Development is Resistance

The main the argument of this article is that, in our epoch, resistance against imperial domination is the first law of motion of development. How did I come to this conclusion? I came to it through a critical look at the existing theories of development, and through my active participation in over fifty years of Africa’s struggle to ‘develop’. The article looks at various aspects of the theory and practice of ‘development’, focusing mainly on the theory as expounded by economic theoreticians for the last three hundred years. The article also makes use of specific cases or case studies to sharpen its main argument and support the conclusion reached. The discussion is situated firmly in the context of the harsh reality of imperialism. The west suffers from an acute case of amnesia when it comes to recognising imperialism … and its role in destroying the cultural, economic and social roots of Africa’s (admittedly slow) evolution into self-sustaining and respected members of the international community. Today, Africa’s economy is shattered – devastated – by the so-called ‘free trade’ dogma. I can say with some degree of authority as a political-economic historian that there has never existed anything called ‘free trade’ – never

Evaluation of high energy natural neutrino experiments

The directional intensities of neutrinos of various types produced in the decay of cosmic ray secondaries in the earth's atmosphere have been estimated. The calculated energy spectra are believed to be uncertain by <20% for neutrino energies up to 100 GeV. Using these fluxes and making various assumptions about the behaviour of neutrino cross-section with energy, the energy spectra of neutrino-induced muons at large depths underground have been calculated. It is shown that a cross-section increasing only linearly with energy up to ~100 GeV. would account only for about one-fifth of the preliminary counting rate observed in a recent underground experiment. A more rapid increase in cross-section is indicated somewhere between 10 GeV. and 100 GeV. and this is shown to be quantitatively consistent with the existence of a charged intermediate boson of mass 2 GeV. Mw<5 GeV. The question of detecting high energy neutrino signals from extra-terrestrial sources is briefly discussed

Elements of Continuity and Change Between Obote and Museveni: Some Lessons from Obote's Rule for Musevents Government

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ONG's Extranjeras, usos y abusos

Para julio de 1988 existían 195 ONG de Europa Oriental, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, sin contar con Estados Unidos y Canadá, que desempeñaban operativas y educativas en África Subsahariana. Sin embargo se dice que estas organizaciones trabajan con mucho secretismo y opacidad

ONG's Extranjeras, usos y abusos

Para julio de 1988 existían 195 ONG de Europa Oriental, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, sin contar con Estados Unidos y Canadá, que desempeñaban operativas y educativas en África Subsahariana. Sin embargo se dice que estas organizaciones trabajan con mucho secretismo y opacidad

Elements of Continuity and Change Between Obote and Museveni: Some Lessons from Obote's Rule for Musevents Government

No abstrac

Aid without Dependence: An alternative conceptual model for development cooperation

Yash Tandon argues that the only legitimate form of aid is that which is based on the principle of solidarity. He proposes that the entire aid industry, and its present architecture, needs to be thoroughly revamped in order to create a more honest relationship between the donors and the recipients.