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January 2014
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1 January 2014, by Sam Noumoff
NELSON MANDELA – FROZEN ICON
Much has been written, and is still counting, about the iconic figure of Nelson Mandela. He has been portrayed as the quintessential symbol of a new non racist Africa, having endured the (...) -
1 January 2014, by Ronald Cameron
People’s Social Forum in 2014 and the World Social Forum in 2016
While expressing support for the idea of eventually holding a World Social Forum (WSF) in Montreal, the board of Alternatives nonetheless spoke out against the project to hold one in 2015. This (...) -
1 January 2014, by FRANK BARAT
Israeli filmmaker Lia Tarachansky tells Frank...
Israeli filmmaker Lia Tarachansky tells Frank Barat about the challenges and rewards of making On The Side of the Road. Your film On The Side of the Road premiered in Tel Aviv on 28 November (...) -
1 January 2014, by Robin D. G. Kelley and Erica Lorraine Williams
Madiba in Palestine
Nelson Mandela’s death has produced both an outpouring of international solidarity, remembrance, and celebration commemorating Madiba’s leadership in defeating apartheid in South Africa. It has (...) -
1 January 2014, by Michel (Mikado) Warschawski
How Dare Israeli Leaders Mourn Mandela?
“Mandela was an exemplary figure of our era, and he will be remembered as a first class moral leader. He was a liberation fighter who rejected violence…” By these words, Israeli Prime Minister, (...) -
1 January 2014, by Edward Snowden
NSA Surveillance Is About Power, Not "Safety"
An open letter to the people of Brazil. This letter was published today in the Brazilian newspaper A Folha in Portuguese and this original text was provided via the Facebook page of Glenn (...) -
1 January 2014, by FRANK BARAT
An Interview with Roger Waters
Frank Barat: When did you make the decision to make the Wall tour (that ended in Paris in September 2013) so political? And why did you dedicate the final concert to Jean-Charles De Menezes? (...) -
1 January 2014, by Donald Cuccioletta
Geo-Strategic Challenges in the United States and China Relationship
Current Sino-U.S. relations seem to be, as we progress into the second decade of the 21st century, in a holding pattern. This state of affairs leads some observers to believe, that this (...)