Rio+20 Was a Predictable Bust | by Brian Mier

by | Jun 28, 2012

By 2012 the global warming crisis was supposed to be resolved. World leaders promised this 20 years ago at the Eco-92 Summit, where they introduced a new strategy called “sustainable development” that would enable market forces to save the environment through...
Thatcher: an Obituary from Below | by Richard Seymour

Thatcher: an Obituary from Below | by Richard Seymour

by | Apr 19, 2013

Thatcher’s great achievements were also what made her so vile. Her many talents were harnessed to bigoted, class-supremacist ends. Obituaries are typically concerned with the accomplishments and worthwhile qualities of the deceased. Thatcher’s achievements...

Solving gangs one life at a time

by | Nov 13, 2013

Before we send the army in to ‘solve’ the crime problem in Cape Town’s troubled townships or appease politicians and nervous shop owners with a police crackdown, we need to remember that we’re targeting a city’s adolescents, who have...