On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
emergent
Marikana marks rift in ANC ideology | by Vishwas Satgar
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
Egypt’s Emergent Passive Revolution | by Cihan Tuga
One and a half years after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian revolutionaries returned to the streets in the first half of June 2012. The huge crowds that filled public squares throughout Egypt defy those accounts that reduce the revolutionary...
The failed emergence of Egypt, Turkey and Iran | by Samir Amin
These three Middle Eastern states should normally have been found in lists of today’s ‘emerging’ states. They have each attempted, in the past, to modernise as a response to the challenge from Europe. Egypt attempted this under Pacha Mohamed Ali of the nineteenth...


