The City Press made an astonishing error of judgement in deciding to publish Phumlani Mfeka's more or less fascist rant on Sunday. Presenting this extraordinarily crass form of ethnic chauvinism under-girded by a clear threat of violence as if it were a legitimate...
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Venezuela after Chávez| by Alejandro Bendaña
Even with the death of Venezuela's Chávez, his continuing legacy – 'chavismo' or the Bolivarian revolutionary process – is here to stay. Twenty years of social, political and ideological change are not easily reversible. Chavismo represents a process of revolutionary...
Israel itching for war | by Stuart Reigeluth
The EU seems oblivious to the fact that Tel Aviv is using the Syria violence to encourage disastrous regional conflict and divert attention from Palestine The annual EU-Israel Association Council meeting was meant to be about trade, but it was mostly about the next...
EU Critical of Israel’s Human Rights Violations While Strengthening Economic Cooperation | by Adalah, PHR-I, PCATI
Haifa/Tel Aviv/Jerusalem–In a statement issued by the EU-Israel Association Council, the European Union (EU) sharply criticized Israel for a wide range of human rights violations in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). Adalah, Physicians for Human...
Extreme Weather Set To Worsen With Climate Change: IPCC | by Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA - An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate warms, U.N. scientists said on Friday.The U.N....
Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arabs and the Apartheid Question | by Ran Greenstein
Presentation at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, Cape Town, November 2011 Apartheid is a system of racial domination, in which a dominant group exploits, oppresses, marginalizes and excludes subordinate groups. The specific forms of these practices may vary from...
‘Islamists’ On Probation: Western Reaction To Tunisian Elections | by Ramzy Baroud
Following Tunisia’s first fair and free elections on October 27, the Western media responded with a characteristic sense of fear and alarm. For many, it seemed that the ghost of the Islamic menace was back to haunt ‘Western values’ throughout the Arab world. The...
Goldstone’s ‘apartheid’ denial sparks strife | by Ben White
The author of the Gaza War report erroneously argues that Israel does not practice apartheid. After his famous article earlier this year on Gaza, Judge Richard Goldstone has written a new op-ed, this time seeking to defend Israel against charges of apartheid. There...
Relax: alternative hedonism and a new politics of pleasure | Kate Soper
A predictable consequence of the current recession has been a renewal of interest in the politics of welfare and community values. As they seek to patch up a fresh consensus amidst the fallout from the latest crisis of capitalism, both sides of the party political...



