Comments on: Surviving Zimbabwean ‘democracy’ http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/272 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Voices From Zimbabwe Plus http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/272/comment-page-1#comment-28 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Voices From Zimbabwe Plus Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:46:21 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=272#comment-28 [...] Zimbabwe:This is Zimbabwe in Surviving Zimbabwean Democracy presents a summary of the major arguments for and against the MDC’s participation in the senate elections which a are now under two weeks away. Disturbed by the failure of many pundits to decipher just how mundane and cruel implications of an election bode for lay Zimbabweans, he cautions not to, “forget that when Zimbabweans are asked by political parties to turn out and vote, they are in effect being asked to deal with intimidation, violence and with the likelihood that they and their children - I emphasise, their children - will be deprived of food if the area votes against zanu-pf. To be fair to the people of Zimbabwe, any arguments for or against electoral participation have to engage with their grassroots reality.” [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('28','Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Voices From Zimbabwe Plus'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('28','Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Voices From Zimbabwe Plus','[...] Zimbabwe:This is Zimbabwe in Surviving Zimbabwean Democracy presents a summary of the major arguments for and against the MDC’s participation in the senate elections which a are now under two weeks away. Disturbed by the failure of many pundits to decipher just how mundane and cruel implications of an election bode for lay Zimbabweans, he cautions not to, “forget that when Zimbabweans are asked by political parties to turn out and vote, they are in effect being asked to deal with intimidation, violence and with the likelihood that they and their children - I emphasise, their children - will be deprived of food if the area votes against zanu-pf. To be fair to the people of Zimbabwe, any arguments for or against electoral participation have to engage with their grassroots reality.” [...]'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> [...] Zimbabwe:This is Zimbabwe in Surviving Zimbabwean Democracy presents a summary of the major arguments for and against the MDC’s participation in the senate elections which a are now under two weeks away. Disturbed by the failure of many pundits to decipher just how mundane and cruel implications of an election bode for lay Zimbabweans, he cautions not to, “forget that when Zimbabweans are asked by political parties to turn out and vote, they are in effect being asked to deal with intimidation, violence and with the likelihood that they and their children – I emphasise, their children – will be deprived of food if the area votes against zanu-pf. To be fair to the people of Zimbabwe, any arguments for or against electoral participation have to engage with their grassroots reality.” [...]
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]]> By: Zimpundit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/272/comment-page-1#comment-24 Zimpundit Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:08:02 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=272#comment-24 You say, “I also know that the fight for freedom continues, and that I’m in it for the long haul.” That’s what matters most.
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