Questions about lack of democracy, freedom of speech and corruption mar Ugandan’s Golden Independence Jubilee
Thousands of Ugandans filled the Independence Ground at Kololo Airstrip just outside Kampala to mark the country’s Golden Independence Jubilee Anniversary. Uganda is celebrating 50 of Independence from British colonial rule which took stretched from 1894 to 1962. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has made history himself by leading the country half of that time, [...]
A Peacock Between Two Giants: Suu Kyi on Sino-Us Relations
One of the wonderful features of Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s visit to the University of Louisville last week, and there were many, was the significant length of time that was given over to questions and answers. It was particularly exciting to see the exchange between Suu Kyi and the refugees from Burma that now call [...]
From icon to politician. Aung San Suu Kyi’s and the future of Burma
On September 24th Burmese pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi visited the University of Louisville as a guest of the McConnell Center. I had the enormous honor and privilege both to meet her in person and to sit in on a private question and answer session she had with our [...]
The Latin American LEFT and the GRASS ROOTS
Introduction Since the Wikileaks and Assange affair, and than the denial to extradite Alexander Barankov, Ecuador positioned itself as the champion of human rights and a defender of free speech. It is a very positive sign that Latin American government step up the plate, and show that democracy indeed has become a fixed feature of [...]
Cultural hegemony and social change
Introduction: Cultural Hegemony in Marxian and anti-Marxian Thought We live in the most difficult times since the Great Depression. Just as in the Great Depression when there was political polarization and weakening of bourgeois parliamentary democracy but no revolution, similarly in the early 21st century there is no sign of social uprisings in the Western [...]
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