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…
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 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…
Hezbollah, its organization and Syria: why the party’s future will be played out in Damascus
Since unrest in Syria began two years ago, support given to the Syrian regime by the Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah to quash the insurrection by providing manpower, materials and logistical support, has frequently…
Turkey’s Problem is Erdogan, not the Akp
In recent days the AKP, the Islamic-conservative party led by Prime Minister Erdogan, celebrated its tenth anniversary in government while unprecedented protests were being held in a number of Turkish cities. The epicentre…
Is violence against women too common, too ordinary to qualify as interesting?
Back in February gender-based violence dominated media and public talk when South Africans declared themselves woken up, disgusted, outraged and horrified after the rape and murder of working class, black Anene Booysen and…
For Erdoğan, you are with him or against him: Tamer Söyler
“Kandils are the times for equality, unity and solidarity – Anti-capitalist Muslims,” this banner reads. Kandil refers to the celebration of one of the five Islamic holy nights. While Erdoğan was accusing the…
Can late Erdoğan learn from early Erdoğan?: Tamer Söyler
The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, is said to have remarked: being President is like running a cemetery; you have got a lot of people under you and nobody is…
