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Obama's Response to Pot Legalization | George Bush's Nightmare Before Christmas | The GOP's War on Unions

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Is the GOP Risking the Economy to Win a War Against Unions?  

Is the GOP Risking the Economy to Win a War Against Unions?

Even as the auto industry teeters on collapse, union-bashing continues as the mainstay of a GOP propaganda war against organized labor. Read more »

Dick Cheney Still Loves Gitmo, Thinks Obama Will Appreciate Expansion of Powers  

Dick Cheney Still Loves Gitmo, Thinks Obama Will Appreciate Expansion of Powers

"So Guantanamo has been very, very valuable. And I think they'll discover that trying to close it is a very hard proposition." Read more »

Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist 'Beaten in Custody'  

Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist 'Beaten in Custody'

Al-Zaidi's brother reports that the journalist is suffering from a broken hand, broken ribs, and internal bleeding. Read more »

Why I Want Caroline Kennedy to Be My Senator  

Why I Want Caroline Kennedy to Be My Senator

She is possessed of a brilliant mind, a compassionate heart and a palpable sense of purpose. Read more »

Obama's Curious, Curt Response to a Torrent of Pot Legalization Questions  

Obama's Curious, Curt Response to a Torrent of Pot Legalization Questions

Change.gov's response to pot supporters -- "President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana." Read more »

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UN Takes on the Most Important Human Rights Issue  

UN Takes on the Most Important Human Rights Issue

Help make history by signing Article 31 to make clean water a human right for all. Read more »

President Bush, Please Publicly Forgive Muntader al-Zeidi  

President Bush, Please Publicly Forgive Muntader al-Zeidi

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Why Is Gingrich Slamming the RNC?

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George Bush's Nightmare Before Christmas  

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Mundo Futuro Informacion - ENTREVISTA: WOLE SOYINKA Escritor y Premio Nobel "El sueño de África se llama Obama", JAVIER R. MARCOS

El autor nigeriano, primer africano que ganó el Nobel de Literatura, pone en marcha las 'Jornadas Africanas Soyinka', que a partir de 2010 mostrarán en el Centro Niemeyer de Avilés lo más relevante de la cultura de ese continente

Wole Soyinka le pide al fotógrafo que le dé una tregua que dure lo que le duren a él los dos dedos de aguardiente que acaba de pedir. No le gusta posar y cualquier excusa es buena para no salir del faro de San Juan de Nieva, donde come con los responsables del Centro Niemeyer. Ha venido a Asturias para leer poemas en Avilés y, sobre todo, para poner en marcha las Jornadas Africanas Soyinka. A partir de 2010 -cuando abra sus puertas junto a la ría avilesina el edificio diseñado por el brasileño Oscar Niemeyer-, el premio Nobel será el comisario de una muestra anual que mostrará aquí lo más relevante de la música, el cine y el teatro que se hace actualmente en África.

Al pie del faro sopla el viento del Cantábrico y Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1934) tiene frío. Pero se deja fotografiar. Llama incluso a su esposa para tener un recuerdo del lugar, "para los chicos". De vuelta al calor habla de un particular cambio climático al que ha dedicado su último libro publicado en España: Clima de miedo (Tusquets). "El miedo es una estrategia", dice. "Y el gran poder de los que la usan reside en infiltrar en la mente de los demás un clima de miedo".

Para Soyinka, el cambio no empezó el 11 de septiembre de 2001, sino el 19 de septiembre de 1989. Ese día, mientras sobrevolaba la República de Níger, fue derribado un avión de la compañía francesa UTA. Murieron 170 personas, pero los propios Gobiernos africanos, dice el escritor, hicieron la vista gorda. "La URSS existía todavía, pero era un síntoma de que algo estaba cambiando. Nadie se dio cuenta de que aquello iba a durar. No era un caso aislado". Según Soyinka, el mundo se está llenando de "cuasi-Estados" que, al contrario que los Estados tradicionales, "ni tienen fronteras ni se les puede pedir responsabilidades".

El doble rasero, dice el escritor, es el pan de cada día de la política internacional. Según Soyinka, el genocidio de Ruanda, en el que los hutus masacraron a los tutsis, mostró "la parálisis de la ONU". "Sabían lo que iba a pasar y dejaron que pasara. Fueron cómplices por omisión". Justo por entonces, él mismo escribió: "Suráfrica es nuestro sueño y Ruanda nuestra pesadilla". ¿Y ahora? Piensa unos segundos eternos. Luego contesta: "Hoy Suráfrica mantiene muchas contradicciones. Ha pasado de ser un gran sueño a ser una pequeña decepción. Lo irónico es que puede que Estados Unidos haya comenzado a convertirse en el sueño de África. Y del mundo. Sí, podría decirse que hoy el sueño se llama Obama. Desgraciadamente, ha llegado en un momento muy difícil. Le llevará su tiempo. Pero lo importante es el hecho en sí. Es la consecuencia positiva y optimista del 11-S. Es una señal de que la salvación, incluso en el peor escenario, es posible". ¿Y la pesadilla? "El avance del fundamentalismo religioso".

Cuando se le pregunta si un escritor puede combatir ese estado de cosas, es rotundo: "No. Sólo puede abrir horizontes, dar una visión más abierta del mundo". Y luego añade irónico: "Haría falta un bombardeo literario, lanzar literatura con paracaídas". Narrador, ensayista y poeta, Wole Soyinka se considera sobre todo hombre de teatro: "El teatro es mucho más que texto, es el arte más social, tal vez el más revolucionario. Eso sí, es más débil que el cine. Pero el contacto humano sigue estando del lado del teatro".

Ese contacto es justo el que le faltó durante los dos años que, entre 1967 y 1969, pasó en la cárcel por su compromiso con la democracia en Nigeria: "Mi único objetivo era sobrevivir, y no sólo físicamente. Pasé 22 meses en una celda de aislamiento, sin ver a nadie, sin nada que leer y nada con que escribir. Mi objetivo inmediato era salir de allí mentalmente intacto". En El hombre muerto hizo el relato de aquel tiempo: "Descubrí hasta qué punto los seres humanos podemos ser imaginativos. Salí mentalmente más fuerte de lo que entré".

Soyinka vive en Nigeria y pasa temporadas en Estados Unidos. Nacido en una familia en la que se mezclaba la anglofilia y la cultura yoruba, fue, en 1986, el primer Nobel de literatura africano. Luego vendrían el egipcio Naguib Mahfuz y los surafricanos Nadine Gordimer y J. M. Coetzee. A él no parece pesarle el hecho de ser casi un símbolo: "Uno cree que el delirio del premio va a pasar en cuanto se lo den a otro, pero no. Ya sabe lo que decía Bernard Shaw: se le puede perdonar a alguien que invente la dinamita; que invente el Premio Nobel no tiene perdón". Y se ríe.

Con todo, el premio más mediático del mundo "no te convierte en alguien a prueba de balas". En 1997, durante uno de sus varios exilios, fue juzgado in absentia y condenado a muerte por el régimen militar de su país. Ahora ha vuelto, pero no deja de moverse: "El contacto entre las sociedades las hace menos arrogantes. Hay países a los que les encanta enseñar sus atributos a los demás. Conocerlos directamente les añade humildad. La primera vez que viajé a Inglaterra, en los años cincuenta, descubrí que allí había pobres". El entonces joven estudiante llevaba en la retina la imagen del lujo con que los británicos vivían en Nigeria, que se independizó del Reino Unido en 1960: "Cualquiera que va a un país más próspero que el suyo se da cuenta de que en todas partes hay dificultades, de que nadie ha llegado todavía a la sociedad ideal. Tiene una ventaja: cuando vuelves a tu casa te pones a trabajar".


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No Pity for Bush | Is Kennedy Qualified? | Guide to Torture Music

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Bush Tries to White-Wash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim  

Bush Tries to White-Wash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim
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The Good Life Doesn't Have to Cost Us the Planet  

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9 Christmas Gifts You Can Give to Your Mother ... Earth  

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"Green" gifts guides abound, but if you really want to do something good this holiday season, put Mother Earth at the top of your list. Read more »

Forget Holiday Sales -- Struggling Retailers May Turn to Defense Contracts to Keep From Going Under  

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With the consumer economy on the skids, civilian companies may turn their attention to making products for the Pentagon. Read more »

Hit Me Baby One More Time: A History of Music Torture in the War on Terror  

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From Britney to Barney, any music can drive you mad if it's played enough. And unlike with physical torture, you can't mentally prepare yourself. Read more »

Virginity for Sale: The Dark World of Forced Teen and Preteen Prostitution  

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