Nationalisation is Not Socialism
Terry Bell Nationalise the mines. That is a demand taken up loudly in recent months by the Economic Freedom Fighters. It is a demand long made by many in the labour movement and it has been given added impetus with the Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) deision to dispose of, or close down, some […]
Christmas: Roots, Freedom and the Jol
In 1935, in the wake of a devastating famine and amidst a reign of secret yet overpowering terror, Joseph Stalin decided to inject a bit of holiday cheer into the bleak and blizzard-hit Soviet winter. He reinstated the Christmas tree. Christmas, along with all religious celebrations, had been abolished in 1917 as part of the […]