"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again...
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Chavez isn’t Chavez | by Irene León
Chavez is now a red, overflowing tide of love and commitment, which flooded the streets of Caracas mourning. Chavez is a town that Constitution in hand, starred in a peaceful revolution, with a roadmap ethical, political, social, economic and cultural sovereign. The...
His Hollowness the 14th Dalai Lama | by Roz Chidwick
This month sees an official visit to Australia by the 14th Dalai Lama. A deluxe package, priced at $5,000, will give you the chance to witness the teachings and the “journey of a man of compassion and wisdom”. The main event in Melbourne, a three-day teaching session,...
Marxism in power in Africa: the rise and fall | by Daryl Glaser
Marxism-Leninism as a movement and form of regime in Africa attained the height of its powers – certainly of its access to state power – between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s. Its ‘moment’ followed in the wake of an earlier failed experiment in ‘African socialism’...
