Category: History
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Why is free time still so elusive?
Many economists see the status quo mostly as a choice: People would simply rather have more money. So they prioritize work over free time. However, in the past, many economists assumed that people’s need for more stuff would eventually be met. At that point, they would choose more free time.
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#FeesMustFall in Nigeria
The current crisis in education demands a bold response: student resistance must evolve beyond local campus struggles. It is time to embrace the anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist spirit that marked the heydays of a vibrant NANS, understanding that the fate of public education is inextricably linked to the broader struggle for social justice.
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Women in South Africa’s Armed Struggle: new book records their stories
In her book Guerrillas and Combative Mothers, political and international studies academic Siphokazi Magadla uses life history interviews to offer firsthand insights into women’s participation in the armed struggle against apartheid in South Africa from 1961 until 1994. She also examines the texture of their lives in the new South Africa after demobilisation. Magadla interviewed…
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How we can end atrocities in Gaza and beyond
Ordinary people can fix the broken postwar international system and deliver global justice to Palestinians and oppressed people worldwide. Written by Shimri Zameret and published by Waging Non Violence on January 5th, 2024 under CC BY 4.0 In the past few weeks, the number of innocent Palestinian civilians killed in attacks by the Israeli government…
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How Israel Copied the USA
Written by Youhanna Haddad, published by Hampton Institute on February 18th, 2024 under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Though Zionism has found a home in Palestine, the movement didn’t originate there. It was an exported ideology and only gained a foothold in the Middle East thanks to British patronage. Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, was…
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100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power
Sisanda Nkoala, University of the Western Cape; Christina Chan-Meetoo, University of Mauritius; Jacinta Mwende Maweu, University of Nairobi; Marissa J. Moorman, Indiana University; Modestus Fosu, Ghana Institute of Journalism, and Stanley Tsarwe, University of Namibia for The Conversation, CC BY-ND 3.0 Radio is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience…
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The Death of Slavery, The First Dawn of Freedom
An organized clandestine underground network to resist the slave state was not inevitable. The path of fatalism and despair, a pale specter that still haunts many would-be rebels today, was just as likely. In those days, given the seemingly low odds of success, an overwhelming feeling of helplessness doubtless consumed many hearts. Courageous people, most…
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Migrants Commit Fewer Crimes, but the Right won’t let Facts Contest their Xenophobic Narrative
It’s telling that the data from multiple sources converge despite the limitations of individual studies, says Sampson. Though he thinks criminologists should continue to refine immigration-crime studies, he says it’s pretty evident that research doesn’t support the claim that immigration increases crime. “For now, if you had to tell a policy maker what is the…
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George Jackson’s insightful analysis of America’s systemic fascism, and how to beat it
During his time in prison, Jackson developed and refined thoughtful analysis through voracious reading that informed his experience as a Black man growing up in a white-supremacist society. While he became known more for the violent incidents that were destined along his revolutionary path, Jackson was a prolific writer and theorist, particularly on the topics…
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How Conspiracy Theories Corrode Social Movements — and What to Do About it
Experiencing a crisis does not immediately grant someone special insight into the causes of their conditions, and there is a long history of communities turning their anger on marginalized people rather than the powerful. This is endemic to fascism’s rise.
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