French Government in Deep Trouble Over Pension Law

French Government in Deep Trouble Over Pension Law

By Benny Asman, reporting for Amandla! from BrusselsThe entire French society is coming out against the law adopted by Senate and Parliament. The law reduces pensions and raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. More than three million workers, students and learners...
Whose Terrain?

Whose Terrain?

By Jeremy Cronin, SACP deputy general secretary The mainstream press today has made much of Cronin’s comments as anti-Vavi statements with regards to the Civil Society Conference convened by COSATU recently. Below, read what Cronin had to say in Umzebenzi Online and...

The UN is part of Palestine’s problem | by Frank Barat

At the United Nations building in New York City on Friday, 23 September 2011, Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority and chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) addresses the General Assembly in his bid to obtain full recognition of...