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Virtually unknown only a couple of years ago, shale gas has become a very controversial issue. Considered the new oil, thousands of wells have to be drilled and fracked, contaminating millions of litres of water, to extract what is called ‘unconventional gas’. This...
Amandla! (A!): You have said that the Palestinian bid for UN membership has brought together the divided Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah. What is the state of their relations following the unity agreement?Raji Sourani (RS): I think the Israeli government...
Israel subjecting Palestinian people to apartheid, as defined under international law Cape Town Session: Summary of findings, 7 November 2011"May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence" - Bertrand Russell, London, 13 November 1966The Russell Tribunal on Palestine...
COSATU Welcomes the Findings Russell Tribunal on PalestineThe Congress of South African Trade Unions notes and welcomes the findings of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. The Tribunal found that Israel's rule over the Palestinian people living in Israel and the...
The author of the Gaza War report erroneously argues that Israel does not practice apartheid. After his famous article earlier this year on Gaza, Judge Richard Goldstone has written a new op-ed, this time seeking to defend Israel against charges of apartheid. There...
Next week, the third session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will convene in Cape Town’s famous District Six. In the 1970s, 60,000 residents of District Six were forcibly removed following its designation as a White Area by the apartheid regime. Based on...
IT IS commonly assumed that racism is as old as human society itself. As long as human beings have been around, the argument goes, they have always hated or feared people of a different nation or skin color. In other words, racism is just part of human nature....
IT IS commonly assumed that racism is as old as human society itself. As long as human beings have been around, the argument goes, they have always hated or feared people of a different nation or skin color. In other words, racism is just part of human nature....
“We will not be free until Palestine is free.” (Ryan Rodrick Beiler) “We do not represent any state power, nor can we compel the policy-makers responsible for crimes against the people of Vietnam to stand accused before us. We have no force majeure. The procedures of...