Black Star News
September 25, 2008
ZIMBABWE AND THE BATTLE OF IDEAS
by Netfa Freeman
Cuban revolutionaries often point out the significance of what they call
the
“battle of ideas” and they explain how “ideas are worth more than
weapons.”
It stands to reason then that the goal in such battles is to win the
hearts
and minds of people. Because the so-called Western World dominates the
most
sophisticated and pervasive methods of information today, people should
carefully scrutinize ideas pushed and popularized by these sources. This
means we should never take for granted anything we read or hear and only
half of what we see.
This year on September 11th Zimbabwe’s two rival parties, Zimbabwe African
National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC-T, representing a faction lead by presidential hopeful Morgan
Tsvangiria) signed a power sharing agreement that details several critical
points. Just a few of these points im****tant to note are:
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