What does it mean that Judge Richard Goldstone – he of the Goldstone report – has penned a desperate and propagandistic defense of Israel against what he calls the “apartheid slander” in The New York Times? It’s a classic case of the judge doth protest too much: One...
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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism | by Wolfgang Streeck
The collapse of the American financial system that occurred in 2008 has since turned into an economic and political crisis of global dimensions. [1] How should this world-shaking event be conceptualized? Mainstream economics has tended to conceive society as governed...
The Spectre of South Africa | by John Reynolds
Next week, the third session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will convene in Cape Town’s famous District Six. In the 1970s, 60,000 residents of District Six were forcibly removed following its designation as a White Area by the apartheid regime. Based on...
The Dynamics of the Uprising in Syria | by Hassan Abbas
Most people interested in Syrian affairs used to believe that the country was extremely stable. The regime’s media fed this belief, constantly reiterating the assertion that Syria was the most secure and stable country in the world. In fact, however, this stability...
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism | by Wolfgang Streeck
The collapse of the American financial system that occurred in 2008 has since turned into an economic and political crisis of global dimensions. [1] How should this world-shaking event be conceptualized? Mainstream economics has tended to conceive society as governed...
State Power and Democracy | by Andrew Kolin
Andrew Kolin, State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010It is not hard to find texts that defy the lies of the state by presenting facts that contradict them. This method of 'uncovering' the status quo,...
State Power and Democracy | by Andrew Kolin
Andrew Kolin, State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010It is not hard to find texts that defy the lies of the state by presenting facts that contradict them. This method of 'uncovering' the status quo,...
Imperialism And Democracy: White House Or Liberty Square? | by James Petras
The relation between imperialism and democracy has been debated and discussed over 2500 years, from fifth century Athens to Liberty Park in Manhattan. Contemporary critics of imperialism (and capitalism) claim to find a fundamental incompatibility, citing the growing...
Malawi: A country on the edge of collapse | by Reinford Mwangonde
Malawi’s president recently declared war on his citizens after they shook the country with protests on 20 July 2011, doubtful of their leader’s ability to alleviate the country’s problems. At the opening of an agricultural fair in the southern commercial city of...






