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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
