No subject

Timor and Tibet each and everything is treated as the same and since it =
is
the same, any specific knowledge is not needed even unwanted. Some of =
those
posting in this thread seem even proud of not knowing anything about =
what
they are posting.

Looks as if "Marxism" is the catchword for dispensing any historic, =
politic
or socio-economic studies. It is my feeling that this attitude has made
"Marxism" irrelevant in the eyes of many workers and intellectuals in =
most
parts of the world.

To say "Imperialism always and ever favours secession, regardless of =
time
and place" is an ahistoric and undialectical abstraction. What we need =
here
are studies of the concrete political, economic, historic and social
circumstances that give rise to secceonist movements.=20

Just a few thoughts on Nigeria:

1. Biafra: It was mainly supported by France, Portugal, Israel, =
Rhodesia,
South Africa and China. Whereas the Nigerian central government was
supported by Britain, the US and the Soviet Union. Looks rather like a
contradictory affair and an inner-imperialist rivalry.

2. Nigeria today: Today the only group demanding sovereignity for Biafra =
is
Movement for the Actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra (MOSOB), =
but
they are marganalized. The main threat for the cohesion of the Nigerian
state are in my eyes those political forces having introduced Sharia
legislation in the Northern states of Nigeria, thus splitting the =
Nigerian
legal system around a North-South and a ethno-religious line. I doubt
political Islam in Nigeria has much support from imperialist powers in =
these
days.

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