To say that Israel is like apartheid South Africa is truly an understatement. The sustained violent dispossession, discrimination and repression of Palestinians by the state of Israel are far, far worse than what black South Africans had to endure under apartheid...
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The Weirdness Closes In
On the face of it, Mamphela Ramphele's long political Calvary has not seemed so strange. It has been clear ever since she returned to South Africa, flushed with neoliberal propaganda and plugging effortlessly into the right-wing smear campaign against President Mbeki,...
First they came for Tatane.
by Benjamin Fogel and Jared Sacks adapted from the old holocaust poem. "First they came for Tatane.Then they came for the miners at Marikana.Then they came for Juju.Then they came for the miners at Rustenberg.Then they came for Madonsela.Then they came for Abahlali...
Abahlali rises up to stop corruption and forced removals in Langa TRA
Abahlali baseLanga TRA - 5 July 2012Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape Press Statement Yesterday, Abahlali baseMjondolo youth took physical action to block the Housing Development Agency from moving residents of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement into Langa...
Economic crisis and class struggle | by Phil Gasper
Are recessions better for the left or right, asks Phil Gasper? The most fundamental argument in favor of socialism is that capitalism is an irrational system that over the long term cannot meet the basic needs of the majority of the population because of its tendency...
Occupy Portland Is Born with Ten Thousand Strong | by Shamus Cooke
It should be no surprise that a city dubbed "Little Beirut" by President Bush Senior — due to the large protests against him — began its "occupation" on a level on par with Wall Street. On October 6th, in Portland, Oregon, ten thousand people assembled at noon at...



