Alexander Matthews says City Press can be bullied but the internet is beyond its reach In a brave new world, the ANC's bullying tactics will fail There has been much gnashing of teeth at the decision made by the editor of City Press, Ferial Haffajee, to remove a photo...
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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....
“Neoliberalism is in Crisis” | by Slavoj Zizek
Philosopher and Critical theorist Slavoj Zizek, says he’s not an optimist when it comes to Europe and the broad political and ideological struggle in the continent and the world. But he salutes the demonstration of the British workers and the awackening “of some kind...
Greece: technocrats will face the people’s anger | by Matthaios Tsimitakis
As a new unelected government of 'National Unity' takes office Matthaios Tsimitakis writes on the deepening political crisis in Greece. While European elites are sinking within their inability to overcome ideological biases and national fears mainly coming from the...
Pro-Israel Lobby Courts African Americans | by Ira Glunts
Hasbara is the Hebrew word for a particular type of pernicious propaganda first employed by early Zionists leaders to explain the unexplainable actions of the Jewish administration in Palestine. In recent years, hasbara has been disseminated by certain Christian...
Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China’s Extraordinary Rise | by Carl E Walter and Fraser JT Howie
Serious capitalist representatives and Marxists often have shared analyses of events. Where they differ is in the diametrically opposed class conclusions that they draw from these. This important book on China illustrates this well. The authors have the advantage of...
A Change In War Policy? | by Mark Vorpahl
Two back-to-back victories, from the point of view of those in power, has left some commentators speculating that U.S. foreign policy has turned a page towards a less militaristic approach under the guidance of President Obama. These events are the killing of Colonel...


