India is yet to be free
In the external colonialism
A mighty country rules the weak one.
In the neo colonialism,
A rich country dictates the poor one.
In the internal colonialism,
A sect dominates the other within.
Free from neo colonialism
And internal ones, India is yet to be.
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.
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Poor As I Am
I live in Kinshasa,
The foundation of poverty,
The summit of culture,
A strange mixture: I know.
Poverty is a general state
Our natural behaviour
And they told me conscientiously
That my generation is a sacrificed one.
Poor as I am
I am trying to struggle
Against all consequences of colonialism
Convinced that another day
I will become rich
As they say of my country.
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To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.
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The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
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Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
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After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.
I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.
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I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist. For instance, I am suspicious of the old leftists who focus all their hatred on the United States. What about Chinese neo-colonialism? Why are the left silent about that? When I say this, it annoys them, of course. Good!
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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.
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Research Can Unearth a Wealth of Knowledge
New England.
Colonialism.
The influence of the Dutch.
And...
Apartheid!
Things have a better chance,
To be comprehended.
When the basics of historical facts,
Are understood and 'not' left to be ignored...
As many wish they could!
Research can unearth,
A wealth of knowledge.
And dispel rumors,
With attached innuendo!
As the 'new' saying goes.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Shills
Shills of rancid lifeless priests
Indolent waves of amber hypocrisy
Religions of national honor
Ply your strife and pale armies
Here comes the fall of kings
Hide from the poor and sick
Wave your banners and flags
The hypnotized children of temples
They have chains of religion without God
Sharia law is repressive and of men
Follow men rather than love
False prophets
Only Jesus Christ sets free
Capitalism is a secular religion
My kingdom is not of this world
They try to tell you one country is better
They preach brands and money
Militarism, imperialism, colonialism
Steal the land or enslave the people
State religions are so evil
Nationalism the idolatry of power
God by the gun
Spirit of a mob
The shills of religion and states
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Africans In Time
I heard they were fighting
the colonialism and oppression biting
shedding tears of ailing
and longing for rays of healing
Now i see them fighting
again roots of ruling
that have eaten their plains of living
like hyenas in dwelling
But now it's their kinsmen
not the white man
Asegai versus Asegai
and not the mighty canons
Africans in time
Every moment is ripe
the fruit of our style
is the glory of our land
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Uhuru! Africa Is Free (To Fight Itself!)
Africa for Africans, President Mbeki
declared wisely – and white South
African numbers fell to nine percent
of the population; Africa returns to
the hands of its original inhabitants,
as it should be, the way it would
have been all those years ago
Zimbabwe is doing better than we,
only one per cent of white people are
left. Colonialism is Uhuru and finally a
thing of the past. Africa is free to kill
itself, focus on ethnic wars, cleanse
strange Western influences –
incomprehensible ideas of democracy
interfering with traditional tribalism,
autocracy and nationalism – Uhuru!
poem by Margaret Alice
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Colonialism Of The Heart
And then
There comes a day
when one passes the other
as one among the crowd
Come one may
as a polite guest
gently knocking
at the walls of the heart
The politeness leads
to little closeness
and then to occupying the heart
something similar to
fanon's theory of colonialism!
There comes a day
once again in a different way
where the knock fades into thin air
and the foolish heart
keeps hearing every sound
as that gentle knock
that still reverberates the walls
And when the foolishness
gives a hard stare
into the now empty eyes
that's when the ground under the feet
caves in as if an earthquake
Easier to realize the foolishness
difficult to come to terms!
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Feelings: Land Beyond & Free of Rationalism & Lights Alive
Land Beyond The Sun
I shall drink some coffee laced with vodka
because this lightless depression is getting
me down (we have a gas stove for problems
like these) even the sun refuses to shine –
It’s like the sun itself joined the ANC and
decided that to shine would be a vestige left
of the hated colonialism of yore; therefore,
we shall sit in the darkness of ominous clouds –
Too lazy to rain, too lazy to do anything, yet
floating about and obscuring the sun! So I
have to type fast and read fast before the PC’s
battery is flat – how brilliant is that?
Lightless regards from the land
beyond the sun, in bloody
Far, Far Away…
Break Free Of All Remnants Of Rationalism Also
My PC has a battery, right now because
we have no electricity, in the midst of
gadgets galore, TV’s and DVD’s, stuck
because of power-sharing, even light-
hearted novels lose their attraction
when the Middle Ages descend again
Maybe Mr Mbeki’s much touted plan for an
African Renaissance is the cause of this
Dark Age returning – now when electricity
comes to Darkest Africa, there will truly
be a contrast between the candles we are
burning right now – and the electricity
Lighting the city – allowing us to watch
cricket on TV again – no, wait, it’s a
primitive remnant of colonialism, now
that we have dismantled all systems left,
my comrades all, now that ESCOM is
run by Freedom Fighters, my friends,
We should send cricket and rugby to
kingdom come, and who the hell needs
soccer in twenty-ten – when ESCOM
is sure to be stuck in the hands of my
comrades who plan to also break free
of all remnants of rationalism!
Keep Those Lights Alive
Power-sharing is not too bad, frequent
power cuts create more jobs, increase
the sales of generators requiring clever
men to install the new devices,
But please don’t let the robots die, it is
never clear to me when I should steer
into the traffic, afraid to hold up angry
males like dear hubby
Knowing the words and signs they use
when their speed is hampered by the
hesitation of a female driver, so I charge
ahead, too scared to wait
And earn the epithet of brain-dead idiot,
I accelerate most inappropriately, hoping
for the best, waving at those who seem
angry, apologising profusely
Keeping death from the roads with dead
robots is not a good idea – keep those
lights alive and we’ll also live!
poem by Margaret Alice
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The Role of Soul and Body
The soul and body are integrated
Who governs one’s ego, desire and traits?
Are genes the seat of the soul or body?
Who commits sins and perform virtues?
Who experiences the joy and sorrow?
It is not the soul alone that does them.
It is not the body alone that does them.
Soul and body together manifest
Like the flame and candle together burn.
The struggle of the internal force with
The external force is what we call life.
Our prayers and sacrifices have no sway.
Both are independent and unconcerned.
To sum up, there is only single soul
That runs through the entire living kingdom.
It never dies nor is born with deaths and births.
Its growth is bound by the external force.
The internal force is in continuation
To the external force, which is the God
They have their own agenda to perform.
Your prayers are irrelevant to them.
No soul exists or is reborn after death.
Sins and virtues are not to carry over.
Birth and death are internal occurrence.
To live is the motto of the living things..
15.01.2008
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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