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Brainwashed NI.


Leftwing analyst Stephen Gowans, in recent articles on his website http://gowans.blogspot.com has criticized leftwing supporters of Empire. New Internationalist is one more of these. You've seen the New African edition, yet you still claim the Zimbabwe Government is the instigator in·sti·gate  
tr.v. in·sti·gat·ed, in·sti·gat·ing, in·sti·gates
1. To urge on; goad.

2. To stir up; foment.



[Latin
 of violence against the opposition ('Propaganda by any other name', Currents NI 406). It's the other way round. In 2000 the BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
 reported: 'The Movement for Democratic Change leader told 20,000 supporters at a rally on Saturday that if Mr Mugabe did not want to step down before the next elections scheduled for 2002 "we will remove you violently".' And the MDC (1) (Mobile Daughter Card) See riser card.

(2) See Meta Data Coalition.
 has firebombed police--which was the cause of the police crackdown that followed.

You can't be unaware of these threats and provocations by the UK-funded MDC. So why are you shilling for empire? Is the NI so brainwashed brain·wash  
tr.v. brain·washed, brain·wash·ing, brain·wash·es
To subject to brainwashing.

n.
The process or an instance of brainwashing.
 by the UK media barrage that they assume that the Zimbabwe Government's articles in New African are 'propaganda'?

Where else can they state their side of the story? Not in the British press. The NI has shamed itself in its readiness to believe the real neocolonial neoliberal ne·o·lib·er·al·ism  
n.
A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth.



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 propaganda spouted by the UK Government and by the MDC.

Brian Souter Canberra, Australia
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Title Annotation:Letters
Author:Souter, Brian
Publication:New Internationalist
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Jan 1, 2008
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