Don’t Count Out the ANC
May 7, 2014 | However unable or unwilling to respond to the needs of the citizens of South Africa, the African National Congress still dominates.
Articles by Jim Cason
Mandela in the Age of Drones
December 11, 2013 | If Nelson Mandela were alive and an active revolutionary today, would he have been targeted for extrajudicial assassination?
Leaving Afghanistan Doesn’t Have to Mean Abandoning It
April 23, 2012 | The United States can't abandon the country, but our troops must leave.
The Paranoid Style of Anti-Islamism
August 4, 2011 | The author pays ironic homage to Richard Hofstadter's 50-year-old classic "The Paranoid Style of American Politics."
Israel’s Demand to be Recognized the Nation-State of One People a Non-Starter
June 2, 2011 | Israel is learning the difficulties of trying to confine a state to one people.
Palestine, the Arab Spring, and the Middle East Lobby
April 29, 2011 | During the upheavals sweeping the Arab world, a common refrain among hawkish supporters of Israel has been that the Arab street is indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians.
Palestine, the Arab Spring, and the Middle East Lobby
April 29, 2011 | During the upheavals sweeping the Arab world, a common refrain among hawkish supporters of Israel has been that the Arab street is indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians.
Whither the Party Line on Egypt?
February 3, 2011 | Revolutions of world-historic potential, such as we are presently witnessing in Egypt, only happen once in a generation.
Africa Activism: What Direction Now?
February 1, 2000 | Despite all the profound disagreements and criticisms, the National Summit on Africa demonstrated decisively that there is a powerful network of activists in the United States who are working on Africa issues.