January 30, 2018

President Donald Trump’s demeaning comments on his preference for northern European immigrants over Africans both on the continent and in the Caribbean indicate the postcolonial crisis in relations between global capitalism and emerging nations in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.

This division of wealth, power and influence is glaringly illustrated by the character of two summit meetings held in late January. One gathering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the 55-member African Union met at its headquarters built by the People’s Republic of China, somewhat represented the aspirations of over 1 billion people living on the continent.

Another confab in Davos, Switzerland, known as the World Economic Forum, was dominated by Western industrial and financial magnates and imperialist governments’ heads of state. African leaders were in Davos, notwithstanding their disadvantaged status.

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https://www.workers.org/2018/01/30/addis-ababa-and-davos-a-tale-of-two-summits/