Two statements on the coming referendum in Greece
The decision that allows us to see more clearly the light at the end of the tunnel is the rejection of the austerity measures. The NO vote is a vote for hope against…
Book Discussion on ‘What Fanon Said’, by Lewis Gordon
Lewis Gordon, co-author of What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought, talked about the life and philosophy of Frantz Fanon, author of The Wretched of the Earth and other…
Suren Pillay: Decolonizing the University
This text is a transcription of a talk given at Azania House, Bremner Building, University of Cape Town, April 2015. Africa is a Country Suren Pillay* 7 Jun 2015 I want to thank…
The wretched of the sea: an Algerian perspective
The securitisation of immigration control has failed to solve the migrant crisis because it ignores the root cause: a global system that puts profits before people. Open Democracy Hamza Hamouchene* 19 May 2015…
Africans unite against xenophobia in South Africa
The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights says that: “Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one…
World Social Forum TV Tunis 2015: Boaventura da Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sociologist and director of ALICE Project, talks about the World Social Forum and the Popular University of Social Movements (UPMS)
Boaventura de Sousa Santos: The Podemos wave
Never before has it become so clear that we live in societies that are politically democratic but socially fascist. The Podemos wave is a metaphor for every single attempt to find a progressive…
Land, Dignity & Democracy: South Africa’s Constitution Does Allow for Expropriation
At a public discussion on the land question in Johannesburg on Friday, February 27, Dikgang Moseneke, the Deputy Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court, began his remarks with a well-known quote from Frantz…
The Land Ordinance (now Bill) is Bringing Back the Colonial Legacy: NAPM
The Real Battle is between Farmers and Land Grabbing Corporates and BJP, not between Bharat and Pakistan! Kafila By Nivedita Menon 1 March 2015 Statement from National Alliance of People’s Movements Forcible land…
What now for Europe? The instrumentalisation of the Paris attacks
A public meeting to discuss the aftermath of the Paris attacks was held on 24 January 2015 Islamic Human Rights Commission 27 Jan 2014 The Islamic Human Rights Commission held a last minute…
