Power To The People Of Africa

Mali has just distributed $33 million in gold revenues to local communities. Not to
foreign corporations. Not to European banks. Not to Swiss bank accounts. To local
communities. To the people who live where the gold is mined. That is what the new
mining law achieves. This is what sovereignty looks like.

For decades, Mali's gold flowed out of the country. The people were left with nothing.
Now, $33 million goes directly to them. Schools. Roads. Hospitals. Built with money that
used to disappear. The West called it instability. Mali calls it justice. The miners are
locals. The revenue stays local. The future lies locally.

That's why the empire is panicking. That's why France is screaming. That's why the EU
is threatening. When Africans control African resources, everyone wins. Except the
colonizers. Mali has just proven it. 33 million dollars. In their pockets. Not in ours.
The continent is watching. The lesson is spreading. The old order is dying. One gold bar
at a time.

John Michael Chambers

Guardian Daniel R.