Monday, September 21, 2015

Truest statement of the week

The Extraordinary African Chambers court is thought by some to be a “test” of whether Africa can dispense justice to its own current and former politicians. But, I think the question is posed incorrectly. Africa is full of presidents that have killed and imprisoned their own people – most of them while working as agents and “mercenaries” for U.S. imperialism, the main source of the crime wave. Until the American, British and French are made to sit in the dock with the Hissène Habrés of the continent, there can be no justice.


-- Glen Ford, "Former Leader of Chad and CIA Tool Denounces U.S. Imperialism at His Trial" (Black Agenda Report).