Rebecca Davis on the Rise of Sweden’s Feminist initiative
The Swedish Feminist Initiative which has not yet won a seat in the Swedish parliament Continue reading
Marianne Thamm, Women’s month, women’s bodies as a landscape of trauma
In the course of wider issues of violation of women’s bodies, Marianne Thamm interprets the actions of ‘Brave heart’ the young woman who removed her clothes before the statue of Mandela
William Beinart, Verwoerd, Zuma & Chiefs (Custom contested
Raymond Suttner, What does it mean to be radical in South Africa today? (Polity)
Raymond Suttner discusses ‘Tribes’, nations and other identities (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner, EFF, ANC and imagery (Polity video)
Ilan Pappe (Israeli Professor) Israel has chosen to be a racist state with US support
Raymond Suttner, 20 years of democracy and question of popular participation (published in Grace &Truth)
Video of Graca Machel’s talk on identities interrogating Samora Machel’s statement ‘for the nation to live, the tribe must die’
Graca Machel reflects on African identity and Samora Machel’s statement ‘for the nation to live, the tribe must die
Raymond Suttner, The Economic Freedom Fighters politics of dress (Polity)
Raymond Suttner, Can we make parliament represent the people? (Polity video)
Raymond Suttner, Parliament -1994 and today (Polity video)
Arundhati Roy on Gandhi fails to examine complexity
Arundhati Roy has attacked Gandhi on caste, saying that buildings etc should no longer be named after him etc etc. There must be debate on Gandhi and Mandela and many others, but with due regard for the complexity of their views. Just one quotation from Gandhi on 24 January 1928 illustrates this. ’I am clear in my mind that there is no room for castes in the Hindu faith…’
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