Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
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Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”
Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]
Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities
By Anne-Ruth Wertheim, Amsterdam Crystal Night took place on the night between 9 and 10 November 1938. Across the whole of Nazi Germany and parts […]
Today’s South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)
Population of South Africa: 51 million (slightly larger than South Korea) Annual Gross Domestic Product (nominal): $384 billion (in neighborhood of Taiwan, Austria, UAE) Rank […]
Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign
This sign is left over from Apartheid days and is preserved under an awning in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa as a reminder of what was. […]
Photo of the Day: Mandela Training in Algeria
h/t Sami Ben Gharbia @ifikra Nelson Mandela training with the Algerian Liberation Front in 1962. The Algerians fought an 8-year war, 1954-1962, to become independent […]
Book of condolence to open at South African embassy in Abu Dhabi
Ambassador to the UAE also plans memorial service in Abu Dhabi next week.
Yemen attacks should be assessed in terms of internal political conflicts
Attacks in Yemen are a part of the political transition that’s taking place there, and as for the Islamist groups there is a deep degree […]
Mandela: We want equal Political Rights; When Protest was Outlawed, we chose Sabotage
Mandela’s declaration to the court as his trial began in Pretoria at the Supreme Court of South Africa on April 20, 1964 I am the […]
NAS: From Ice Sheet Collapse to Mass Extinctions, You’re not Ready for Climate Change
By John Queally Hang on. Get Ready. Those are at least two of the takeaways from a new report released by scientists in the National […]
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