Word: mobutuism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agreed. But to have a group of pro-Palestinian organizations and anti-Israel speakers debate Israeli policy unlikely to accomplish that. It's akin to having a board of Christian fundamentalists discuss the legality of abortion, or having Zairean leader Sese Seko Mobutu speak about peace in Africa, for that matter. Although all views should be heard, treating such a forum as an academic pursuit would make a mockery of the term. To lend Harvard's credibility to a conference so imbalanced in its approach, so determined to push a particular point of view rather than to give...
...reason is parochial but important. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, and the City Council can therefore object to Harvard's actions when objections seem appropriate. The Council passed a resolution condemning Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko when he recently spoke at Harvard, and in the past the Council has questioned Harvard's investment policies and labor relations strategies...
...Mobutu is headed back to Zaire. ROTC is old news. And the only people fighting randomization are a few disgruntled first-years afraid of the quad...
Undoubtedly, one of President Mobutu's greatest achievements has been the Angolan cease fire agreement which was signed on June 22 in Gbadolite, Zaire. Although the peace process in Angola is not complete, the fact is that President Mobutu took the first step toward peace in Angola by bringing the two combatants together for the first time since the war began fourteen years...
President Mobutu has been asked to speak on the subject of peace in Southern Africa because he has been a voice of reason in a region of instability for over twenty years. Muchobekwa Kalimba wa Katana Ambassador of the Republic of Zaire