The political violence against India’s left that just occurred in Tripura, a state in the north-east, has become a normal facet of democracy in our times, writes Vijay Prashad.
‘The Politics of Blood’
Category: South Africa
South Africa’s Never-Ending Crisis
The public sentiment is that the “stimulus” was largely looted, writes Busi Sibeko in this argument for ending austerity.
No Two Elephants Are Alike
The July riots in South Africa remind Ryan Brunette of those by the Peronists in Argentina in December 2001. But Zuma’s people are moving from a much weaker position.
COVAX Rollout Accelerating in Africa
The continent is in the throes of a third wave of the pandemic and a WHO official said the rise in shipments shines a “light at the end of the tunnel that must not be snuffed out again.”
The Possibility of Thought & BDS
Mohammad Shabangu, a Black South African academic, analyzes the unspoken and accepted censorship around the question of Palestine in his U.S. classroom.
When Israel Would Give Up Its Nukes
From the Archives: There is just one scenario in which Israel would relinquish its nuclear weapons and it seems further from reality than ever, wrote Joe Lauria on May 4, 2015.
Ugliness Defines the Mood
Political cleansing, or politicide, is the murder of activists whose deaths deflate the confidence of the masses to take on the great granite block of power, writes Vijay Prashad.
WATCH: CN Live!—New Season, Episode 1: Dissident Intellectual
The premiere episode of Season 3 of CN Live!, looks at the career of Richard Falk, a former UN special rapporteur on Palestine, & an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy.
Protecting Food From the Hungry
This absence of money — the most mystical of all human creations — is enough reason to let people starve, writes Vijay Prashad.
COVID-19: Virus Complicates African Unity
The conflict in Libya is perhaps the most dramatic example of the tests faced by Africans in the Security Council, Maurizio Guerrero reports.