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The World Turned Upside Down - book review
The World Turned Upside Down
, a speculative fiction novel, is a compelling story of global exploitation and resistance driven by a complex protagonist, finds Hannah Cross
Theatre and the struggle against apartheid
Jacqueline Mulhallen on theatre and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and Britain
Don’t let the dust settle on Cecil Rhodes
The agreement to remove Cecil Rhodes’s statue is a big win for the movement and shows that protest works, argues David Jordan
Mapping My Way Home - book review
Stephanie Urdang’s memoir reveals her courageous personal involvement in the struggles against apartheid and for national liberation in southern Africa, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen
Obituary of anti-apartheid jazz legend Hugh Masekela (1939-2018)
Hugh Masekala, the jazz legend and anti-apartheid activist from South Africa, passed away last week. Dave Randall looks at his extraordinary life and pays tribute.
Zimbabwe: Change to keep things the same
The coup against Robert Mugabe is about maintaining control
Selling Apartheid: South Africa's Global Propaganda War
Ron Nixon’s
Selling Apartheid
shows how money and power can be used to promote even the most immoral and distasteful of causes, finds Jacqueline Mulhallen
Like Mandela, Palestinians are prisoners of an apartheid system
The occupation of Palestine by Israeli forces is not dissimilar to apartheid South Africa, argues Koos Mohammed
One simple argument about the existence of the state of Israel
John Rees explains why a secular, democratic state across historic Palestine has nothing in common with anti-semitism
South Africa after Marikana: an interview with Trevor Ngwane
South African socialist and anti-apartheid activist Trevor Ngwane is interviewed by Susan Newman
Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid
Two leading activists of the fight against Apartheid, Ruth First and Joe Slovo, for the first time have received a comprehensive biography