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In Gill Hart's excellent new book Rethinking the South Africa crisis, she points to a rather curious phenomenon as part of her engagement with the figure of one Julius Malema and the 'populist' turn he represents. She notes that for a change the far left and liberal...
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
The ANC, Business and Development in South Africa Foreword Cadres, Capitalists, Elites and Coalitions presents a clear and well-grounded analysis of the South African transition from apartheid white minority to black majority democratic rule, based on elite bargaining...
From his usual table at Café Brasilero downtown, leaving the cold weather of southern winter outside its large window, Eduardo Galeano insists that "the grandeur of humanity lies in small things, quotidian things, done every day, what's done by the nameless without...
The similarities between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are far more striking than their differences Now we know that the presidential election will be a contest between Barack Obama and his GOP rival Mitt Romney. Already liberal pundits, activists in the Democratic...
“You have my word that we will keep drilling everywhere we can.” —President Obama, March 22 2012— “Liberal” may be the most elastic term in American English. Even pushing aside its use as a right-wing slur or a cultural stereotype, the capaciousness of “liberalism”...