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			<title><![CDATA[Talking about Race Without Ending Racism]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The only metro city in South Africa where an inter-racial couple still attracts unwanted negative attention is Cape Town, which is ruled by the Democratic Alliance. With the 2014 elections approaching, the DA faces a new conundrum - it has been in power in Cape Town for six years without making any strides in improving the lives of Black residents in townships and ghettos. Still the DA needs hundreds of thousands of new Black voters to meaningfully challenge the ANC as an opposition force. Is the party up to the task?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:25 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What is Cosmopolitanism and Is It Under Threat?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher advocating a school of thought called 'cosmopolitanism', which he describes as a tradition of thought that tries to develop a metaphor for the idea that we are all citizens of the world. Cosmopolitans welcome diversity of culture, race, religion and nationality. Amongst other things, Appiah talks about the backlash to cosmopolitanism in places like Europe where economic hardship has led to an increase in nationalism, an anti-immigrant sentiment and the election of conservative politicians. He also makes some interesting remarks about cosmopolitanism and the suppression of human rights in China.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:11:15 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[On the Lure of India and China]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In 1972 Steve Biko warned that it would be possible to create a "...a black middle class," and to "succeed in putting across to the world a pretty convincing, integrated picture, with still 70 percent of the population being underdogs". If we follow aspects of the Chinese or Indian model, South Africa will be able to produce elites that can be integrated into the global elite. But this would hardly be the society with 'a more human face' that Biko had called for.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:34:11 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Congress Pushes Iran Regime Change Over Diplomacy ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In Washington when it comes to foreign policy issues, of course, Syria is being talked about. But the bigger picture is Iran. In fact most people think the Unites States of America is interested in Syria because of Iran. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell was on Capitol Hill talking to senators and congressman about what's happening in Iran vis-a-vis the United States and Israel. He says there are three aspects of the mood in Washington that are disconcerting.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:05:49 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Simpsons' 500th Episode, Starring Julian Assange: A Look Back at One of America's Most Politically Relevant Shows]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The weird tale of Julian Assange just got weirder: the WikiLeaks founder appears in cartoon form on the 500th episode of "The Simpsons". The plotline: the Simpsons discover the town of Springfield is secretly planning to kick them out, so they embark on a self-imposed exile to a shadowy place where they discover Assange is their Ned Flanders-esque neighbour. "He invites them over for a home movie and it's an Afghan wedding being bombed."]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:33:52 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The ANC's Mining Report and Nationalisation: Quashing the Debate Even Before It's Begun ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The minerals energy complex has always been dogged by the problem of how rents and accumulation work in South Africa with respect to public versus private share. The trouble with the current debate on nationalisation is its distinctly ideological tone, which is shutting down the space for any reasonable discussion on how to achieve better social outcomes from mining. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:52:15 +0300</pubDate>
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