Droning
The New York Times
REWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons
Nelson Mandela, Pensions, fast food workers, drone, Elizabeth Warren
A Political Obituary of Nelson Mandela
ColorLines
This is a lesson and a caution.
Geneva-Iran, Geneva-Syria: Why not a Geneva Conference for Palestine?
Haaretz
It's time to officially accept the reality: A nuclear occupying power like Israel is comfortable in the current setting of negotiations.
Austerity is Wreaking Havoc, But the Left Can Unite to Build a Better Europe
The Guardian
Zealots for neoliberalism have created a humanitarian tragedy across the continent. It is our destiny to fight back
Cell, Cell
amuniversal.com
Killed Beaten Raped: Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia
Nation of Change
It is a society operating in defiance of all manner of human rights that has been clearly seen and exposed; as the thousands of Ethiopians protesting outside Saudi Arabian embassies across the world have chanted; “shame on you, shame on you, shame on you.”
Johannesburg
'Bluesologist' Gil Scott-Heron asks, 'What's the word from Johannesburg? They tell me our brothers over there are defyin' the Man' in the youth uprising of 1976. 'We all need to be strugglin' if we're goin' to be free.'
Friday Nite Videos -- Dec 6, 2013 (Mandela)
Portside
Music has always been a powerful expression and organizing tool of the oppressed people of South Africa. Here is music inspired by and supporting their struggles, including the artists Hugh Masakela, Abdullah Ibrahim, Johnny Clegg and Gil Scott-Heron.
Coal Train
South African jazz musician Hugh Masakela tells the story of the life and labor of the immigrant coal and gold miners of South Africa, so hard that they curse the coal trains that brought them.
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