by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 25, 2010
By Brian AshleyRegardless of the ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) intentions or twists and turns, they have nevertheless successfully put the issue of nationalisation on the public agenda. And it is not going away. Furthermore, the fact that some unions also have raised the...
by Daniel Krähmer | Sep 16, 2011
The political economy of changePraise for Hein Marais’ latest book“An extraordinary achievement. This is, by a considerable margin, the best book yet on the political economy of South Africa. Marais combines an unrivalled knowledge of the literature with a prose style...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 6, 2011
Surely the imperialists would put a stop to WikiLeaks’ exposure of their shady ways.Much of the front-page news from around the world over the last year and more cannot be understood, perhaps, without factoring in the role and effect of WikiLeaks. But today, despite...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 13, 2011
Five months after protests broke out, has the military met demands for political reform and social justice? When Egypt’s youth-led “January 25th Revolution” forced long-serving President Hosni Mubarak to resign on February 11, Mubarak handed the...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 15, 2011
There is a tremendous renewal of interest in Marxism throughout the globe today, especially for the explanation of the economic crisis that has hit capitalism recently. It was quite natural that the only well-organised segment of India’s left intellectuals...