9 Jun 2005 @ 11:12, by Jose Overalles

Over in Zimbabwe, things are really going to hell in a handbasket. In his bid to get the people to move back onto the land and to depopulate the cities, Mugabe and his thugs are bulldozing the people out of their homes. Where are the protestors in the "west"?

Perry de Havilland over at SAMIZDATA asks this question:

"And where are the marchers in the west? Where are the protesters calling for justice in Zimbabwe? Where is the outrage from those tireless tribunes of the Third World, the UN? Why can I not hear the snarls of fury from the alphabet soup of NGOs? What of the legions of Guardian readers finding out about all this? What are they going to call for? Amnesty International is getting a lot of (bad) publicity from having called Guantanamo Bay 'a gulag' whilst now admitting they do not actually know what is happening there, yet why are they not straining every fibre of their being in opposition to this African horror? There is tyranny aplenty to be opposed without having to invent any."

One commenter points out that

"Yeah. Mugabe has the great talismanic charm and protection of a high melanin count, which automatically grants him dispensation in the eyes of the multicultural left and the NGO's. A pox on them all."

Other reports state that bread is only available in 1 out of 4 stores there now.

Well, the "Stay Away" strike will begin on Thursday and Friday. People will stay home from work and shops, instead of piling into the street. We'll have to see what happens.

SAMIZDATA