Abahlali baseMjondolo are deeply shocked by the murderous cruelty of the South African police, and those that give the police their orders, at the Marikana Platinum Mine in the North West. The killing of more than 40 mine workers yesterday by the SAPS is immoral and...
Democracy
A new historical period? | by Edgardo Lander
Civilization crisis, limits of the planet, inequality, assaults to democracy, permanent war state and people in resistance. There is no time Other than the one that has touched us. Joan Manuel Serrat Crisis of the hegemonic civilizational pattern We are experiencing...
The Struggle to Affirm the Dignity of the Poor in a Society in which we don’t Count
by S’bu Zikode, Presented in Mexico City on 6th August 2012 Before Abahlali baseMjondolo was formed the shack dwellers in South Africa wereconsidered by government and some other people in our society to be theundeserving poor. This claim came as the result of the...
Cadres, Capitalists, Elites and Coalitions | by Jo-Ansie van Wyk
The ANC, Business and Development in South Africa Foreword Cadres, Capitalists, Elites and Coalitions presents a clear and well-grounded analysis of the South African transition from apartheid white minority to black majority democratic rule, based on elite bargaining...
African Americans for Justice in the Middle East & North Africa: Solidarity Statement | by Black activists and scholars
INTRODUCTION For far too long African Americans have been compelled, by mainstream USA, to remain either silent on international affairs or only speak out on matters relative to Sub-Saharan Africa. With this statement by "African Americans for Justice in the Middle...
PCHRO: The EU fails to uphold international law in its relations with Israel
Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations/Al Haq 26 July 2012 Following the Association Council meeting on 24 July 2012 between the European Union (EU) and Israel, it was announced that the EU has agreed upon developing cooperation with Israel by offering it...
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...
Interview with Eduardo Galeano: “Two Centuries of Workers’ Conquests, Cast Into a Dustbin” | by Paula Vilella
From his usual table at Café Brasilero downtown, leaving the cold weather of southern winter outside its large window, Eduardo Galeano insists that "the grandeur of humanity lies in small things, quotidian things, done every day, what's done by the nameless without...
Report that claims ‘there is no occupation’ presents an opportunity | by Itamar Mann
What is behind the left’s anger at a government commission report that rejects the existence of the occupation? The report presents an opportunity to replace empty political rhetoric and legality with a focus on facts on the ground. The Israeli left responded with a...




