South Africa: How to Address Unemployment, Land and Wealth Inequality?
Structural poverty, exacerbated by falling employment, has dogged South Africa since 1994. Subsequently unemployment has officially increased from around one fifth of the active workforce, to a quarter today. The unofficial “expanded” and…
The colour brown: de-colonising anarchism and challenging white hegemony
The appearance of the Egyptian Black Bloc in Cairo’s streets in January 2013 triggered gullible excitement in Western anarchist circles. Little thought was given to the Egyptian Black Bloc’s political vision – or…
Fear and the Predicament Facing Muslims in Sri Lanka
A Muslim lecturer friend some time ago described a troubling moment. The incident took place when he pulled into the parking lot of a supermarket with his wife few weeks ago. As they…
Asia in My Life: an article by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
The links between Asia and Africa and South America have always been present but in our times they have been made invisible by the fact that Europe is still the central mediator of…
A Hundred Years after the 1913 Land Act
There have been many rural struggles since then, perhaps most famously the Mpondo Revolt that began in 1960. But there has never been a rural movement, or sustained rural struggles, in the same…
Autonomy in Barcelona: the Mount Zion community
Echoing the area’s inspiring history of autonomous self-organization, a community of migrant workers in Barcelona now risks being thrown onto the street. Africa is a Country, June 28, 2013. Between the 19th and early…
Will Barack Obama get a frosty reception when he visits South Africa this weekend?
In a way, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille’s decision to award US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama the Freedom of the City (Cape Town’s highest honor), sort of makes…
The ZAM Chronicle: an online investigative magazine on and from Africa
This month sees the launch of The ZAM Chronicle, a new monthly online investigative magazine with a highly ambitious mission: “to be a platform for grassroots, crowd-sourced observations on and from the African…
The New Black: Documentary Film Explores Divisions in African-American Community over LGBT Rights
We continue our coverage of gay marriage and equal rights with a new film that explores the divisions among African-Americans on the issue of marriage equality. Despite longstanding opposition from church leadership, the…
Dead Man Walking: Extended Interview with Sister Helen Prejean on Decades of Death Penalty Activism
Sister Helen Prejean is one of the world’s most well-known anti-death penalty activists. As a Catholic nun, she began her prison ministry more than 30 years ago. She is the author of the…
