New World Prisons
Colonization of Poor Countries through Corporations and Capitalistic Judicial Administration
by Tomas S. Afeworki
When colonialism first penetrates into new territories, it tends to do so under the guise of help. It alleges to provide a service that no one else can. Then it causes a rift in the social norms promoting those that do its bidding through population control by giving titles: “today we honor the first ever Ethics Manager” or “The first Supervisor of Shoe Shiners.”
But to truly make the people submit, it must infiltrate the law, so a system of corrupt judges, prosecutors, and lawyers must be on board. Without them, the corporations’ true cash cow — the for profit prison system — would not exist. This is what is taking place globally in what I call Corporate Colonization.
Angela Davis in her talk “The Meaning of Freedom,” highlights how corporations deplete the natural resources of third world countries (Third world is a racist term mind you, to describe any country that does not subscribe to western capitalist ideology). However, shiny new state-of-the-art Prisons are built to warehouse any one who opposes corporate interests.
Similarly to corrupt states, which have have a top down bribery pyramid, criminal codes in colonially occupied countries are created so ambiguously that a judge can interpret them in any scheme of ways. These codes, you’ll find, will always have to do with the economic interests of extractive corporations. If the lucrative industry is natural resources, rare metals, or agriculture, the main codes with heaviest prison penalties are trespassing, robbery, burglary, and for promoting “terrorism.” Puppet judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, who are frequently paid by the same entity, also have shares in the so called “country enriching programs” that the corporations provide.
A report by France Press 2014 highlighted how U.S. companies invest 14 billion in order to secure free-market access to 350 million middle class African consumers. Their alleged goal is to tie financial institutions, promote trade investments, and create job growth.
From a pure predatory capitalist stand point, companies backed by First World governments and militaries will toot about how they tap into the middle class of their new colonized host, sucking them of their moral fiber and creating a class division. The manipulated population glorify the jobs created by external investment and scramble to be trained (indoctrinated), further help defile their home land, and imprison their fellow compatriots all while bragging about the new car they bought.
All the while, colonizers like General Electric will earmark that they’re investing 2 billion to build equipment for oil and “other industries” as well as train health and “other sectors.” Other industries and other sectors should be understood to mean judicial and new high-tech prisons.
With their populations infected, these countries governments’ are vulnerable to accusations of corruption, which tend to fall on their hands. If government officials attempt to temper foreign corporate exploitative quests, coups will be orchestrated to behead them under the guise of democracy regime change.
For example, on February 8, 2022, Democracy Now reported, “Waves of coups disrupts Africa as U.S. trained soldiers play a key role in overthrowing governments.” Several U.S. trained officers (as part of a growing U.S. military presence in the African region under the guise of counterterrorism), have taken part in coups in Mali, Chad, Sudan, and Burkina Faso.
We can see the theme here, but where do these ousted government officials go? What type of due process do they receive? and who is the puppet master?
Stay woke my friends. The cancerous corrupt judicial process we loath is being exported, and a new global corporate Jim Crow system is being installed to enslave humanity on a global scale… Colonization never died, it just put a mask on rebranding it self.
Tomas S. Afeworki is a Pan-Afriqan illustrator and human rights activist focused on the social and political protection of the diaspora. Through grass roots organizations, community celebrations and legislative summits, he aims to unify a coalition for freedom and is inspired by Nelson Mandela’s quote, “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.”
Afeworki maintains that he has been wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit and is actively fighting for his freedom.
Following in the steps of leaders that inspire his purpose like Nelson Mandela, George Jackson, and Assata Shakur, he seeks justice for himself and his fellow bothers and sisters that have been victimized by a corrupt judicial system.
To learn more about Tomas S. Afeworki and support his exoneration please visit: www.FreeTomas.com