Sampie Terreblanche's brief (150pp) new book Lost in Transformation adds to our understanding of the 'Americanisation' of South Africa's economy and forces new questions about a future, necessary transition to socialism. Though the eloquent 79-year-old is an...
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Book review – Lost in Transformation by Sampie Terreblanche
Sampie Terreblanche's brief (150pp) new book Lost in Transformation adds to our understanding of the 'Americanisation' of South Africa's economy and forces new questions about a future, necessary transition to socialism. Though the eloquent 79-year-old is an...
Revolt and Revolution – Syrian Illusions and Syrian Realities | by Reuven Kaminer
If one tries to read most of the more serious material dealing with the Syrian crisis, one cannot but notice that the discussion has polarized around two major approaches. And after the polarization, it seems that the participants in this debate are merely scouring...
Desktop “Militants” And Public Intellectuals | by James Petras
Invited paper to be read at the “Symposium on Re-Publicness” Sponsored by the Chamber of Electrical Engineers. Ankara Turkey, December 9 – 10, 2011IntroductionThe relation of information technology (IT) and more specifically the internet, to politics is a central...
Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (Pluto, 2011) | by Robin Derricourt
This book questions the assumptions and prejudices that appear as soon as Africa is considered. It opens with three geographical ways of defining Africa, then critiques assumptions made by writers and historians, the views of anthropologists and post-colonial...
Imperialism And Democracy: White House Or Liberty Square? | by James Petras
The relation between imperialism and democracy has been debated and discussed over 2500 years, from fifth century Athens to Liberty Park in Manhattan. Contemporary critics of imperialism (and capitalism) claim to find a fundamental incompatibility, citing the growing...
The Son of Africa Claims a Continent’s Crown Jewels | by John Pilger
"Information Clearing House" -- On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African...
New Hopes, Looming Threats | EPW Editorial
The extreme Right in Israel and the United States are standing in the way of justice to the Palestinians.The new spirit of assertion by the hitherto supine al-Fatah leadership of Palestine and the degree of support it has received from governments across the world...
Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class | by James Petras
The entire political establishment in the United States is bizarrely oblivious to the fact that their multi-billion-dollar pursuit of an estimated 50-75 phantom Al Qaida terrorists in Afghanistanhas hastened the disappearance of middle income jobs in the US.The US...






