of this
feeling is.


in pen-l solidarity,

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