| | In the Autumn of 1983 British television splashed coverage of the drought and hunger in Mozambique across its screens. Once again we had 'Famine in Africa' . The image was presented of caring Westerners coming to reveal a dreadful situation that the Mozambican government had done or could not do anything about. The racist undertones of such presentations form an integral part of our media diet. The image of a 'Marxist' government failing is an important one being pushed by certain media as a part of efforts by certain strategists of international capital to destabilise such countries - the propaganda push to cause dissension and dissatisfaction with such governments, while simultaneously military and economic pressures create the underlying difficulties. |
