Charlie Hebdo: Uma reflexão difícil / Una reflexión difícil / Some tough quandaries
Não estamos perante um choque de civilizações, até porque a cristã tem as mesmas raízes que a islâmica. Estamos perante um choque de fanatismos Público Boaventura de Sousa Santos* 14 Jan 2015 O…
Mozambique: a dictatorship of no alternatives, or an alternative to the dictators?
The victory of Filipe Nyusi and the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) in the October 15 presidential and parliamentary elections pours cold water on the hopes of many who were convinced that 2014 would…
Kolkata, India: Reflections on the Jadavpur Protests
Unprecedented is too mild an epithet to describe the Saturday rally by Kolkata students. The number is most conservatively [by the police] 80,000 and by watchers 1,10,000 and more because no one can…
South Africa: Voices of widows of the Marikana Massacre
Women Speak Out: A launch of Justice, Redress and Restitution: Voices of widows of the Marikana Massacre at the University of Johannesburg Library Auditorium, 14 August 2014 Agnes Thelejane – Marikana Massacre widow…
Interview with Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos (Coimbra, Portugal, 1940) is a key figure in contemporary legal sociology. Besides being a professor at the Universities of Coimbra and Wisconsin-Madison, De Sousa is widely recognised for his…
The Nomzamo Eviction: A Potential Turning Point?
The destruction of the Nomzamo settlement in Lwandle, Cape Town, has received an extraordinary degree of political and media attention, much of it noting the illegality and brutality of the eviction, and much…
Sensex and sensibility, by Peter deSouza
The issue of sensibility should be at the top of the new government’s agenda because its attitude to freedom of expression will determine whether it is truly committed to the wonder that is…
Raj Dharma and Buddhi dharma
There seems to be some anxiety among the intellectual class about doing their duty and being critical of the lapses of the ruling dispensation” Author: Peter Ronald deSouza Source: The Hindu / June…
History and Idealism in the Aam Aadmi Party’s 2014 Victories in Panjab: Puninder Singh
The Indian general election of 2014 will firstly be remembered for the signal self-destruction and implosion of independent India’s three-quarters-of-a-century-old ruling dynasty and its political arm, the Congress Party. Whether the unexpected series…
How Assata Shakur Changed My Life: The Importance Of Ethnic Studies Curricula In High School And Beyond
I read Assata by Assata Shakur when I was 14 years old and it changed my life forever. Her autobiography offered me a historical context for my experiences and those of my immigrant…
