The Manifesto

I came across a substantial but very readable discussion between Patrick Bond, a South African activist and academic, and Shanta Devarajan, the World Bank’s chief economist.  It’s rare to find genuine engagement on behalf of the World Bank, and credit to Devarajan for responding to Bond’s critique directly – but his response, as Bond shows, [...]

An excellent talk given by Suren Pillay on the xenophobic violence in South Africa, and how we liberals react.  It’s a longish piece but thoroughly worth the read, and asks a few strikingly important questions about the failure of human rights discourse and NGO approaches.  From the talk:  ”The violence towards foreign nationals has become [...]

Mzonke Poni, recently acquitted of the charge of ‘public violence’ in court (another trumped up charge by the South African government), writes about what ‘public violence’ actually is.