Spotlight on the Dodgy | by EPW

Spotlight on the Dodgy | by EPW

Surely the imperialists would put a stop to WikiLeaks’ exposure of their shady ways.Much of the front-page news from around the world over the last year and more cannot be understood, perhaps, without factoring in the role and effect of WikiLeaks. But today, despite...
Amidst the wreckage of capitalism | by Alan Bradshaw

Amidst the wreckage of capitalism | by Alan Bradshaw

David Harvey (2010) The enigma of capital and the crises of capitalism. London: Profile. (PB: pp. 312, ISBN-10: 9781846683084)Slavoj Žižek (2010) Living in the end times. London: Verso. (HB: pp. 432, ISBN-10: 9781844675982)Analyses of the crises, instability and...

The bogus piety of St Ferial | by David Bullard

David Bullard on the curious case of the President’s honourable member Keen observers of bogus piety would have been enthralled last weekend as the South African Media Synchronised Hypocrisy team went into their final stages of training before this year’s...

The private sector is corrupt too!

Dear Amandla! When one reads through any of our nation’s major newspapers one is bombarded with endless stories of corruption in government, the civil service and of those in power pillaging state resources. But these stories are overwhelmingly confined to...