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Supporting honest journalism in israel
This is the lead editorial in the Haaretz newspaper in Israel this week. It is one indication of the existence of genuine journalists in an authoritarian and racist state. They deserve the support of principled journalists and democrats everywhere. Three weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian activist and resident of the West Bank town of […]
Social, moral & LEGAL obligations to children
March 15, 2025
With the dust having barely settled on the accolades and opproprium heaped on the latest matric results, it seems appropriate to recall what the American educationalist John Dewey had to say about such levels of schooling. He noted: “I have never been able to feel much optimism regarding the possibilities of higher education when it […]
‘Ye are many’ — the basic lesson for a better future
August 21, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and the responses to it, have highlighted as perhaps never before, the gross injustice and inequality that has been regarded as 'normal' until now. Time perhaps for the many to say to the few: Enough. It is a normal to which we shall never return.
Hairybacks, ‘souties’ & an accidental ANC member
July 13, 2020
Available online at Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-13-reflections-of-a-wayward-boy-hairybacks-soutpiele-and-an-accidental-member-of-the-anc/amp/ Reflections of a wayward boy (4) My life changed during that single day in early 1961 when I returned to the Germiston Advocate newspaper office after attending a Group Areas Board hearing and making my first visit to a township where I met and interviewed people who were about […]
ECD ruling exacerbates inequality
July 7, 2020
The Pretoria high court ruling that childcare centres, closed since March, may open immediately, but subject to safety requirements will not affect the overwhelming majority of such centres. Instead, it will exacerbate existing inequalities.
A time to try real democracy
June 27, 2020
Covid-19 is being used by politicians the world over to try to hide the fact that the system they administer was responsible for the economic crisis now exacerbated by Covid-19. Time now to try a true democratic alternative?
A key to a post-pandemic future
June 12, 2020
The roots of the present lie in the past and it is essential that we havea clear idea of such roots if we are to understand where we are now — and why. Without such knowledge we can hardly plan clearly for the future.
Political opportunism & Covid-19
May 19, 2020
The arrival of Covid-19 opened the door to rightwing political parties and has given some politicians the opportunity to exercise authoritarian tendencies. That is the view of leading Swedish epidemiologist Professor Johan Gieseck. In an interview last week he said the existence of the latest Corona virus had enabled politicians to “show decisiveness and strength”, […]
Terry Bell Writes 
March 26, 2025
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