Interview by Alex Hotz A!: What is the current state of resistance among Palestinians after the recent Israeli onslaught? OB: It's important to put this in context: Palestinian resistance against Israel's regime of occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid has...
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Words Not Weapons | South African Jewish Voices for a Just Peace (JVJP)
Many people within South Africa and the global Jewish community are determined in their attempts to portray the Jewish community as homogeneous and unified in their consensus in support of the Israeli government's actions. We wish to add our voices to the growing...
Palestine and Beyond: the Current Political Moment in the Middle East
An Exclusive Amandla! Interview with Gilbert Achcar A!: What impact has the conflict in Israel/Palestine had generally on the political situation in the Middle East? GA: Basically it's a further factor in radicalising the populations in the Arab world. You have...
Is Israel really like apartheid South Africa? | by Jaamia Galant
To say that Israel is like apartheid South Africa is truly an understatement. The sustained violent dispossession, discrimination and repression of Palestinians by the state of Israel are far, far worse than what black South Africans had to endure under apartheid...
Amandla! Speaks to Firoz Manji, former editor of Pambazuka News and current director of the Pan-African Baraza, at the NUMSA International Symposium
Firoze Manji is the founder and former editor of Pambazuka News and now director of the Pan- African Baraza. A!: How do you understand what is referred to as a "NUMSA moment"? FM: First of all, I think it's important to say that what is referred to as the "NUMSA...
Isolate Apartheid Israel now! Build a powerful mass movement in solidarity with Palestine!
The message from the estimated 150,000 marchers who took part in the 9th August Cape Town march in solidarity with Palestine was powerful, principled and unequivocal: South Africa must end its diplomatic relations with Israel. It is a betrayal of South Africa's own...
Interview with Gilbert Achcar by Brian Ashley, August 2014
Amandla!: What in your view are the factors that gave rise to the latest assault on Gaza and why did it happen at this time? Why has it taken such an exceptionally brutal form? Gilbert Achcar: The real qualitative escalation in brutality goes along with the drift of...
What, really, did the ANC deliver? Tokenistic social policy
What has the South African government delivered in 20 years? A massive welfare state with 16 million grant recipients (nearly a third of the population); 95% of the people served with clean water access; a rising rate of matriculation by 12th graders; a dramatic...
Ukraine:Civil War or Revolution
Russsian bureaucrats have been honestly surprised at the reaction by the official West – they did not expect such anger or unanimous condemnation. European politicians are beside themselves with fury. The mainstream press is relating appalling stories to its readers...

