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Chavez isn’t Chavez | by Irene León

Chavez is now a red, overflowing tide of love and commitment, which flooded the streets of Caracas mourning. Chavez is a town that Constitution in hand, starred in a peaceful revolution, with a roadmap ethical, political, social, economic and cultural sovereign. The...

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Champagne Socialism

Champagne Socialism

According to the Mail and Guardian - the SACP celebrated their 91st birthday in style. "At the foot of the stage were two large red cakes, surrounded by bottles of champagne. Printed on the cakes were: "91 years of militant struggle for socialism" and "1921 - 2012"....

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Déjà vu at the Common | by Darlene Miller

Déjà vu at the Common | by Darlene Miller

Mother who got arrested protecting my daughter when she was brutally arrested by the new riot police. Lying in the cells listening to the women of Manenberg explain why they went to the Common left me wondering whether I had come full circle in the new South Africa: I...

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Tibet: dream and reality | by Slavoj Zizek

The West is projecting not only its own spiritual fantasies upon Tibet, but its own economic fears upon China, imagining a power struggle quite different from that which has actually happened in Tibet. We have to learn to look at Tibet as it is – and China too.All the...

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