Zimbabwe has been traumatised by the combined impact of political and economic authoritarianism, yet the MDC's economic policies and political practice reflect the very same neo-liberal flavour that has brought the Zimbabwean economy to its knees and devastated the lives of the Zimbabwean people. The MDC's failure, as a labour based party, to draw the working people of Zimbabwe into political activity in their own interest, as initiators of social and political change, means that in its present form and content the MDC can do little to end the misery of the Zimbabwean workers and peasants, argues this commentary on the Zimbabwe Indymedia web site.