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Ronnie Kasrils
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Struggle for the Freedom Charter goes on
Signed 70 years ago, today’s Constitution was built on it, but not everything has been realised
Fires ablaze in a stolen land: Israel’s trees planted over Palestinian villages are in flames
The genocidal state asks the West for help to fight the fires while its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.
The Hague Group: An important breakthrough for solidarity with Palestine
Prevailing over Israel requires joint action by states unafraid to oppose the West, resistance by the people of Palestine and support from ordinary people globally
Urgent need to form a global bloc against genocide
Unified action led by states must follow South Africa’s stand against Israel to stop the killings in Gaza and Western-backed impunity
Denis Goldberg: Man of integrity, freedom fighter and true mensch
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
Now we pay the price for our seduction
The battle for the soul of the ANC, from 1991 to 1996, has been lost to corporate power and influence, says Ronnie Kasrils.
Mr President, arrest this descent into police state depravity
The banana-state militarisation of the police has led to the menace culture that brought on the death of Mido Macia and others, writes Ronnie Kasrils.
Silence from academe
Last October 13-year-old Iman al-Hams was shot and killed by an Israeli army unit in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. She had 17 bullets in her body, and three in her head.…
Eyeless in Gaza
The assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin — the partially sighted, wheelchair-bound quadraplegic — is a clear demonstration of the paralysis and blindness of Ariel Sharon and…