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mugabe’s rule led many to dismiss nationalism, but that opened the door to something much worse us media keep saying iran is ‘in violation’ of a nuclear agreement the us withdrew from a different​ war story: the soldier and veteran resistance against the war in vietnam the va as workers’ comp: why socialized medicine for veterans is worth defending “everywhere is kashmir”: unraveling weaponized, corporatized hindustan in india’s northeast the war ahead: netanyahu’s elections gamble will be costly for israel. mugabe’s rule led many to dismiss nationalism, but that opened the door to something much worse. the death of mugabe will provoke much critical commentary about his life in the next few days. but one side effect of his disastrous years in power – and that of many national leaders like him – was to lead people to imagine that his grim record and that of others like him would permanently undermine nationalism as a political force. in country after country, after all, promises to deliver personal and national liberty had been forgotten and family dynasties had rooted themselves in power from cairo to manila. more the independence elections, 27-29 march 1980, saw two main parties competing: zanu-pf won 57 of the then 80 common roll seats, and 63% of the popular vote; and pf-zapu led by joshua nkomo gained 20 seats and 24% of the vote. it was clear that zanu-pf controlled the zanla guerrillas whose ‘presence was felt in over two-thirds of the country’, mostly in the shona-speaking regions, and there was no doubt that ‘peace meant a zanu-pf victory.’ turnout was a huge 91% of eligible voters. but participation fell to 54% in 1990, zanu-pf having engulfed zapu after december 1987, and fell further to 31% in 1996. a de*p and routinized despotism was being entered into under in the united states, proposals for a green new deal have been getting considerable attention in recent months as activists have pressed both members of congress and democratic presidential candidates to support aggressive measures to combat global warming. there clearly is much