there's nothing in the global south right now that actually does this, right? our countries are, are working separately. it is the you leading the way it is still the west. it is still the global north, like our institutions are weaker. yeah. often more corrupt. yeah, exactly. and i think that in the global south, and in many parts, there is this narrative that we need to catch up. right, like in the global south is narrative that we missed the boat on previous industrial revolutions. and we've gone missed the boat on this one. and so, rather than trying to rain in the technology rather than trying to regulate the technology we want to emulate big tech. yeah, if you want to create domestic champions and that does nothing to address the homes in terms of oversight in terms of accountability for it. so i think competition policies key, but i think previously policy purpose in legislation is also okay. fantastic. um we go to the questions to your questions. wow. hands up right away. we like you guys. my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the global sel

there's nothing in the global south right now that actually does this, right. our countries are, are working separately. it is the you leading the way it is still the west. it is still the global north, like our institutions are weaker. yeah. often more corrupt. yeah, exactly. and i think that in the global south, and in many parts, there is this narrative that we need to catch up, right, like in the global south is narrative that we missed the boat on previous industrial revolutions. and we kind of missed the boat on this one. and so rather than trying to rain in the technology rather than trying to regulate the technology we want to emulate big tech. yeah, if you want to create domestic champions and that does nothing to address the homes in terms of oversight in terms of accountability for it. so i think competition policies key, but i think previously policy purpose in legislation is also okay. fantastic. um we go to the questions to your questions. wow. hands up right away. we like you guys. my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the global self

there's nothing in the global south right now that actually does this, right. our countries are, are working separately. it is the you leading the way it is still the west. it is still the global north. i thought our institutions are weaker. yeah. often more corrupt. yeah, exactly. and i think that in the global south, and in many parts, there is this narrative that we need to catch up. right, like in the global south is narrative that we missed the boat on previous industrial revolutions. and we've gone missed the boat on this one. and so, rather than trying to rain in the technology rather than trying to regulate the technology we want to emulate big tech. yeah, if you want to create domestic champions and that does nothing to address the homes in terms of oversight in terms of accountability, right. so i think competition policies key, but i think previously policy purpose and legislation is also okay. fantastic. um we go to the questions to your questions. wow. hands up right away. we like you guys. my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the glob

the bulk of facebook's users in the global south. right, but a tiny fraction of facebook's budget is actually spend on content moderation in those countries. so there's a complete disregard for what the impacts of these technologies might be in those areas. so it's the combination of all these factors that i think mix the use of a i, in the global south, particularly worrying and risky. you know, there's so much to pick from what you said in the west, in the global north. if you are a woman, if you're black, brown, l, g, b, p 2 plus, you're further marginalized when you walk into the social media platforms, right? that's built in how does that get compounded when you come from the global? so yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the middle of a 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people are digital uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the chances

today russia and the countries of the global south already represent the planetary, new global majority new global majority. determine through integration blocks, determine through significant and globally significant programs on a regional scale, how the world will develop in twenty first centuries, therefore the balance of russia and the countries of the global south... unity, and the fact that russia plays a key role here, is truly the most important factor for the future world order on the planet of the 21st century. thank you, leonid eduardovich, evgeniy yurievich, please, your 4 minutes. thank you, well, since we really have a debate, then i thank you, dear leonid eduardovich. you say that you have now seen the light, but the fact is that the communists have never gone blind, we have seen the light. yes, you said, we don’t need it to see clearly "the healthy part of the cpsu, and then the communist party of the russian federation, even during the years of gorbachev's perestroika, and then during the years of yeltsin's hard times, all subsequent decades, said that a criminal foreig

yes, india is the superpower, especially in the global south. i the reason why i say this, we obviously are going on talking about china. we are facing challenges from china and we are a country that continues to adhere to international rules based order. that is something where we are facing a challenge with them not even believing it or wanting to try and attempt doing that. so that is a challenge that we face. that is why when you say something like what would you tell the eu about partnerships, and she also mentioned something which said take it or leave it. i would say take it, leave it, deal with it. india has multiple format versus the take it or leave it method. so you all will have to deal with it and deal with our challenges and understand that not every challenge comes from a european perspective. it also comes from various nations perspectives and their priorities. thank you. >> this is been absolutely incredible panel. i think it really sort of highlighted on the one hand some of the things that we knew already. it is a world of sca

both of facebook's users in the global south. right, but a tiny fraction of facebook's budget is actually spend on content moderation in those countries. so there's a complete disregard for what the impacts of these technologies might be in those areas. so it's the combination of all these factors that i think mixed the use of a i, in the global south, particularly worrying and risky. you know, there's so much to pick from what you said in the west, in the global north. if you are a woman, if you're black, brown, l, g, b, p 2 plus, you're further marginalized when you walk into the social media platforms, right? that's built in. how does that get compounded when you come from the global cell? yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the middle of a 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people have digital, uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the c

and i think that in the global south, i mean many pods. there is this narrative that we need to catch up, right, like in the global south is narrative that we missed the boat on previous industrial revolutions. and we've gone missed the boat on this one. and so, rather than trying to rain in the technology rather than trying to regulate the technology we want to emulate big tech. yeah, if you want to create domestic champions and that does nothing to address the homes in terms of oversight in terms of accountability for it. so i think competition policies key, but i think previously policy producing legislation is also okay. fantastic. um we go to the questions to your questions. wow. hands up right away. we like you guys. my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the global self education. that is a privilege that a lot of people don't have. so as john lease and people who study a, how can we educate them about a i something that impact them the most. so i think that's a really, really important question. i think if you look, if i

china still the number one preferred infrastructure partner in the global south.ders of 120 countries, 40% said china is our preferred partner. in africa it is even higher. there's a willingness that you have to be careful wariness -- but i think china still a nepartner. >> let's take this a little further, sort of the perspective of recipient countries at this point. how do they perceive recipient countries, how did they proceed china's development assistance, lending finance? what factors do you think are shaping their the decisioe with china on developments and initiatives? and do they see clear benefits to engaging with china like this?li >> again, it's a pleasure to be here and thank you. i think kenya's experience over the last seven or ten days is pretty instructive. for the last three years most emerging economies, most of the ones in africa, were effectively shutting out the international markets. they couldn't go to the markets to issue debt. of which can you actually did over the last say seven to ten days was 10.5%. so the sovereign had to borrow. that

i'm actually going to use the term global south because it's easier to say at this point. i think there are a bunch of factors that these country study closely. one of them would be the number on the types of lenders they are. i think it would be china and africa, they came up with a steady that said there were three chinese lenders. i think the sheer number of chinese, the kind of lenders, the kind of terms that they lend on, all of that is incredibly diverse. there's also influence that we see. for instance, one example is the technology demonstration center. the idea of technology -- not just transfer technology, but skills it is a motive where scientists work very closely where sciences -- scientists from different countries are host. one of their countries, the one in zambia, where they were working closely with professors. the construction -- the money for the construction came from china, some of the labs and some of the equipment were locally sourced. a lot of the community farmers came to the center, but the impact of the center itself and what it did is a differe

this event is part of the conference on chinese influence in the global south, from the atlantic council in washington, d.c. and it is just over 40 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning. pleasure to be here. and welcome to all our panelists and to our guests. this is originally lightning talk, so i will go straight to get his. my i am jane munga, i'm a fellow with the carnegie endowment for international peace for the african program, this morning i'm joined by three experts in china-africa relations and i'll introduce them. first to have joe was right next to me, joseph asunka is the chief executive officer of afrobarometer. joseph has previously been the program officerra at william hewlett foundation. before joining hulett, joseph was -- in california and by what he taught african politics. political economy, filament. if you have not interacted with the afrobarometer i encourage you to. they are online so also just do a quick summary. our next guest is oscar. oscar is just told he can from nairobi so welcome to d.c., to a very cold day. oscar otele is a nonresident fellow with the g

changed how we view the world, how we view international when i say we, mean we in the global south, how we view international law, how we view our place in the world and and our place in the midst of powerful, powerful states etc. so everything has changed from the 7th of october. yeah, of course. um, more of the discussion in in just a minute, but for now, a quick reminder everyone, this is gaza under attack, deep dive into the news surrounding the ongoing us led israeli genocidal war on. the blockaded coastal enclave, members of the christian faith here in london took part in a public progaza action outside the general senate of the church of england over the weekend, handing out leaflets to lobby the arriving members of the senate to raise the burning question of the genocidal siege of gaza. have look. today we are uh seeing the general senor of the church of england, the governing body of the anglican church. which is meeting to discuss various items of the agenda, but i'm shocked of item which absolutely topical, the question of gaza and it suffering is not being discussed, and

changed how we view the world, how we view international, when i say we, i mean we in the global south, how we view international law? how we view our place in the world and and our place in the midst of powerful powerful states etc. so everything has changed from the 7th of october. yeah, of course, um, more of the discussion in in just a minute, but for now, a quick reminder, everyone, this is gaza under attack, a deep dive into the news surrounding the ongoing us led israeli genocidal war on gaza, the blockaded coastal enclave. members of the christian faith here in london took part in a public pro gaza action outside the general senate of the church of england over the weekend, handing out leaflets to lobby the arriving members of the senate to raise the... burning question of the genocidal siege of gaza, have look, today we are uh seeing the general senor of the church of england, the governing body of the anglican church, which is meeting to discuss various items of the agenda, but i'm shocked of item which absolutely topical, the question of gaza, and it suffering is not being d

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the countries at the show called global south, or realize that the un charter, which protects countries against the kind of invasion that russia had you see their interest made to see this simply is a european conflict, is a great mistake. the canyon delegation to the united states got this right. quite soon afterwards. they said, this is a problem for all of us by population, that general assembly resolution, of course, and didn't get the majority is that those who favored russians view on these things . and it said immediately afterwards, there was sanctions on russian composes in new york valley stores, russian literature in the western europe. you think they read your work on soft power and took a do far with the, with the bizarre, a process of banning all things russian in nato countries. well, i think the idea of going on with business, as usual with russia after russia violate what are the basic norms of the international system that you don't take your neighbors territory by force was an appropriate way of st. signaling that this behavior was unacceptable. i think if you'll look

i don't think then future countries across the global south. we'll be looking to israel for high tech products because it sort of has failed in gaza with regards to intelligence gap. and they won't be looking to israel for weapons because as well has failed. again, small groups and many countries like china, they won't be investing in as ro anymore because they don't see it as a safe place for investment. when you see, and this is, it's very, it's, it's, it's sort of quite a justice that the united states and europe tends. canada, france, germany, britain. they helped carry out the genocide examine for a decade. and they use the red sea to create to impose of starvation cj. and now it is, yeah, me to this country that has been peace and batter. that is staffing firm in saying that we will not allow you to carry out this genocide. we will block a this port in the americans and the west can't do anything about it. if the united states and the west side be shaved more only towards non western countries, if they are treated countries with respect,

south one for one's on policy. and in sufficient attention to we could all make developments and they could not make independence. critics also argue that the munich security conference, primarily, but as an elite policy makers excluding voices from civil society and marginalized communities inside june of itself. is it conceivable that the munich security conference with it's predominantly west and governmental and call report the composition would embrace since the critique from the global south it appeared as improper that an establishment routed and had gemini reed. i'm conflict with drug, denny. i acknowledge the necessity for abroad that inclusive at t o, the expansion of discussions to a compass, social economic consensus more over challenging the funds, the money to structure both are global or the that sustains itself. on the subjugation of anti nations, particularly from africa and latin america, and denies them a secure and it quote supported, unbalanced position seems beyond the comprehension of such an

south, the freedom of the global south and to prevent the rise of russia and china and the multi-polar world that would squeeze the us out of the control of global uh commodities, including oil, gas, etc. and so therefore israel itself is essential to the united states and to the countries that are aligned with the united states, the palestinians to to a degree stand in the way of israel's security and israel's supremacy in the region, and as joab galan, the war minister said before december, before christmas, they have to have victory in the middle east in order to survive. so what we're seeing is the us tacitly supporting palestinian genocide, but actually not so tacitly, because by supplying the weapons, by cutting off funding to ara. "they now come into the line of fire for actually uh not only being complicit in the zionist genocide, but also committing genocide themselves. uh, taking a look at the other motivation and incentive that the us has uh, which is quite evident in the statements made there by blinken, alberto watson, if you agree, is the fact that it seems like the us is

south, the freedom of the global south and to prevent the rise of russia and china and the multipolar world that would squeeze the us out of the control of... commodities, including oil, gas, etc., and so therefore israel itself is essential to the united states and to the countries that are aligned with the united states. "the palestinians to to a degree stand in the way of israel's security and israel's supremacy in the region and as joaf galan, the war minister said before december, before christmas, they have to have victory in the middle east in order to survive, so what we're seeing is the us tacitly supporting palestinian genocide, but actually not so tassedly, because by supplying the weapons, by cutting off funding." to honora, they now come into the line of fire for actually uh not only being comply in the zionist genocide, but also committing genocide themselves. uh, taking a look at the other motivation and incentive that the us has uh, which is quite evident in the statements made there by blinken, alberto watson, if you agree, is the fact that it seems like the us is pus

of the munich security conference faces may use a criticism on various fronts, mainly from global south africa and latin american. an asian perspective and imperialist critics argue that the munich security conference, pre domain and the features, voices from western countries, sidelining, those from the global south limiting diversity of perspectives and neglecting security challenges such as conflict resolution in africa and the impacts of clinical yeah, legacy is the view, the munich security conference, as perpetuates in new going on, you had a power structures, marginalizing african and latin american countries. agency. i'm giving priority only to security threats relevant to western interests, while overlooking pressing issues like poverty and equality, and the rubbing of national resources on our critics. also note that the conference often focuses on symptom management rather than addressing root causes with limited global south one. for one's on policy and in sufficient attention to we could all make development and they cannot make independence. critics also argue that the mun

south, i think that's where this diplomatic struggle goes this background.aimed at preparing for the peace summit, which was mentioned. at zelensky's press conference, as i understand it, but saudi arabia played precisely the role of this intermediary between us, between the west and the countries of the global south, which are still more oriented towards the pro-china bloc before this time than the pro-western one. ugh. mr. ruslan, zelensky is also visiting albania today, he even signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation with albania, actually... it was such a bilateral agreement, the press conference of the country's leaders is currently underway, accordingly we understand that today and in these days there is a summit of the western balkans in support of ukraine, how active ukrainian diplomacy is in this region, and what this region can give us, yes, what opportunities it has from the point of view of providing us with this or that financial military aid, the balkans are traditionally... the region of influence of russia, and therefore the struggl

this event is part of a conference on chinese influence in the global south from the atlantic council in washington, d.c., and is just over 40 minutes. this is nearly 45 minutes. >> good morning, it is a pleasure to be here. welcome to all our panelists and our guests. this is the original lightning talk, i will go to introductions, i'm jane muniga, i'm with the carnegie endowment for international peace african program. i'm joined by three people in our international program. joe, who is right next to me. joseph azunka is the chief executive officer, he's previously been the program officer at william and flora hewlett foundation. i know they are online soy will also just do a quick summary. our next guest is oscar. oscar is, just told me he came from nairobi, welcome to d.c., it's a very cold day. nairobi, welcome to d.c., it's a very cold day. oscar is a man resident fellow oscar is a man resident fellow with the global china foundation. he's a political scientist with 15 years of working experience spread across lecturing and consult tansy services. over the past 10 years he lectu

of the munich security conference faces may use a criticism on various fronts, mainly from global south africa and latin american, an asian perspective and imperialist critics argue that the munich security conference, pre domain and the features, voices from western countries side, lightning those from the global south limiting diversity of perspectives and neglecting security challenges such as conflict resolution in africa and the impacts of clinical yeah, legacy is the view, the munich security conference, as perpetuates in new going on. you had a power structures, marginalizing african and latin american countries. agency. i'm giving priority only to security threats relevant to western interests, while overlooking pressing issues like poverty in equality and the rubbing of national resources on our critics. also note that the conference often focuses on symptom management rather than addressing root causes with limited global south one. for one's on policy and in sufficient attention to we could all make developments and they cannot make independence. critics also argue that the m

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south? well we're on a crash course with imperialism and zionism and it's really clear that you know, but but one of the things that's actually hopeful is that we're seeing these very large numbers of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in the heart of the imperial. core saying, no, we stand with the global south, not only saying, we want to cease fire now, but we support the palestinian resistance, and this is something that's increasingly clear, and what that means is that it's not possible for these states to for too long sustain this ongoing war machine, targeting the palestinian people and targeting everyone in the region, but the fact is is that these imperialist forces have shown time and time again, that rather than you know attempting to sort of preserve some form of minimal peace in the region, um, well where they engage in pressure campaigns, but they sort of pull back the attack dogs of the zionist regime from like this extreme genocide, they're not doing that, t

south, the freedom of the global south and to prevent the rise of russia and china and the multipolargned with the united states, the palestinians to to a degree stand in the way of israel's security and israel's supremacy in the region, and the war minister said before december, before christmas, they have to have... victory in the middle east in order to survive, so what we're seeing is the us tacitly supporting palestinian genocide, but actually not so tassedly, because by supplying the weapons, by cutting off funding to una, they now come into the line of fire for actually not only being complicit in the zionist genocide, but also committing genocide themselves. taking a look at the other motivation and incentive that the us has, which is quite evident in the statements made there by blinken, alberta watson, if you agree, is the fact that it seems like the us is pushing for this so-called normalization to happen between uh israel and uh saudi arabia, and it's banking on that uh, but in the context of a palestinian state, so there comes another inconsistency here between the israel

the whole of the global south, didn't go down well with netanyahu did it? no, um, good for lula, absolutely. um, stay with me, um, just a quick reminder to our viewers, this is gaza under attack, a deep dive into the news surrounding the ongoing us israeli genocidal war on gaza's captive population, as far as we're talking." voting, one for a ceasefire at the un security council or at the british parliament has no value as this will not stop israel from continuing its genocide against the palestinian people. a real cease fire will only come once the us government decide it wants to end the killings in gaza. those are the words of camala emmanuel, an australian social activist who was in london to support wikileaks founder julian nassange in his extradition hearing. at the british high court, i've been hopeful from the very beginning that this fire would come, i think the greatest cause for hope will be if the us uh comes to the table, and the fact that the us is putting a counter proposal in place in contradiction or you, contradistinction to algeria's moti

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i don't think then future countries across the global south. we'll be looking to israel for high tech products because israel has failed in gaza with regards to intelligence gathering. they won't be looking to israel for weapons because israel has failed again, small groups, and many countries like china. they won't be investing in as ro anymore because they don't see it as a safe place for investment. when you see, and this is it's very, it's, it's, it's sort of quite a justice that the united states and europe pins, canada, france, germany, britain. they helped carry out the genocide examine for a decade. and they use the red sea to create to impose of starvation cj. and now it is, yeah, me to this country that has been peace and batter. that is staffing firm in saying that we will not allow you to carry out this genocide. we will blockade the sports in the americans and the west can't do anything about it. if the united states and the west had behaved more only towards non western countries, if they are treated countries with respect, you wo

south one for one's on policy. and in sufficient attention to we could all make developments and they could not make independence. critics also argue that the munich security conference, primarily, but isn't it, leads policy makers, excluding voices from civil society and marginalized communities inside june of itself. is it conceivable that the munich security conference with it's predominantly west and governmental, i'm calling for the composition would embrace since the critique from the global south, it appeared as improbable that an establishment quoted and had gemini reed. i'm conflict with red denny. i acknowledge the necessity for bro, that inclusive at t o. the expansion of discussions to a compass, social economic consents more over challenging the funds, the month to structure both are global or the that sustains itself on the subjugation of anti nations, particularly from africa and latin america and the lives of in a secure. and it quote supported, unbalanced position seems beyond the comprehension of

south? well we're on a crash course with imperialism, anxionism and it's really clear that you know, but but one of the things that's actually hopeful is that we're seeing these very large numbers of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in the heart of the... imperial core saying, no, we stand with the global south, not only saying, we want to cease fire now, but we support the palestinian resistance, and this is something that's increasingly clear, and what that means is that it's not possible for these states to for too long sustain this ongoing war machine targeting the palestinian people and targeting everyone in the region, but the fact is is that these imperialist forces have shown time and time again, that rather than you know attempting to sort of preserve some form of minimal peace in the region um we know where they engage in pressure campaigns but they sort of pull back the attack dogs of the zionist regime from like this extreme genocide they're not doing that the

south, the global south already know what's happening, what lula dit is something that shows the stance of the whole of the global south, didn't go down well with netanjahu did it, no, um, stay with lula, absolutely, um, stay with me, um, just a quick reminder to our... viewers, this is gaza under attack, a deep dive into the news surrounding the ongoing us-israeli genocidal war on gaza's captive population. as far as we're talking about voting, one for a cease fire at the un security council, or at the british parliament has no value, as this will not stop israel from continuing its genocide against the palestinian people. a real cease fire will only come once the us government decides it wants to end the killings in gaza. those are the words of camala emmanuel, an australian social activist who was in london to support wikileaks founder julian nassange in his extradition hearing at the british high court. i've been hopeful from the very beginning that the cease fire would come, i think the greatest cause for hope will be if the us uh comes to the table and the fact that the us is put

south, the freedom of the global south, and to prevent the rise of russia and china and the multipolar world that would squeeze the us out of the control of global commodities, including oil, gas, etc. and so therefore israel itself is essential to the united states and to the countries that are aligned with the united states, the palestinians to to a degree... stand in the way of israel's security and israel's supremacy in the region and as joab gallan, the war minister said before december, before christmas, they have to have... victory in the middle east in order to survive, so what we're seeing is the us tacitly supporting palestinian genocide, but actually not so tacitly, because by supplying the weapons, by cutting off funding to arawa, they now come into the line of fire for actually uh not only being complicit in the zionist genocide, but also committing genocide themselves. taking a look at the the other motivation and incentive that the us has uh, which is quite evident in the statements made there by blinken, alberta watson, if you agree, is the fact that it seems like the u

there were aide of writers from what's now called the global south that were spied upon by one or more governments. and if you read the book, you'll see that actually a lot of these writers sh up in both partof the narrative that i tell write, these e writers who enjoy stateatronage in certain contexts. and then were the people who re punished by large stes in other contexts. you can see on this slide, two of afra's nobel laureates aren't that many of them. right. voicehowing on the left who wrote a great, amazing prison memoir, the man died that i talked about extensively in the book. he spentlmost two years in in solitary. well, not l of it in solitary, but a significant part of it in solitary in nigeria. doris lessing, another nobel laureate from africa, was spied upon by mi5 five for nearly two decades. and she knew it. she talked about it extensively in her writings. she was aware of it and they made sure that she knew she was under observation. alex laguna, the figure in the center, was exiled from south africa. he spent the better part of ten years either jail or under house arr

or basically are we a continuous crash course with the rulers of western hegemany and the global south? well, we're on a crash course with imperialism and zionism, and it's really clear that, you know, but but one of the things that's actually hopeful is that we're seeing these very large numbers of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in the heart of the imperial core. saying no, we stand with the global south, not only saying, we want to cease fire now, but we support the palestinian resistance, and this is something that's increasingly clear, and what that means is that it's not possible for these states to for too long sustain this ongoing war machine targeting the palestinian people and targeting everyone in the region, but the fact is is that these imperialist forces have shown time and time again that rather... than you know attempting to sort of preserve some form of minimal peace in the region, well where they engage in pressure campaigns, but they sort of pull back the attack dogs of the zionist regime from like this extreme genocide, they're not doing that, t

there were a wide of writers from what's now called the global south that were spied upon by one or more governments. and if you read the book, you'll see that actually a lot of these writers show up in both parts of the narrative that i tell write, these are writers who enjoyed state patronage in certain contexts. and then were the people who were punished by large states in othe conxts. you can see on this slide, two of africa's nobel laureates aren't that many of them. right. voice showing on the left who wrote a great, aming prison memoir, the man died that i talked about extensively in the book. he spent almost two years in in solitary. well, not all of it in solitary, bua significant part of it in solitaryn nigeria. doris lessing, another nobel laureate from afric was spied upon by mi5 five for nearly two decades. and she knew it. she talked about it extensively in her writings. she was aware of it and they made sure that she knew she was under observation. alex laguna, the figure in the center, was exiled from south africa. he spent the better part of ten years either jail or der

i don't think then future countries across the global south. we'll be looking to israel for high tech products because it sort of has failed in gaza with regards to intelligence gap. and they won't be looking to israel for weapons because israel has failed against small groups. and many countries like china, they won't be investing in this row anymore because they don't see it as a safe place for investment. when you see, and this is, it's very it's, it's a sort of quite a justice that the united states and europe in canada, france, germany, britain. they helped carry out the genocide examine for a decade. and they use the red sea to create to impose of starvation cj. and now it is, yeah, me to this country that has been peace and bad, or that is standing firm in saying that we will not allow you to carry out this genocide. we will block a this port in the americans and the west can't do anything about it. if the united states and the west side be shaved normally towards non western countries, if they are treated countries with respect, you wou

of western higem and the global south? well, we're on a crash course with imperialism, anxionism, and it's really clear that you know, but but one of the things that's actually hopeful is that we're seeing these very large numbers of... hundreds of thousands, millions of people in the heart of the imperial core saying, no, we stand with the global south, not only saying, we want to cease fire now, but we support the palestinian resistance, and this is something that's increasingly clear, and what that means is that it's not possible for these states to for too long sustain this ongoing war machine targeting the palestinian people and targeting everyone in the region. but the fact is is that these imperialist forces have shown time and time again that rather than you know attempting to sort of preserve some form of minimal peace in the region um we know where they engage in pressure campaigns but they sort of pull back the attack dogs of the zionist regime from like this extreme genocide, they're not doing that, they've had

soviet union, allow for at least a brief period sad the global south writers to work across and between camps carving out a space for indigenous writing for theelves and for anti-coal o'neill resistance in their work you ve two superpowers down bended knee asking the favors of global south writers and they knew how to work the system. and i argue that they did very effectively, at least for a brief period of time. the 20 or so years after. world war two. so now i want to talk a little bit about the other half of this project, maybe less fun half, but nevertheless, yes, an part of this project we all know that writers faced significant sanctions. some of those were dissident who were not afraid to truth to power and suffered the consequences for it. some of them were apolitical or nonpolitical writers that various states deemed dangerous for one reason or another. one of the points that i make in this book is that state surveillance of writers was ubiquitous during this period. there is not a national or an international superpower during this period of time that did not collect on write

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western hegemany and the global south? well we're on a crash course with imperialism and zionism and it's really clear that you know, but but one of the things that's actually hopeful is that we're seeing these very large numbers of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people in the heart of the imperial core saying, no, we stand with the global south, not only saying, we want to cease fire now, but we support the palestinian resistance, and this is something that's increasingly clear, and what that means is that it's not possible for these states to for too long sustain this ongoing war machine targeting the palestinian people and targeting everyone in the... but the fact is is that these imperialist forces have shown time and time again that rather than you know attempting to sort of preserve some form of minimal peace in the region um we no where they engage in pressure campaigns but they sort of pull back the attack dogs of the zionist regime from like this extreme genocide, they're not doing that, they've had