Like South Africa’s Apartheid, Israeli Occupation Will End — It Is Only a Matter of Time

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 15, 2014 Many have drawn comparisons between Israeli occupation and South African apartheid. Such comparisons are instructive, not only as a moral gauge but in terms of offering solutions to the current crisis. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Gaza and Soweto: Why South Africa Is Calling on Israel to Cease Gaza Ground Offensive

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 31, 2014 On June 16, 1976, some 20,000 students rose up to protest in the slum of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Barack Obama: The Least Transparent President in History

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Six years into the Obama administration, the president's promise of "a new era of open government" seems just another grand promise, cynically broken. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mandela and Mossad

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 According to Israeli government documents, the former leader of South Africa was trained by Israel's intelligence agency in the 1960s; there are many parallels to be drawn between the Sochi and Berlin Olympics; meanwhile, a White House review panel member expresses his "surprise" in finding that the NSA's data collection has not stopped a single act of terrorism. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Blurring Mandela and Neo-Liberalism

By Danny Schechter Dec 15, 2013 Rather than tell how global corporations and banks pressured the Mandela government to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, Andrew Ross Sorkin and The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Rather than tell how Mandela was pressured to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Mandela’s Crucial Lesson for America — and the Republicans Who Never Learn

Joe Conason / Truthdig Dec 14, 2013 Beyond the eulogies bestowed this week on the late and truly great Nelson Mandela -- a visionary, revolutionary and peacemaker -- there is much for Americans to learn from the story of his vexed relationship with our country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mandela and Zuma

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Dec 13, 2013 Dig deeper

The Shifting Economics of the ANC: From Liberation Movement to…

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 13, 2013 Leading anti-apartheid activist and former South African Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils told "Democracy Now!" that the African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela made a "Faustian pact" with neo-liberalism to end the official policy of segregation and avoid civil war. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mandela: The Man and the Movement

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 12, 2013 Nelson Mandela's passing last week at the age of 95 has been met with a global outpouring of remembrance and reflection. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Reactions to the Obama-Thorning-Schmidt-Cameron Selfie Say About the Media

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2013 A glance at U.S. media coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial service will tell you only two important things happened: President Obama shook hands with Cuba's Raul Castro and also took a selfie with the prime ministers of Denmark and the U.K. Neither of these nonevents should have received the attention they did, but the fact that they did tells us a lot about our media's priorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Media

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President Obama Shook Raul Castro’s Hand: Big Whoop

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 11, 2013 Thousands of words are being generated over an incidental greeting between two world leaders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )