Many people within South Africa and the global Jewish community are determined in their attempts to portray the Jewish community as homogeneous and unified in their consensus in support of the Israeli government's actions. We wish to add our voices to the growing...
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The People’s Dialogue Declaration on the Green Economy and in defence of mother earth and the commons, Johannesburg 7 May 2012
The People’s Dialogue, a network representing millions of African and Latin Americans organised in movements of rural women, small scale farmers, peasants, workers, feminist and research formations, is mindful that the discussion on the green economy takes place at...
An open letter to Ferial Haffajee | by Eusebius McKaiser
Eusebius McKaiser responds to The Spear's virtual death An open letter to Ferial Haffajee: A response to The Spear's virtual death Dear Ferial, You are obviously one of the country's most respected editors and perhaps even, as Peter Bruce, editor of Business Day,...
Arab Left: paying the price for Stalinism | by Marcus Halaby
The Arab Spring of 2011 inspired millions around the world through its acts of heroism. But now the revolutions have stalled. In the spirit of solidarity with these movements and communist internationalism, Marcus Halaby takes a critical look at the far left in these...
The People’s Dialogue Declaration on the Green Economy and in defense of mother earth and the commons, Johannesburg 7 May 2012
The People’s Dialogue, a network representing millions of African and Latin Americans organised in movements of rural women, small scale farmers, peasants, workers, feminist and research formations, is mindful that the discussion on the green economy takes place at...
The Powerful Know We Are Right. Let’s Radicalise our Analysis | by Robert Jensen
The crisis we face is caused by failed systems - replacing leaders while keeping the old system intact will not help.Critics now compare capitalism to cancer. The inhuman and antidemocratic features of capitalism mean that, like a cancer, the death system will...
Libya recolonised | by Aijaz Ahmed
FROM Kabul in October 2001 to Tripoli in October 2011, a decade of unremitting planetary warfare has seen countries devastated and capitals occupied over a vast swathe of territory from the Hindu Kush to the northern end of Africa's Mediterranean coast. Within the...
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...
SACP Statement on Palestine’s official request for statehood
The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Comrade Mahmoud Abbas will address the UN General Assembly and submit an official request for Palestinian statehood to the UN Security Council making clear the popular Palestinian yearning for freedom that would...




