July 2010

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A Story of David Versus Goliath

Picture: Winfried Bruenken Saliem Fakir - Civil society organisations continue to make a difference against the malpractices of big corporations. Dedicated non-profit and community organisations work against time and the public’s lack of awareness to tackle corporations that spend an inordinate amount of money on public relations. It’s a constant war of public imagery with big corporations spending a lot to look good and clean. Given their vast capacity, those corporations who covet deliberate malevolence against public...

Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali on the Sea Change in Latin American Leadership

Video Award winning director, Oliver Stone, and activist historian, Tariq Ali, talk about the sea change in Latin American leadership and economic reforms on the continent while promoting Stone’s latest documentary South of the Border, co-written by Ali. Latin America is the only continent on the planet where a number of countries reject neoliberal economics. According to Stone, former Argentinean president, Néstor Kirchner, was the first president to reject neoliberal economics --...

Watching the World Cup in Europe

Picture: 2010 Shine - 2010 Good News South Africa Richard Pithouse - The FIFA headquarters are nestled into a secluded spot on the hill overlooking Zurich, one of the richest cities in the world. Here a glass of coke will cost you R60 at a restaurant. The city, set around a lake with snow capped mountains in the background, is picture perfect in a chocolate boxy kind of way. But it’s not just a twee live-in European theme park pretending to be a city. Zurich is also home to squats, innovative housing and artists’ collectives, large immigrant...