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Press Freedom Triumphs With Axing of Jewish Report from Press Council
In a remarkable testament to the protection of free speech in South Africa, especially in relation to Palestine and the settler-colonial regime of
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Oppression is a Negative-Sum Proposition
It was really the silliest thing; a trifle in the scheme of things. The hose to the hand-shower in our bathtub broke, because the way it was
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People in US Don’t Support the Gaza Blockade. Why Won’t Congress Take Action?
Jamea Shalout’s home in Rafah, Gaza, consists of two rooms built of cinder blocks and cement. In the room where I met her in late 2019, the only
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Israel’s PR Problem, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Listen to a reading of this article:❖Israel’s mounting PR crisis boils down to the fact that its violence and oppression isn’t happening in
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ADL CEO Misrepresents Report on Antisemitism to Attack Palestinian Groups
Keen observers have long noted that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is essentially a xenophobic Israel-advocacy organization masquerading as a
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‘Your story told by someone else might in the end be richer’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Culture and Liberation, the first dedicated collection of Alex La Guma’s exile writing
Culture and Liberation: Exile Writings, 1966–1985Alex La GumaEdited by Christopher J LeeSeagull Books 1966 was an interesting year. Future Trump
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‘I was constantly weaving fact and fiction, and blurring truth with fable’—CA Davids chats to Efemia Chela about her new novel How to Be a Revolutionary
Contributing Editor Efemia Chela speaks to CA Davids about her new novel, How to Be a Revolutionary. How to Be a RevolutionaryCA DavidsVerso, 2021
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Shaun King claims that Elon Musk's desire to buy Twitter is 'about white power'
While billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk has indicated that he thinks Twitter can serve as a platform that enables people around the world to
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They’re Coming for Justice and Education Now
A few weeks I ago I wrote an article for The BFD titled “What Co-Governance Really Means”. As part of the article I wrote the following: If you
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How One South African Poet Reformed the Olympics to Combat Apartheid
Dennis Brutus takes sports to the streets, 1987. Dennis Brutus at Philadelphia Demonstration against Apartheid. Photograph. Philadelphia. This
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I Have Resigned From Palestine Solidarity Campaign Because It No Longer Opposes Zionism, the Founding Ideology and Movement that created the Israeli State
In Railroading a Constitution Through Its AGM in Less Than an Hour, PSC’s Ruling Clique Demonstrated Their Contempt for the Membership The angry,
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The Biden administration determined Myanmar has been committing 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity'
The Biden administration formally determined that the military of Myanmar has been committing genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority.
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‘From Africa to Palestine’: African, Palestinian Activists Pledge to Fight Israeli Apartheid (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
Civil society activists from 21 countries across Africa gathered in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, from March 10 to 12, to mobilize support for
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End Israeli Apartheid – Support the Right of Return and Impose Sanctions on Israel - UN Anti--Racism Day Meeting
Scrap the IHRA Misdefinition of ‘Anti-Semitism’ Whose Only Purpose is to Chill Free Speech on Palestine and Zionism Please register here
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South Africa’s Enforced Race Classification Mirrors Apartheid
Despite white rule being eliminated in 1994, every South African is still racially classified by law. Source: Fair Observer A bench in Cape Town,