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Threat of liberation : imperialism and revolution in Zanzibar /
A gripping historical account of Cold War subversion and revolution in post-colonial Africa, with crucial lessons for today.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | JSTOR EBA.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of photographs; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Dedication page; Introduction; 1 Anti-Colonial Struggles
- The Early Days; Zanzibar: Ethnicity, Class and the Shadows of the Past; Anti-Colonial Struggle and the First Nationalist Party; British Fears and the Formation of the Afro-Shirazi Party; Revolutionary Sparks in the Air of Zanzibar; Racial Tensions: The Pan African Movement Intervenes; An Opportunistic Alliance of the Right; Strategies of the Left in a Reactionary Climate.
- 2 The British Transfer Power to the Sultan and His AlliesThe British, the ZNP-ZPPP Alliance, and Dirty Tricks; What Makes Someone Guilty of Sedition?; The Lancaster House Constitutional Conference; A Revolutionary Party Is Launched; 3 The Zanzibar Revolution and Imperialist Fears; 'A Week of Grievous Shame for the Nation'; The United States Formulates New Strategies for Africa; Early Days of the People's Republic of Zanzibar; 'Racial Strategy Acted Out on Women's Bodies'; The Demise of the Legal System; The Dissolution of the Umma Party; The Zanzibar that Might Have Been.
- 4 The Union with TanganiykaNyerere's Progressive Cult; Karume Signs Away the People's Republic of Zanzibar; Early Days of Tanzania
- the Mainland; Nyerere's Acolytes 'Look After' the Left; The Tanzania-Zambia rail link, TAZARA; Economic Policies: Differences between Babu and Nyerere; 5 Karume's Despotic Rule; Karume Hands Military Power to his Henchmen; Days of Violence and Tyranny; Karume's Assassination and its Aftermath; Arrests, Incarceration and Torture on the Mainland; 6 Trial in Zanzibar's Kangaroo Court; The Trial; The Long Years in Prison.
- The Campaign for the Release of Babu and All Political Prisoners7 Zanzibar and the Mainland in the Neoliberal Era; 'Development' in Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania Today; Aid and Dependency; 'The Jewel in the Crown of Tanzania'; US Fears of China; US Fears About Iran; 8 US Interventions in Zanzibar and on the Mainland Today; The US Military's Role in Tanzania; The East African Community and the War on Terror; Building 'Sources' and 'Resources'; 'Militant Youth' and the Government of National Unity; Diplomats and Donors Try to Play 'Hard Ball'; Zanzibar and the Future.
- Appendix 1: A People's Programme: The Political Programme and Constitution of the Umma PartyAppendix 2: Charge Sheet: Case no. 292 of 1973 (the Umma Defendants); Notes; References; Index.