![]() it is today one of the most dangerous hindrances to social liberation. the change of human groups into nations, that is, State peoples, have not opened out a new outlook. in most cases they have taken on a new yoke which is frequently more oppressive than the old. These peoples who have in the name of liberation shaken off the yoke of the hated foreign rule have gained nothing thereby. this ought to make plain even to the blindest, that a harmonious living together within the framework of the national state is definitely impossible. “.the same nationalities which before World War I, never ceased to revolt against the foreign oppressor, reveal themselves today, when they have attained independence, as the worst oppressors of national minorities within their own jurisdiction and inflict upon them the same moral and legal oppressions, which when they were subjected peoples. ![]() The pattern of events was already foreshadowed by the anarchist Rudolf Rocker before World War II, in this prophetic passage: Without in the least endorsing the imperialist policies of either the American or Russian power blocs or trying, in any way whatsoever, to justify their crimes, the widespread notion the “Third World” is a satisfactory alternative must be dispelled. This work concerns the political, economic and social institutions set up after World War II in economically underdeveloped “Third World” states, dealing primarily (for space reasons) with African states. ![]() Third World Nationalism and the State, by Sam Dolgoff ![]()
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