Democracy Now - Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, talks about the biggest leak in American history: the release of more than 91,000 classified military records on the war in Afghanistan. He also talks about the media and why he won't be going to the US anytime soon.
The ANC Turns on the Press (Again)
Richard Pithouse - This is not the first outbreak of this sort of hostility to press freedom within the African National Congress, but it needs to be taken seriously because it's backed up with real intent.
Burning Schools Point to a Disconnect Between Communities and the State
Imraan Buccus - For as long as government officials continue to assume that a mandate at the polls gives them a mandate to act in a unilateral and top-down manner for five years, these protests will continue.
Economic Inequality Remains Institutionalised
Glenn Ashton - Gill Marcus, Tito Mboweni and other local economic notables were all mentored at Goldman Sachs, the investment bank that remains at the centre of the global economic malaise.
David Bollier - Fed up with Facebook's commercialism, four New York University students have created an open source, peer-to-peer alternative: Diaspora, to be made available to the public in September.
South Africa's Anti-Trafficking in Person's Bill: Making Words on Paper Become a Reality in Action
Darla Bardine - Parliament has taken seven years to introduce an anti-human trafficking bill, yet to be passed into law. While we wait for this to happen, slave owners and transporters of slaves act with impunity.
Richard Pithouse - No one in their right mind could conclude that we don't need to build on the momentum of the World Cup. But momentum needs direction, which neither Zuma nor the contemporary ANC are any good at.
The Media, the State and their Love-Hate Relationship - The furore over the Protection of Information Bill and its proposed draconian punishments belies a long simmering tension and opaque relationship between the state and South Africa's press.
The Global Superclass: Who Keeps Their Power in Check? - In the last three decades, the global economy, global governance and global accountability has increasingly been shaped by a few tightly networked individuals. At the core of this group are 1,100 billionaires whose wealth is equal to that of 2,5 billion people. To enhance their wealth, these people are heavily invested in political, military, cultural and information domains. And, they build networks with political and cultural icons to make up a truly global ruling class.
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