What is behind the left’s anger at a government commission report that rejects the existence of the occupation? The report presents an opportunity to replace empty political rhetoric and legality with a focus on facts on the ground. The Israeli left responded with a...
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How obsession with “nonviolence” harms the Palestinian cause | by Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah–In recent years, western discourse surrounding the Palestinian cause has employed a few new — and superficial — adjectives to describe Palestinian resistance: Palestinian “nonviolent” resistance, Palestinian “peaceful” resistance, Palestinian “popular”...
Scoring a goal for the poor
Interview with Riedewaan Anthony, coach and founding member of Hanover Park Football Club (established in 1980). The Soccer World Cup has come and gone and its promise of a better life for all never materialized. Hanover Park Football Club is located in a township on...
The Amandla Blog
“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.” Frantz Fanon The South African crisis: Post-apartheid South Africa can only be described as in a continuing state of crisis. After nearly twenty years of jobless...
At the Crossroads between Green economy and rights of Nature | by Pablo Solón
Almost one thousand dolphins are lying dead on the beach. Another five thousand pelicans have also been found dead. What is the cause of this massacre? There are different explanations. Some argue that it was the offshore oil exploration while others say that these...
The UN’s ‘Green Economy’ plan is a destructive illusion | by Pablo Solon
Pablo Solon was chief negotiator for climate change and United Nations Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia from 2009 to June 2011. Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, the...
On the origins of green liberalism | by Ted Steinberg
Can Capitalism save the planet? Ted Steinberg is Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History and Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University. This article was originally published in Radical History Review 107 (Spring 2010), and is reposted here...
Dignity of the black man must be restored – ANCWL | by Troy Martens
NEC expresses sentiment of deep pain and betrayal at Brett Murray portrait RE: ANCWL POST POLICY WORKSHOP MEDIA BRIEFING* NEC MEETING OUTCOMES The ANCWL has had an extremely busy weekend, starting on Friday with a very productive NEC meeting at the Airport Grand Hotel...
Let’s not surrender democracy for anger | by Max du Preez
I SINCERELY hope all white South Africans have taken proper notice of the depth of continuing black anger and hurt at the memory of apartheid and its bitter legacy. Perhaps that was the one positive spinoff of the Zuma Spear debacle. A few weeks ago, in response to...


