Direct action gets the goods
In 1985, black students at the University of Houston led a campaign for divestment from apartheid South Africa.
In 1985, black students at the University of Houston led a campaign for divestment from apartheid South Africa.
The Just Us Under A Tree podcast returns to analyze all the legal drama building up to South Africa’s general election.
There is a particular historical pattern of colonial settler genocide that links Africa to Palestine.
In India, popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change.
The challenge for the new Senegalese government is how to translate promises into policy.
As catastrophe unfolds in Sudan, most of the world continues to turn a blind eye.
The arrival of mass rapid transit in the city offers a new metaphor for Nigeria’s social stratification.
In Sudan, the focus must remain on supporting the Sudanese people’s aspirations for peace, stability, and democratic governance.
In North Africa, religion is being used to spread political and cultural influence.
Le gouvernement du plus jeune président de l'histoire du Sénégal semble déjà incarner une vision rétrograde des femmes.
The government of the youngest president in Senegal’s history already seems to embody retrograde views about women.
Da Namíbia até a Armênia, e de Ruanda à Bósnia, os perpetradores de assassinato em massa afirmam estar agindo em legítima defesa.
From Namibia to Armenia, and from Rwanda to Bosnia, the perpetrators of mass murder said they were acting in self-defense.
In Gaza and Haiti, the specter of another Mogadishu is being raised to alert on-lookers and policymakers of unfolding tragedies. But we have to be careful when making comparisons.
South Africa, thirty-years after 1994.
New documents looking at British and American involvement in overthrowing Kwame Nkrumah give us pause to reflect on his legacy, and its resonances today.
We are failing every day to force a ceasefire and stop the genocide. But failure is not an option. We must refocus this moment.
Why are Kenya’s doctor’s on strike?
Far from democratic institutions, a study of Israeli universities reveals that they are, in fact, directly and actively complicit in Israeli apartheid and racial rule.
With regional and global powers keen to take advantage of the DRC’s mineral wealth, it is hard to see how things can get better for the country in the short and medium term.