Johannesburg, 14 October: The recent Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer (LGBTIAQ) marches held across Gauteng that culminated in Pride Month came at a contentious and opportune time, considering the recent, somewhat more explicit...
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The World Seen from the South | by Samir Amin and Irene León
Edited from an interview with Samir Amin conducted by Irene León Irene León: I would like to focus this interview on three distinct but related questions: your vision of the world and the possibilities of changing it; your conceptual and political proposal on the...
Of green economy and sustainable capitalism
The European Environment Agency recently released a report on progress towards the “green economy” in Europe. The EEA defines the “green economy” as one in which “the environmental, economic and social policies and innovations enable society to use resources...
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...
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine: Findings
Israel subjecting Palestinian people to apartheid, as defined under international law Cape Town Session: Summary of findings, 7 November 2011"May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence" - Bertrand Russell, London, 13 November 1966The Russell Tribunal on Palestine...
Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (Pluto, 2011) | by Robin Derricourt
This book questions the assumptions and prejudices that appear as soon as Africa is considered. It opens with three geographical ways of defining Africa, then critiques assumptions made by writers and historians, the views of anthropologists and post-colonial...
The Struggle – for Socialism – Continues | by John S. Saul
This article seeks to identify ways in which those engaged in socialist practice in South Africa might hope to more clearly navigate their way forward. It asks, in short, what is to be done – and how?I. Beyond the “working class”: expanding the constituencyMarx had...




