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Raymond Suttner: South African parliament now and in the future (Heinrich Boll foundation)

http://za.boell.org/2015/03/16/south-african-parliament-now-and-future

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Posted on March 22, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Constitutional Court, Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, corruption, Democratic Alliance (DA), democratisation, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Leadership, Nelson Mandela, Nkandla, Parliament, patronage, Public Protector, Raymond Suttner writings, Theoretical questions | Tagged accountability, democratic promise of 1994, Parliamentary disruptions | Leave a comment

Brooks Spector: Review of Raymond Suttner’s recovering democracy in South Africa (Daily Maverick)

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-03-13-review-raymond-suttners-recovering-democracy-in-south-africa/#.VQMHnULN6-K

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Posted on March 13, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Contemporary South Africa, democratisation, Gender and sexuality, human rights, Masculinity, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Nelson Mandela, Parliament, Popular power, Raymond Suttner writings, Theoretical questions, UDF, United front | Tagged Brooks Spector, review | Leave a comment

Raymond Suttner audio interview with Gareth Cliff 12 March 2015

http://iono.fm/e/149088

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Posted on March 13, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Armed struggle, Chris Hani, Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, democratisation, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), emancipation, Gender, Heroism, human rights, Interview, Jacob Zuma, Joe Slovo, Julius Malema, Leadership, Masculinity, Negotiations, Nelson Mandela, Nkandla, Parliament, Patriarchy, patronage, SACP, Theoretical questions, UDF, Umkhonto we Sizwe, Underground struggle | Tagged arrest, break with SACP, Changed evaluation of Mandela, Chris Hani's legacies, counter-surveillance, jail, joining struggle, macho masculinity, models of manhood, New book: Recovering Democracy, Personal background, surveillance | Leave a comment

Raymond Suttner: Attacks on foreign migrants are attacks on freedom of all

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Posted on March 6, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in African migrants, ANC, City planning, Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, corruption, emancipation, Gender, human rights, Interview, Leadership, patronage, Policing, racism, Rape, Theoretical questions, Violence | Tagged Africanism, Attacks on foreign migrants, Christianity, freedom indivisible. freedom universal, history of liberation, Marxism, Pastor Martin Niemoller, Victorian liberalism | Leave a comment

Raymond Suttner: Nelson Mandela’s masculinities

[This is an extract from the book Recovering democracy in South Africa that appeared in the Sunday Times under a different title yesterday] Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in ANC, Armed struggle, Chris Hani, Contemporary South Africa, Gender, Heroism, Jacob Zuma, Leadership, Masculinity, Negotiations, Nelson Mandela, Patriarchy, Raymond Suttner writings, Theoretical questions, Violence | Tagged boxer, changing masculinity, gentless, toughness, toyi toyi, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | Leave a comment

Raymond Suttner: An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all (Polity)

While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in African migrants, ANC, Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, corruption, democratisation, emancipation, Freedom Charter, human rights, patronage, Policing, prosecution, Raymond Suttner writings, Theoretical questions, Violence | Tagged Albert Luthuli, any prosecutions for attacks?, freedom indivisible, xenophobia | Leave a comment

Press release on Raymond Suttner’s Recovering Democracy in SA (Jacana)

Recovering Democracy PR

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Posted on February 26, 2015 by raymondsuttner. Posted in Abahlali baseMjondolo, ANC, Basic services, Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU), Constitutionalism, Contemporary South Africa, corruption, Culture and identities, democratisation, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Evictions, Gender and sexuality, Heroism, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Leadership, Local government, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), Nelson Mandela, Nkandla, Parliament, Patriarchy, patronage, Policing, Popular power, prosecution, Public Protector, Rape, Raymond Suttner writings, SACP, Theoretical questions, United front, Violence | Tagged attack on constitutionalism, Democracy, Jacana media, New publication | Leave a comment

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