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- Saturday, May 26, 2012
Commentary The debate over the Green Economy rages on next month in Rio de Janeiro -
- Friday, May 25, 2012
ZNet Article A time for dialogue with Israel’s official representatives should wait until nonviolent public pressure against the regime mounts and the extreme power imbalance is lessened -
- Sunday, Apr 29, 2012
ZNet Article Despite opposition to the dump from residents, and government promises to close and rehabilitate it, Durban Solid Waste supported its continued use -
- Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012
Commentary It’s South Africa’s turn for a new moral regeneration campaign, but this time one that takes seriously the challenge of economic liberation -
- Saturday, Apr 21, 2012
Video Discussion on Obama's "surprising" nomination, now head of the World Bank Video Discussion on Obama's "surprising" nomination, now head of the World Bank -
- Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012
ZNet Article It is most tempting to support any African challenge to Washington – especially by a strong woman – given how much damage (half-Kenyan) Obama is doing to the continent -
- Saturday, Apr 07, 2012
ZNet Article It is safe to assume that when it comes to serving power, Kim will be more reliable and effective, simply because he’s imperialism’s choice -
- Friday, Apr 06, 2012
ZNet Article Wrecking a few companies is one thing, but wrecking a country through these sorts of personal manipulations of the powerful is a tragedy turned farce -
- Thursday, Mar 29, 2012
ZNet Article Renewed contradictions for Ronnie Kasrils -
- Saturday, Mar 17, 2012
ZNet Article The Treasury remains addicted to failed neoliberal policies, leaving our economy in the doldrums -
- Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012
Commentary The only good news from South Africa is that with the world’s carbon markets in crisis, virtually no one is talking about emissions trading -
- Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012
Commentary Advocating a risky market fix to a massive market failure under circumstances of widespread market melt, is the latest version of state failure -
- Thursday, Feb 16, 2012
ZNet Article Under conditions of neoliberal nationalism, the outcome of most public policy in South Africa is inevitably crony capitalism rife with corruption -
- Thursday, Feb 02, 2012
ZNet Article The poverty innate to the IMF’s best model, Tunisia, cannot be solved by paper rights aiming to integrate poor people into a rotting ‘formal’ economy -
- Thursday, Jan 26, 2012
Commentary Africa can do better than invest faith and state resources in yet another Ponzi scheme — the ‘privatisation of the air’ -
- Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012
Commentary Critical academics label this thuggish ideology ‘neoliberal nationalism’: a vindictive, anti-poor deployment of state power and resources, combined with revolutionary-sounding bombast -
- Thursday, Dec 22, 2011
Commentary Of course it is tempting to ignore the stench of failure and declare Durban “an outstanding success,” -
- Wednesday, Dec 07, 2011
Commentary Most likely, our city will go down in infamy as the site that the temperature was dialed up on Africa -
- Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011
Commentary One of the world’s most extreme cases of climate injustice happens to be the site for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17) climate summit -
- Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011
ZNet Article In many cases the courageous push by the 99% against these 1% personalities only dislodged the venal creatures, not the system, so replacements crawled right back in -
- Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
Commentary In these days of dire economic and environmental crisis, with political elites under attack from Athens to Washington, the establishment is desperate for legitimacy -
- Friday, Sep 16, 2011
Commentary It is a ripe time for such in-your-face challenges to orthodoxy here, given the post-apartheid elites’ hostility to exchange controls -
- Tuesday, Aug 30, 2011
Commentary It makes no sense to avoid the harsh reality of fast-rising emissions -
- Friday, Aug 05, 2011
ZNet Article To solve the climate crisis requires we must accept that the vast majority of fossil fuels must now be left underground -
- Wednesday, Jul 20, 2011
Commentary With extreme weather events worsening in recent months, who can doubt the imperative to get a fair, ambitious and binding deal? -
- Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011
Commentary Manqele was a salt-of-the-earth activist, a great woman active in her residents’ committee -
- Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011
Commentary Durban will primarily be a conference of profiteers -
- Monday, May 30, 2011
Commentary A renewed wave of development babble began flowing soon after the launch of the World Bank’s ten-year Strategy document -
- Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Commentary Obama has missed the point of the Arab Spring. It’s not just about the street vendor, it is about social justice - All Most Recent Content

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- Saturday, Apr 21, 2012
Video Discussion on Obama's "surprising" nomination, now head of the World Bank Video Discussion on Obama's "surprising" nomination, now head of the World Bank -
- Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008
Video The Scam Called Carbon Trading... - All Recent Video

Recent Books-
- Friday, Oct 12, 2007
Book "This is by far one of the best critical contributions from the left in the continuing controversial role which the World Bank and IMF play in developing countries' economies and societies. Bond comes from a dying tradition of the activist/scholar... -
- Thursday, Jun 15, 2006
Book Despite the rhetoric, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa are becoming poorer,this book contextualises Africa‘s wealth outflow within a stagnant but volatile world economy. - All Recent Books

Featured Content-
- Friday, May 25, 2012
ZNet Article A time for dialogue with Israel’s official representatives should wait until nonviolent public pressure against the regime mounts and the extreme power imbalance is lessened -
- Sunday, Apr 29, 2012
ZNet Article Despite opposition to the dump from residents, and government promises to close and rehabilitate it, Durban Solid Waste supported its continued use -
- Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012
ZNet Article It is most tempting to support any African challenge to Washington – especially by a strong woman – given how much damage (half-Kenyan) Obama is doing to the continent -
- Saturday, Apr 07, 2012
ZNet Article It is safe to assume that when it comes to serving power, Kim will be more reliable and effective, simply because he’s imperialism’s choice -
- Friday, Apr 06, 2012
ZNet Article Wrecking a few companies is one thing, but wrecking a country through these sorts of personal manipulations of the powerful is a tragedy turned farce -
- Thursday, Mar 29, 2012
ZNet Article Renewed contradictions for Ronnie Kasrils -
- Saturday, Mar 17, 2012
ZNet Article The Treasury remains addicted to failed neoliberal policies, leaving our economy in the doldrums -
- Thursday, Feb 16, 2012
ZNet Article Under conditions of neoliberal nationalism, the outcome of most public policy in South Africa is inevitably crony capitalism rife with corruption -
- Thursday, Feb 02, 2012
ZNet Article The poverty innate to the IMF’s best model, Tunisia, cannot be solved by paper rights aiming to integrate poor people into a rotting ‘formal’ economy -
- Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011
ZNet Article In many cases the courageous push by the 99% against these 1% personalities only dislodged the venal creatures, not the system, so replacements crawled right back in - All Featured Content

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