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Patrick Bond and Dennis Brutus ZNet Commentator Patrick Bond ([email protected]) chats with South African poet/activist ZNet Commentator Dennis Brutus about the state…
Patrick Bond
Patrick Bond is a political economist, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation. From 2020-21 he was Professor at the Western Cape School of Government and from 2015-2019 was a Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Governance. From 2004 through mid-2016, he was Senior Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Built Environment and Development Studies and was also Director of the Centre for Civil Society. He has held visiting posts at a dozen universities and presented lectures at more than 100 others.
Patrick Bond Tuesday, December 5, is a national election in South Africa, as nearly 9,000 councilors in 284 municipalities seek the support…
Patrick Bond In a ZNet commentary last month, Noam Chomsky observed South-South-North alliances "taking shape at the grassroots level–an impressive development, rich…
Patrick Bond Here are two sentences in the concluding paragraph of Chomsky’s September 17 ZNet Commentary (`Summits’);, in which he champions the…
Patrick Bond In a formidable speech last Friday, South African President Thabo Mbeki, quoting Shakespeare, publicly attacked not only a senior white…
Patrick Bond Johannesburg, South Africa Up to a point, Danny Schechter is absolutely right to focus on the power and the appalling…
Patrick Bond (Mutare, Zimbabwe) On Saturday and Sunday, Zimbabweans cast their vote for members of parliament in the most important election here…
Patrick Bond Those in the Z community anxious to hear organic voices from the South debating global socio-economic injustice are probably aware…
Patrick Bond In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe appears to have taken leave of his senses, potentially plunging his country of 12 million…
Patrick Bond "We can’t REALLY aim to shut down the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, you know, Patrick. What would we…