Global Left Midweek – July 23, 2025
Portside
Wins, losses and deep thoughts
Wins, losses and deep thoughts
Wins, losses and deep thoughts
Struggle for the Freedom Charter Goes On
Mail & Guardian
The Freedom Charter’s vision will not be won on moral terms alone. It will require effective political organisation, ideological clarity and courage. The charter was born of struggle. It must now be defended and renewed through struggle.
My Favorite ‘Anti-Semite’ – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and All Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced on Israeli Apartheid
Rootless Cosmopolitan
In honor of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and all those who refuse to be silenced on Israeli apartheid and genocide by bogus claims that denouncing those abuses amounts to hatred of Jews. Written in 2007, re-posted by the author this past week.
Friday Nite Videos | May 23, 2025
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Why Zuckerberg Is Sucking Up to Trump. The Sexy Paradox That Stumped Darwin. Why Putin Believes the War Is Defensive. Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show. Trump and the Press | John Oliver.
Trump Blasts South Africa for “White Genocide” | The Daily Show
Ronny Chieng tackles the president of South Africa's uncomfortable White House visit and a MAGA couple shortchanged by a "RUMP" watch
Why South Africa Is Torn Over the Trump-Ramaphosa Showdown
TIME
Pretoria must now accept that Washington will inflame racial tensions in South Africa for the foreseeable future. What happens in our country is no longer just a foreign-policy file, but a live domestic wedge issue in MAGA-world.
What Is the Role of Israelis in the Palestinian Liberation Movement?
+972 Magazine
The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and justice.
Global Left Midweek – April 23, 2025
Portside
Democracy not rearmament
Musk's Family Ties to Apartheid and Neo-Nazi Movements
Elon Musk was born in 1971 in South Africa, and raised under apartheid. His family had ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics. We speak with Guardian reporter Chris McGreal about how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview.
Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.
The New York Times
Discussion of Mr. Musk often misses something: He is a white South African, part of a demographic that for centuries sat atop a racial hierarchy maintained by violent colonial rule. That history matters. He is in fact a distinctly ideological figure.
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