i first heard of the country of zimbabwe through the music of paul winter more than 30 years ago...and through time the beautiful tradition of their mbiri music has contrasted with the political life that has shattered the people of zimbabwe during both colonial and post-colonial time...but it's just pissing me off to learn about the actions of the government of tyrant robert mugabe embodies in what is referred to as Operation Drive Out Trash...
rather than a plan to raze illegal buildings amnesty international asserts that the real plan is to evict poor zimbabwean slum dwellers who form the core of he opposition to the brutal mugabe regime...
when porta farm was wiped off the face of the earth it was the destruction of over 850 buildings that housed more than 6000 of the poorest people on the planet...and where was the proof??? lars bromley, a geographer with the american association for the advancement of science, paid for high resolution satellite photos that revealed the the tragedy...according to a story published in amnesty international's the wire last year,
The destruction of Porta Farm left thousands, including children and the elderly homeless, destitute and traumatized. They joined the hundreds of thousands of other victims of the government's Operation Murambatsvina -- a countrywide programme of mass forced evictions and demolitions of homes and informal businesses. The UN has estimated that in six weeks between May and July 2005, 700,000 people across Zimbabwe lost their homes, their livelihoods, or both.
the only bright spot here is the use of satellite imagery to expose the brutal nature of governmental lies that attempt to cover up massive human rights violations...the same tactic has been used by amnesty international in darfur and iraq...
peace out <3
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