Facebook Joins the Fight
Posted on April 23, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under International, Media.
There is even a Facebook group - with close to 1,000 members - to organize a campaign against the ship sending 77 tons of arms from China to Zimbabwe (see recent post).
A Facebook member named Joseph Nicholas Katongole, who says he’s from South Africa, wrote on the group wall:
thanks to all u guys that are opposed to this “death ship”. we africans are simply tired of countries that continue to ‘feed’ war/torture/genocide on our continent. China and its like, we are not stupid. we know the roles u have played in rwanda, darfur and now u aim to pour fuel onto the fire that is zimbabwe. oh sorry!.. as long as u get paid its fine with u. just another bunch of africans killing each other. with the political background of china i still truly wonder how it is that the IOC chose china to host the olympics. dont mix politics with sports?? ….give me a break. in this global village that we live in… everything is connected, whether one likes it or not
The group, called STOP Zimbabwe’s Weapons Ship, has links to recent articles and video clips on the controversy.
