is an absolute mess and there is a very, very important new element. now the canada tour of robert f. kennedy junior. don't forget that. i would say a few minutes after he declare his candidacy. he started to be absolutely smashed by american mainstream media. the already destroying him, even before his making speeches, he made one, let's say one important speech so far at character assassination is the rule. she simply cannot win a primary inside the democratic party. so the right thing for our f k to do would be to run as an independent, which is something that he might consider later on. because this structure controlled by the obama, by hillary people by the neocons installed inside the party, its r f k has absolutely no chance. and people in the us independence and us know it in

independence will vote for him immediately because he's against big war against big finance and against big farm, which for most, for average america. this is what counts don't like. the democrats don't have any alternative to buy them. they're running this nice elation. not, no, i can think of. wow, what, imagine that the, it's the same ticket that they presented before with camera la harris, which i prefer not even to say what i really think about harris diplomatically, of course, and politically. but why didn't, as we all know, it's, it doesn't exist. it's a construct, and this i would say in terms of a graphic image of the dissolution of the buyer from within. this is it, this is the ticket. you just show the ticket to the global south specially just

show the ticket to the bricks. countries i said this is, this is what awaits. well, i'm afraid we'll have to wait and see what will happen. unfortunately, we have to leave it the face of pleasure. disco. thank you very much, very much for your time. and that's all for me for now. but i'll be back again around 30 minutes time with another one down of all the latest. thanks very much for watching. oh, never, never. and never gave shalley bill that visitors love. we like harry not fit the oppression off one by another. and stop, are they in good things, this kind of the way it fun probably never unfold. peoria. hey, human,

i feel like food on brain thought of it. the soviet union and of course played a key role in terms of the sustain, the liberation forces of south africa. the truth though, is that without the support at the time, we would have really struggled quite a bit. yeah, assisted maybe don't fight us in this country. education, i need meaning patty li, coach. i mean, when can you imagine the whole continent of friends and this wonderful hello welcome to this week's african, now so from constitutional hill in johannesburg, south africa. but coming to you in the same week that this country is celebrating

the anniversary of its 1st poster party elections that resulted in melson when he clocked mandela, who once of time in this prison, being elected as south africa was 1st black president. it was monday la, who said that the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. let freedom rain that south africa is not the only african countries celebrating its freedom. this month. cynical zimbabwe and others also commemorating the call to the soviet union. and we went de via the 10s, and now we had to leave the country secretly. we arrived in the soviet union in moscow. landed there at the beginning of $964.00, and then we trained at a beautiful city only. charlie morris, the black sea, odessa just how much of a role do you think the soviet union played with all the other liberation he wrote

the soviet due now and of course played a key role in terms of assisting the liberation forces of south africa. usually africa, but we weren't the only recipients. the colonial system collapsed. the british colonies, the french, the portuguese belgium, a dutch, all the colonies from asia to latin america and in africa. the people rose up demanding the freedom that had been spoken about during the 2nd world. war, in other words, you're saying that it wasn't for the soviet union would, would not have seen this liberation coming about. it would have taken far longer with far greater sacrifice than occurred because these former colonial countries and they were colonial countries still after the war the scott strove to cling on

to the colonial positions. so the people live africa and so on. india, john, in that one they, they were pressing for freedom. and the way the se union was able to give support to vietnamese struggle for instance. that made the huge difference. what do you make of rushes? my relations with the african continent. it's been very interesting. you know that the e u and the nato countries and the u. s. a made a huge era in trying to force sanctions to be adopted against russia, by africa, demonstrations against the south african government, strict apartheid policies flaring to shocking violence that sharpsville and industrial township, thousands gather outside of police. nation in protest against new laws requiring

every african to carry a pass at all times. 30 years on her own, the casseroles and my voice on the man among those liberation heroes was fight to bring freedom and equality to the tip of africa. what the help of this soviet comrades will never be forgotten. thank you so much for your time that i'm of was. so maybe if you can just start by telling us how you joined the on struggle and how you ended up in the soviet union. i, i left all over again. 1963 from fort hair university. i hardly finished anything there. this was a time of extremely political activity. i think her were in francis star. when the news came, that the leadership of the african national congress had been under ground, had been arrested in livonia. it was june 11th 1963. 0

it was transfers. we flew out to francis town. no, to doris alarm, and before long will on our flight to moscow to the round winter there. i remember seeing these people with greater ami jackets and so on. i. so we went for highly specialized training in guerrilla warfare who were trained by her soviet officers with participated in the 2nd world war. and just how much of a role i did to the soviet union play in the liberation of many african councils. the soviet union provided a lot of things financial. i didn't know quite about that, but they certainly provided material support as well as their training. as i've been describing, africa always helped us,

but they have very limited resources on but they made their geographical space available to us and another diplomatic means of support. so the relationship with russia now, it is not our style and cannot be. i mean, they were always the nucleus of the soviet union. that's where the capital ease are. but the i'm saying that the struggle changed. we no longer needed the kind of support that's the soviet union had given us, but we retained very good relations with them. let's talk about freedom. what do you make a feed on? do you think it's something that we can so celebrates today? oh, absolutely, absolutely. the question does not married if asking m. the 27th of april is the most important date on the

calendar, on this african calendar. no doubt about it is a huge difference between what happened before $994.00 and what's happening. we have freedom to africa feet a week or 2 days in a ration pays whole major to the sacrifices and the struggles that made our freedom and democracy possible move. we accordingly are key to highness big. so why did the soviet union assist african liberation movements? i met with the russian ambassador to south africa who presented the view from moscow as much invested a thank you so much for joining us here on african now, this month is freedom months. why was the soviet union even interested in being involved in africa? first of all, i should mention that we are interested in african friends. ah,

russia not to speak of also it, you know, has never colonized any of the people's particular in africa. and we have always treated africans as our friends with potential friends made it. when can you imagine the whole continent of friends and this is wonderful, why did the service genie and she's tourist insulation movements. russian societies, valid room society and in our hearts and our minds of this notion of support of the view is, is a much broader one of them is translated into english, my justice, or a lawfulness, or right the service. it's include so many moral aspects of particular and we feel that if there is a just cause, if we can help assist some people who are

abreast of them, we should do it. how did it assist them? well, it's as far as i know, it was done in many different ways now are to my mind of the aspect of supplying arms. and the training in military skills of training fighters is always emphasized. one of the, from the medical principles of socialist society was low, which is strength. and i think that most importantly, the most significant part of these systems was training of african leaders, training of leaders of the liberation of woman's in the different social sciences. in south africa, did your assistance to the african national congress, the a and c amy and a to in any way from the african community or not on the russian side. not on the

russian side. but i know i can feel it to the leaving here that there is some of the initial from the border community in the pre soviet times, russian empire, russian, people helped war in particular in their war against the british empire and the 9219 or 2, there was a requests from president bulky gruder to emperor nicholas the 2nd tool interfering this war on the boresight. formal, the request was formally declined. the tsar made it clear that she would not oppose some volunteers participating in that for him. his family dice with the king george on the 5th where more important and he so the decline of this request to enter the war formerly. but about

$270.00 russian le tears foot in the board ranks. and there was a hospital that was finance completely by the russian imperial court, fully equipped, stuffed, which are buried. it's, i think, in newcastle. and there was another one that was financed, $5050.00 with another lens. and tell them there was this elite school for girls stablished in worn funding for a border or from girls. and it was financed initially and like the lincoln 17 and by the russian federal court. so manifestations of this sympathy afresh, and we're all aware abundance of sympathy was, was very strong in the, in the russian public opinion in favor of wars because the you were oppressed.

so in, so you times, we felt above the scene with respect to the african population. it was unjust, it wasn't supported you and this is why many people are felt that we should interfere in that we were doing the right thing. in 1918, zimbabwe gained its independence from the united kingdom are corresponding there. keith baptist attended the celebrations, despite the feeling among many that western oppression continues until today. in barbara celebrated is 43rd independence from its former colony of masters, britain. we are in hardy, a place that played a vital role in the liberation striker. zimbabwe obtained its independence on the 18th of april, 1981 for independence as above where think the good site and the bedside are

independents obviously came with the benefits that we all see. our people are free to do whatever they want compared to the freedoms that the liberation, heroes, football. but there's also some things that we cannot overlook. for instance, high unemployment rates is a bob way. ah, leslie, among young people. those are things that we would want, it would have loved the independence to come with also prosperity. because independence without prosperity, without employment in other supporting aspects. tweet is the big compromise. independence means the freedom by us. like we will to take ownership of our country of our resources, but sadly, 43 years after independence. we only monday to take the power, but we have not been able to change the systems. we now need to work collectively, as in bob,

went to ensure that we moved up on the euro centric system that you're still using to date to come up with our own afrocentric system that actually works for us. because the system that we adopted from the smith, the machine is up with the bread. that is why sometimes the very same europeans i must be and was told to us for special occasions where people of zimbabwe and most importantly, the young generation. those or did not have an expedient of deliberation circle. it's a very, very positive reflection. because on this particular day, we are looking at the road that has been several thus far. the road it was independence was bon b. it was not a walk along a garden but, but were happy, and for 3 years we continued to be happy with every step of the by the independence . of course, most important glenda the 2nd republic or prison. emma's of not what we have been able to do to the world and more to particular follows above the true meaning of

independence in when is with the prosperity in, is in ownership. total ownership of what it was. total ownership of orlin. what ownership? our foreign, what that brings us to the end of this week. so we hope you enjoyed it. next week we'll see the inauguration of king charles to the british throne. we will again travel the african continent for reaction from former british colonies. as always, it's a pleasure to receive your feedback. do stay in touch until then for myself in the teen. good bye. ah lou ah

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