Where Did the Left Go? | by Serge Halimi

Where Did the Left Go? | by Serge Halimi

The Occupy Wall Street protests in the US are also directed against the Street’s representatives in the Democratic Party and the White House. The protesters probably don’t know that Socialists in France still consider Barack Obama exemplary, since, unlike President...
Occupy the Rondebosch Common | by Lillina Ruiters

Occupy the Rondebosch Common | by Lillina Ruiters

Where were the old revolutionaries? On Friday, 27 January, about 100 people marched from Manenberg to Rondebosch Common bent on occupying the wasted land resource. The march turned sour after the City refused to allow it to proceed. The protesters insisted (on what...

Political blunders and nationalization prospects

If the government was a person, it would be barely able to stand today, having shot itself in both feet over the past week. Timing the introduction of the controversial and bitterly resisted e-tolling system to start the day before a fuel price rise to record levels...
No Zunami on the Streets | by Richard Pithouse

No Zunami on the Streets | by Richard Pithouse

There’s no question that the debate, in and around the media, ignited by the ANC’s response to Brett Murray’s painting has been voluminous and intense in equal measure. And there have been important insights and lessons learned amongst the sound and...