In response to recent statements by President Mahmoud Abbas, a group of Palestinians have​ released an open letter: We the undersigned, Palestinian academics, writers, artists, activists, and people of all walks of life, unequivocally condemn the morally and politically reprehensible comments mad...

LAST MONTH Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were invited to join a grouping of 'top emerging economies' known as BRICS dreamt up by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill. The only thing linking the bloc previously was their economic status. Nowadays, the addition of six ne...

AS EFF SUPREMO Julius Malema rose from the decks of an elevator platform within the FNB soccer stadium, showered with pop-star confetti before 94 000 of his supporters, he was echoing another stadium-size political event which had occurred in Russia to mark the anniversary of an authoritarian — V...

IN A SPEECH littered with offensive references to 'men' and 'man' that ignored the substantial role played by African women, both during the struggle against apartheid, and the fight against colonialism, Prof PLO Lumumba gave students a one-sided sermon on African history, that avoided her-story....

These past weeks have seen several media items worth of our consideration. I flag them here to remind readers that Medialternatives still cares about these issues: GLOBAL NEWS BRICS Circus President Ramaphosa made a bizarre trip to Ukraine and Russia, attempting to broker a peace deal, resulting...

RONALD REAGAN'S REPUBLICAN USA may have been a tough nut to deal with during the 80s, but harping on about the perceived slight caused by his party's treatment of Nelson Mandela, whom they Republicans' labelled a 'terrorist', ignores the substantial contribution of many other personalities from w...