Video: BDS is “democracy in action” On Monday I spoke with Sharmini Peries of The Real News about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order against the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Signed in the presence of Israeli government and Israel lobby officials on Sunday, the measure orders New York bureaucrats to create a blacklist […]
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Will taxpayers foot the cleanup bill for bankrupt coal companies?
Patrick McGinley (TC) : Coal’s share of the U.S. energy market is rapidly plunging. Low-cost fracking-generated natural gas has overtaken the use of coal at America’s power plants. Impending implementation of the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which would place stringent regulations on coal-fired power plant emissions, has also helped to drive coal production […]
Why Mbeki’s contested articles have a role to play in South Africa’s history
Chris Williams (TC) : South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki kicked off 2016 by publishing a series of online essays designed to rectify what he views as serious errors in the country’s modern historiography. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is back in the public eye thanks to a series of open letters he’s written since […]
Why Mbeki’s contested articles have a role to play in South Africa’s history
Chris Williams (TC) : South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki kicked off 2016 by publishing a series of online essays designed to rectify what he views as serious errors in the country’s modern historiography. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is back in the public eye thanks to a series of open letters he’s written since […]