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A global perspective on social activism and democracy in South Africa

by William I Robinson

[ february 04 ]

"As national social and welfare systems have been ruthlessly dismantled, there has been a dizzying process of social immiseration of the great majority, side by side with the concentration of wealth among small minorities of the elite and a narrow sector of middle class consumers. I can think of no more apt a term to describe this situation than global apartheid."

The seven-year itch

by Greg Barns

[ february 04 ]

With Australia's recent record, why does Howard's government think they are suitable to chair the UN Human Rights Committee?

Live from Liliput...

by Hack Jackson

[ january 04 ]

The winner is? American Idol... Live Iowa Caucus coverage.

Common sense and fantasy in a private immigration prison

by Mark Dow

[ january 04 ]

"One former officer actually testified that Aboyade 'ran into the supervisor's hand.'"

Now that's forward planning...

by Jason Leopold

[ january 04 ]

Paul O'Neill's claims against Bush are supported by 1998 'war' letters to Clinton signed by Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz.

The Battle of Lepanto

by Joe Palmer

[ january 04 ]

A history of enmities in the French manner: sujet amené, posé, divisé

Pesky Pakis propping up Hollywood poops

by Abbas Zaidi

[ january 04 ]

"Did the movie-makers think that Pakistan was a place where money flowed in drains and floated in gutters?" Still, it's better than being ignored...

Bush should be facing "a long, hard slog" on the campaign trail...

by Jason Leopold

[ january 04 ]

...but the Dems are too busy fighting with each other.

Pre-9/11 intelligence failures and the post-9/11 neocolonial world: Unlearned historical lessons, applied ethnography and the decline of American academic anthropology

by Tom Cox

[ december 03 ]

"When the Pentagon looked at the al Qaeda leadership they saw fanaticism and intellectual inferiority. The Pentagon was as racist and arrogant as the British who were wiped out at Ishandlwana."

'Scarface' and the forgotten prisoners of Mariel

by Mark Dow

[ december 03 ]

Mariel Cubans are incarcerated in US penitentiaries and jails, partly as a result of the myth the film Scarface has helped to sustain.