By Leonard Gentle The arrest of Dominic Strauss-Kahn (DSK) on allegations of attempted rape certainly has got tongues wagging. In the Guardian...
The IMF and Trevor Manuel: A Plague on Both their Houses
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A Chronology of Copping Out, COP 17: Durban November 2011 – What’s the Fuss?
By Koni Benson From being seen as a fringe concern to radicals only, and either dismissed outright or pushed to the margins by politicians and...
The state, markets and “civil society”: Limiting struggles and limiting democracy
By Leonard Gentle Today we are regaled by notions that the state “lacks” capacity to do things. This is then used as motivation for why the state...
The Crisis, Bailouts, Quantitative Easing, Tapering and Class War
By Shawn Hattingh Since 2009 the US state has been undertaking Quantitative Easing (QE), which has involved the US state creating $85 billion a...
State ‘capture’ or the nature of the state?
By Shawn Hattingh Across the political spectrum, individuals and organisations have been expressing their disgust and shock that a faction, indeed a...
South Africa: The state’s brutality
By Shawn Hattingh https://libcom.org/library/states-brutality In the last year and a half in South Africa, approximately 40 people involved in...
South Africa and the DRC: Has Rhodes passed on the baton?
By Shawn Hattingh In the heat of the struggle for statues like that of Rhodes – the arch-symbol of British imperialism – to be pulled down, and in...
Reflections on Nelson Mandela and the ANC
By Shawn Hattingh Since Nelson Mandela’s death, thousands of articles and millions of people have paid tribute to him. They have rightly praised him...
Nkandla: Is it just Zuma’s greed?
By Shawn Hattingh The Public Protector’s report on Nkandla has again unleashed a storm of anger. Radio shows and newspaper columns have been filled...
Eskom’s class agenda
By Shawn Hattingh There never seems to be a dull moment when it comes to Eskom. There has been load-shedding; huge managerial salaries; and scandals...
In the Rubble of US Imperialism: The PKK, YPG, and the Islamic State
By Shawn Hattingh The mainstream news has been filled with stories about the horrors being committed by the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq,...
Is it just Jacob Zuma?
By Shawn Hattingh Various columnists and opposition politicians, whether from the Democratic Alliance (DA) or the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF),...