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At #SandtonShutdown, South African Women Disrupt Business as Usual as Fury Over Gender-Based Violence Boils Over

Protesters march against gender-based violence, organised by several NGO?s and organisations at the JSE in Sandton on September 13, 2019 in Sandton, South Africa.

Global Poll Reveals Surging Fear of Climate Crisis and US Power Under Trump

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

the Woolsey Fire

Over the past five years, from the U.S. to Poland to Kenya, the number of people worried about the climate crisis has risen by double-digits

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South African Officials Among Many Denouncing Trump's "Disgusting" White Supremacist Talking Point on Land Reforms

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Tucker Carlson is acting as a direct pathway communicating narratives between...

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To Protest Racist Comments and Policies, Walkout Planned for Trump's Davos Speech

Julia Conley, staff writer

South African business leader Bonang Mohale, left, wrote an open letter urging World Economic Forum attendees who oppose President Donald Trump's reported comments about African countries, to walk out of his speech there on Friday.

Several leaders plan to protest the president's speech, accusing him of aiming...

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Tree trunks stand in the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)

Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, "Day Zero" Looms

At UN Hearing, South Africa Decries Israel as World's Last Functioning "Apartheid State"

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation, and Apartheid South Africa

From South Africa to Ireland, #BlackLivesMatter Finds Solidarity Worldwide

'Mass Struggle Works': South African Student Uprising Wins Tuition Hike Freeze

'Fees Must Fall': Student Uprising for Justice Sweeps South Africa

Greenpeace International Head Target of Surveillance Request Ahead of G20 Summit

'The Spy Cables': Al-Jazeera Teases Massive Global Intelligence Leak

Hundreds of Thousands March in 'Day of Rage' Against Israel

World's First Fleet of Riot Control Drones Ordered by Secret South African Company

Boycott of Israeli Products Gaining in South Africa: Mideast Conflict Hits SA Shop Shelves

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Years of Impunity for Xenophobic Crimes Driving the Latest Attacks in South Africa

Earthjustice

South Africa: Activists in Mining Areas Harassed

Global Justice Now

Campaigners Accuse May of Crossing ‘Red Line’ on International Aid

350.org

Cape Town Heeds the Fossil Fuel Divestment Call

Jubilee USA Network

Former South African President Visits US to Stop "Illicit Financial Flows"...

Oxfam International

Urgent Action Needed as South Africa Faces Maize Drop Linked to ‘Super’ El Nino

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William Minter

Africa Could Power a Green Revolution

William Minter

Corporations Getting to Zero With GOP's Inside Help on Tax Avoidance

Celina della Croce

How Working-Class Movements Are Moving Beyond the Confines of Capitalism

Stefan Simanowitz

I Witnessed How Close South Africa Came to Civil War, 25 Years Ago Today

Ahmed Mokgopo

How a Development Bank is Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry in South Africa. And Why it Must Reverse Course

Glen Tyler

Coal Communities in South Africa Want Coal to Stop

Tony Burman

Winnie and MLK: Their Fight was Right — and It’s Not Over

Kumi Naidoo

Honouring Courage and Compassion on International Peace Day