South Africa: The Politics of Blood
Political violence has steadily become a constitutive feature of the new order in South Africa.
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How Small-Scale Farming Can Eradicate Rural Poverty and End Urban Malnutrition
To ensure that small-scale producers participate fully in meeting urban food demand, policy measures are needed that foster the adoption of environmentally sustainable approaches.
The Cost of Conflict Minerals: Murder of UN Investigators Highlights Western Complicity in Congo’s Violence
The decades-long conflict in the Congo around minerals, militias, and political power has cost the lives of millions.
The Case for Robust Debate in the “Post-truth” Era
Today, it seems we have not learned the lessons of the “post-truth” election. The anonymity of the internet, combined with a severely impoverished political culture, has created a situation in which the most common form of engagement with contrary opinions is ad hominem attacks and claims of “fake news” and “alternative facts.”
Germany and the Rise of a ‘Fascist International’
Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Germany funds foundations for its political parties. If the far right gets one, we’re one step closer to globalizing the alt-right.
Germany got its very own electoral shock this week when the far right won 13 percent of the vote in country’s parliamentary elections.
For the first time in more than half a century, the far right will be represented in the German parliament, with more than 90 seats. Although it’s now Germany’s third most popular party — behind the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SDP) — the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is still too toxic to become part of a ruling coalition.
Why Natural Disasters Are Not Natural
Storms do not discriminate, but they make landfall on societies that do. The global warming we fail to reduce needs to be compensated by an equivalent reduction of injustice. Political agendas need to prioritize solutions that advance ecological safety and dissolve socio-economic vulnerability.