South Africa
South African unions stage huge marches against road tolls
November 15, 2013South Africans marched across the country in support of a trade union campaign against electronic tolling on motorways and privatizing roads.
Read moreSouth African unionists in Mississippi fighting for Nissan workers
October 18, 2013JACKSON, Miss - In a stunning reversal of what many would think is the way things work, a support group from "third world" South Africa is in Mississippi this week helping Americans secure one of their...
Read moreMississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
May 31, 2013UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
Read moreSouth Africa: Guptagate and the class nature of corruption
May 28, 2013The so-called Guptagate scandal that has gripped South Africa over the past month has further exposed the scale of corruption dogging the ruling ANC. President Zuma was reportedly incandescent with rage.
Read moreIt’s always Passover: Freedom is a process
March 28, 2013This is the season of Passover, the Jewish holiday of freedom from slavery in Egypt. Even if never substantiated as a historical event, it nevertheless has inspired liberation struggles all over the world.
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