| Newcastle Stop the War Coalition and the Newcastle University's Power/Space/Politics research cluster organised a very important public meeting in Newcastle on Monday May 12th, 2014 on the New Scramble for Africa. In the main intervention Dr Hakim Adi gave what was described as a fascinating talk about the scramble for Africa, new and old, but especially the new and as one person pointed out that the 40 people who came so clearly "had an appetite for making sense of this big dimension of contemporary imperialism in Africa." Hakim's talk was not only a very throrough exposure of this new contention of the old imperialist powers with the new powers in Africa but particularly the massive crimes of the Anglo US and other EU powers are committing in using the scars that they created in Africa and among African nations and the millions killed, and continuing to be killed, to justify their further intervention. His talk highlighted the whole resistance of the African people to liberate themselves as the main factor to support with action here against our own government's military, political and economic intereference which protects the interests of its multi-nationals to exploit the African people and interfere in Africa's affairs. Dr Kate Manzo response discussant then gave a short intervention elaborating her views on some questions including the the land grab by imperialism in Africa. There then followed a question and answer session in which a number of points made were further discussed and emphasised bringing to conclusion this important meeting for the anti-war movement. |