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The controversy surrounding Brett Murray’s portrait of President Jacob Zuma has stirred up a hornet’s nest. On the one hand, it has elicited outrage even from people I know to have antipathy towards our head of state. On the other, defenders of The Spear feel that...
US-Israel relations are growing even rosier despite Israel’s atrocious human rights record. Guess which institution had the following to say about Israel’s human rights record in 2011: “Arab citizens of the country faced institutional and societal discrimination.”...
Is North Korea socialist? Is the sort of society that exists there the sort of society that we, in South Africa, should wish to emulate? Is it the sort of regime that workers the world over should support? These may seem strange questions to ask in South Africa. Or...
By its actions, Occupy Wall Street is puncturing myths like these:l. The Myth that direct action against the center of financial power can’t be sustained’2. The Myth that New York City is a bastion of liberalism and tolerance with its Mayor from Wall Street and its...