Perché i Dem non devono temere la socialdemocrazia

Read More Per un quarto di secolo ho dedicato al Pd — e, prima che esistesse, all’“idea di un Pd” — buona parte del tempo che impegni familiari e di lavoro mi lasciavano libero. L’idea si formò mentre ero parlamentare, nella 13esima legislatura, durante le discussioni della Commissione Bicamerale sulla riforma costituzionale, ed era ingannevolmente […]

L’editore Giuseppe Laterza: “Sinistra, per rinascere devi aprirti all’esterno”

Read More Le idee degli economisti e dei filosofi politici, così quelle giuste come quelle sbagliate, sono più potenti di quanto comunemente si ritenga. In realtà il mondo è governato da poche cose all’infuori di quelle. Gli uomini della pratica, i quali si credono affatto liberi da ogni influenza intellettuale, sono spesso gli schiavi di […]

Mercedes-Benz prison ‘fraudster’ fails to make his bail application

Read More The “bad behaviour” of Jermaine Prim, the convicted gangster accused of running a sophisticated Mercedes-Benz theft syndicate from prison, stalled his bail bid because the alleged fraudster was not taken to court. Prim, a known Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, gangster, was moved from the awaiting trial section of the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, also known […]

North Korea says missile tests were practices to ‘mercilessly’ strike key South Korean and US targets

North Korean military officials confirmed on Monday that their recent missile tests were intended as practice to “mercilessly” strike South Korean and American targets, as the East Asian country signals intent to attack military bases and operation command systems. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) escalated geopolitical tensions by firing dozens of missiles towards […]

How can we develop a uniquely African form of democracy?

Read More It is not news that liberal democracy, which evolved in various forms in Africa in the aftermath of the Cold War, stands troubled in many countries. How did we get here, and what can be done to invent a democratic culture and practise more suitable to Africa’s histories, its peoples’ aspirations, its many […]