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Resurgence of the African National Congress; its relations with the Congress of South African Trade Unions, formed in 1985.

The Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), which leads the resistance to Portuguese colonialism, has recently undergone a leadership crisis that is actually a sign of growing pol'al strength & theoretical sophistication. FRELIMO's newly consolidated position attempts to avoid the problems that setback earlier African nat'list movements & transformed their independence victories into mere Africanizations of pre-existing colonial structures. The external dependence on imperialist powers & the internal hierarchy dominated by an educated petty bourgeoisie in control of the state has the masses of these countries to be demobilized, manipulated, repressed & even terrorized by military bur'tic regimes espousing vague official ideologies of African "nat'lism" & "socialism." In Mozambique, the conflicts within FRELIMO have led to the expulsion or separation of racialist & mere nat'list elements. The particular nature of the struggle in Mozambique is determined by the fierce colonial hostility to natl'ist aspirations & the resultant necessity of protracted warfare. The phase in the development of FRELIMO in which 2 distinct entities coexisted--a conventional nat'list movement struggling to be born--has drawn to a close. The latter force predominates & will guide attempts to restructure fundamental econ, soc & pol'al relationships during the nat'list phase of the on-going liberation struggle, in order to achieve both nat'l independence & revolution. A growing number of the crucial petty bourgeois native intelligentsia are coming to the realization that the progressive alternative for them is to "commit suicide as a class in order to be reborn as revolutionary workers, completely identified with the deepest aspirations of the people to which they belong." A. Karmen.

Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada's past so that we may better understand its present -- and imagine a better future. Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal peoples. This, he says, is the great issue of our time -- the most important missing piece in the building of Canada. The events that began late in 2012 with the Idle No More movement were not just a rough patch in Aboriginal relations with the rest of Canada. What is happening today between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals is not about guilt or sympathy or failure or romanticization of the past. It is about citizens' rights. It is about rebuilding relationships that were central to the creation of Canada. These relationships are just as important to its continued existence. The centrality of Aboriginal issues and peoples has the potential to open up a more creative way of imagining ourselves and a more honest narrative for Canada. Wide in scope but piercing in detail, The Comeback presents a powerful portrait of modern Aboriginal life in Canada, in contrast with the perceived failings so often portrayed in politics and in media. Saul illustrates his arguments by compiling a remarkable selection of letters, speeches and writings by Aboriginal leaders and thinkers, showcasing the extraordinarily rich, moving and stable indigenous point of view across the centuries. -- Provided by publisher

Annotation Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul examines the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context and looking at how the initial optimism and hope has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana. With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, Saul examines the reality of southern Africa's post-'liberation' plight, drawing on the insights of Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral and assessing claims that a new 'precariat' has emerged. Saul examines the ongoing 'rebellion of the poor', including the recent Marikana massacre, that have shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future

Intro -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Twenty Years On -- Part I: Argument -- Chapter 1: In Which the Narrator Positions Himself -- Chapter 2: The Theology of Power -- Chapter 3: The Rise of Reason -- Chapter 4: The Rational Courtesan -- Chapter 5: Voltaire's Children -- Chapter 6: The Flowering of Armaments -- Part II: Scenes From a System that Doesn't Work -- Chapter 7: The Question of Killing -- Chapter 8: Learning How to Organize Death -- Chapter 9: Persistent Continuity at the Heart of Power -- Chapter 10: In the Service of the Greater Self -- Chapter 11: Three Short Excursions into the Unreasonable -- Chapter 12: The Art of the Secret -- Chapter 13: The Secretive Knight -- Chapter 14: Of Princes and Heroes -- Chapter 15: The Hero and the Politics of Immortality -- Chapter 16: The Hijacking of Capitalism -- Chapter 17: The Miracle of the Loaves -- Part III: Surviving in Fantasy Land The Individual in the World of Reason -- Chapter 18: Images of Immortality or The Victory of Idolatry -- Chapter 19: Life in a Box - Specialization and the Individual -- Chapter 20: The Stars -- Chapter 21: The Faithful Witness -- Chapter 22: The Virtue of Doubt -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright.

Globalization, like many great ideologies before it, is dead. Despite the almost religious certainty with which it was conceived, nation states have not become extinct, international trade has not created real wealth that has spread across society and many dictatorships have not changed into democracies. In this groundbreaking book, the distinguished philosopher John Ralston Saul examines where we go from here. As the hope of global prosperity fades and the problems of immigration, terrorism and the collapsing economy cause the world's nations to rethink their relationships, Saul's exhilar