The Message of Anzac: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up

Published on ZNet (and also on teleSUR), by John Pilger, May 2, 2015. [Update 1: … also in the Sydney Morning Herald/Comment, by John Pilger, April 28, 2015 … and first on John Pilger.com].

Following a week in Australia in which the words “heroes” and “heroism” bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised heroes. The first is Ray Jackson, who died on 23 April. Continuer la lecture de « The Message of Anzac: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up »

BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and South Africa

Published on ZNet (first on open democracy), by Patrick Heller, May 2, 2015.

Much has been made of the recent wave of social movements against neo-liberalism and precarity. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movements to the student protests against the educational system in Chile, commentators have detected a Polanyi-like wave of counter movements to neo-liberal globalization. But what exactly do these movements have in common? Continuer la lecture de « BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and South Africa »

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