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de:
“It’s
bet
ter
to d
ie t
han
to w
ork
for
that
shi
t”:
Inte
rvew
abo
ut
Mar
ikan
a M
assa
cre
Two
piec
es
on t
he r
ecen
t Sy
dney
Rio
t
The
Val
ue o
f H
omew
ork
by J
ames
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llard
Inte
rvie
w
with
thr
ee
activ
ists
from
A
narc
hist
s ag
ains
t th
e W
all
and
Jew
s ag
ains
t th
e O
ccup
atio
n
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e ‘G
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ineh
art’
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anks
to Jo
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eart
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e w
ere
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ke G
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ealth
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ide
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ongs
t eve
ryon
e in
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ho o
rgan
ise
to c
ontr
ibut
e to
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rarc
hica
l so
lidar
ity
mov
emen
t...’
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p.
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Syzy
gy:
Gre
at, t
hank
s fo
r sh
arin
g th
ose
talk
abo
ut y
our
solid
arit
y ac
tivis
m i
n A
ustr
alia
?
Jem
: W
e de
cide
d to
co
me
toge
ther
as
Jew
s in
thi
s co
llect
ive
beca
use
we
reco
gnis
e th
e w
ay in
whi
ch o
ur v
oice
s are
ap
prop
riat
ed in
ord
er t
o ju
stify
the
sta
te
shou
ld b
e a
plac
e w
here
we
can
be s
afe,
so
the
refo
re w
e ne
ed Is
rael
’. As
I be
cam
e m
ore
crit
ical
of
Zion
ism
I n
otic
ed t
hat
ther
e w
as n
o vo
ice
in m
y ow
n co
mm
unit
y in
Mel
bour
ne s
ayin
g th
at ‘I
won
’t al
low
m
y id
enti
ty a
s a
Jew
, my
fam
ily’s
hist
ory
to j
usti
fy r
acis
m,
the
oppr
essi
on o
f an
en
tire
oth
er p
eopl
e’. S
o th
ere’s
a r
ole
to
play
wit
hin
our c
omm
unit
y.
Ano
ther
rea
son
is t
hat
a lo
t of
ant
i-Is
rael
res
ista
nce
is m
et w
ith
accu
sati
ons
of
anti
-Sem
itis
m.
As
crap
py
as
this
is
, it
’s m
uch
hard
er
to
clai
m
that
ou
r Je
wis
h gr
oup
is
anti
-Sem
itic
! Sy
zygy
: M
aybe
yo
u co
uld
sum
mar
ise
wha
t you
r gro
up is
doi
ng a
t the
mom
ent?
Sa
rah:
We t
eam
ed u
p w
ith
the p
eopl
e who
pam
phle
t cal
led
‘No
Prid
e in
Apa
rthe
id’.
This
wen
t ag
ains
t th
e pi
nkw
ashi
ng u
sed
by I
srae
l, th
at p
rocl
aim
s th
at i
t is
the
ga
y M
ecca
of
the
Mid
dle
East
, th
e on
ly
plac
e in
the
Mid
dle
East
tha
t yo
u ca
n be
ope
nly
gay,
in
oppo
siti
on t
o th
ese
back
war
d, b
arba
ric
Ara
b st
ates
. W
e pu
t ou
t a
pam
phle
t sa
ying
tha
t w
e do
n’t
wan
t ou
r qu
eer
voic
es
appr
opri
ated
in
ord
er
to
supp
ort
the
Isra
eli
stat
e.
The
maj
or t
hing
tha
t w
e’ve
bee
n do
ing
is t
ryin
g to
rev
oke
the
char
ity
stat
us o
f th
e Je
wis
h N
atio
nal
Fund
(JN
F).
They
ha
ve t
ax e
xem
ptio
n he
re a
s a
resu
lt. T
he
JNF
is a
wor
ldw
ide
orga
nisa
tion
th
at
clai
ms
to r
evit
alis
e an
d de
velo
p ar
eas
of I
srae
l fo
r fo
rest
s, p
arks
, ne
w g
reen
sp
aces
. It
gr
eenw
ashe
s th
e ap
arth
eid.
colle
ct m
oney
fro
m a
ll ov
er t
he w
orld
in
ord
er t
o pl
ant
tree
s, f
ores
ts,
etc
and
it’s
ofte
n ov
er t
he r
uins
of
Pale
stin
ian
villa
ges,
and
they
dis
poss
ess
Pale
stin
ians
of
the
ir la
nd i
n or
der
to d
o so
as
wel
l. W
ithi
n th
eir c
hart
er th
ey’re
onl
y al
low
ed
to d
evel
op a
nd s
ell
land
to
Je
ws,
so
they
’re a
n in
here
ntly
rac
ist o
rgan
isat
ion.
Jem
: Th
ey’re
in
th
e pr
oces
s no
w
of
tryi
ng t
o de
velo
p a
recr
eati
on p
ark
in
the
mid
dle
of th
e de
sert
of I
srae
l. Th
is is
citi
zens
of
Isra
el.
They
’re b
eing
mov
ed
from
th
eir
unre
cogn
ised
vi
llage
s to
ot
her
villa
ges
whe
n th
ey d
on’t
actu
ally
w
ant
to m
ove.
30,
000
peop
le a
re b
eing
to r
evok
e th
eir
tax
exem
pt s
tatu
s, a
nd
crea
te a
war
enes
s ab
out
thei
r pr
acti
ces.
Sy
zygy
: Th
anks
he
aps
for
your
tim
e!
In th
e w
ake
of e
vent
s b
ig a
nd s
ma
ll th
e z
ine
sho
ws
and
ana
lyse
s so
me
of w
hat’s
ha
pp
eni
ng in
the
wo
rld,
from
Isra
el’s
oc
cup
atio
n o
f Pa
lest
ine
to th
e a
liena
ted
exp
erie
nce
s o
f stu
de
nts
at
univ
ers
itie
s to
the
rec
ent
Syd
ney
‘rio
t’. W
e a
re in
spire
d b
y so
me
o
f the
se c
ase
s (3
mill
ion
on
strik
e in
Ind
one
sia
!), a
nd d
ee
ply
sa
dd
ene
d a
nd a
nge
red
by
oth
ers
- th
e m
ass
ac
re o
f stri
king
m
ine
rs in
So
uth
Afri
ca
, fo
r exa
mp
le.
In th
is is
sue
we
wa
nt to
brin
g
rad
ica
l ana
lyse
s o
f the
se th
ing
s to
lig
ht,
and
sug
ge
st fo
rms
of
resi
sta
nce.
A
s su
ch
we
ho
pe
yo
u’ll
enj
oy
an
arti
cle
by
Jam
es
on
the
p
rob
lem
s a
sso
cia
ted
with
sim
ply
de
ma
ndin
g ‘m
ore
ed
uca
tion’
in
the
co
nte
xt o
f stu
de
nt m
ove
me
nts
here
and
ove
rse
as.
He
a
rgue
s th
at a
ny e
ma
ncip
atio
n in
the
uni
vers
ity re
qui
res
a c
ritiq
ue
of i
ts p
rac
tice
s o
f te
ac
hing
, le
arn
ing
and
rese
arc
h, a
nd s
ugg
est
s th
at d
em
and
s c
oul
d m
ob
ilise
ag
ain
st te
stin
g a
nd fo
r a li
be
ratio
n fro
m g
rad
ing
. W
e in
terv
iew
folk
s fro
m Is
rae
l, M
elb
our
ne a
nd
Sout
h A
fric
a.
Ma
tt si
tua
tes
the
rec
ent
‘rio
t’ in
ce
ntra
l Syd
ney
with
in th
e b
roa
de
r co
nte
xt o
f ra
cis
m a
nd v
iole
nce
in A
ustra
lia,
exp
lorin
g th
e lo
gic
of t
he m
ed
ia c
ove
rag
e, th
e u
se o
f ‘A
ussi
e
valu
es’
as
a to
ol o
f po
we
r and
the
role
of H
ow
ard
-era
po
lice
s a
nd rh
eto
ric.
Prin
ce
ss M
ob
and
So
urd
oug
h ha
ve a
co
nve
rsa
tion
ab
out
the
rio
t fo
cus
ing
mo
re o
n th
e re
spo
nse
of t
he fa
r le
ft.
The
y lo
ok
at q
uest
ions
like
wha
t so
lida
rity
me
ans
in th
ese
c
ircum
sta
nce
s a
nd th
e e
xte
nt to
whi
ch
the
co
nte
nt o
f a p
rote
st
sho
uld
de
term
ine
ho
w it
is a
sse
sse
d.
Ed
itor
ial
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se co
ntac
t us o
r get
a su
bscr
iptio
n vi
aEm
ail:
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inee
rs@
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ti.ne
t
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l: PO
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nmor
e NSW
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es: m
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yzin
e.blo
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m &
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ra.o
rg.au
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iny
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ief
New
sSY
DN
EYIn
the
wee
ks p
rece
ding
the
NSW
cou
ncil
elec
tions
, so
me
anar
chist
s an
d an
ti au
thor
itaria
ns
in
Sydn
ey
mou
nted
a
cam
paig
n ag
ains
t th
e co
erce
d rit
ual
of
votin
g.
A co
uple
thou
sand
pos
ters
and
stick
ers w
ere
paste
d up
, mos
tly th
roug
hout
the e
lect
orat
es
of
Ash
field
, Le
icha
rdt,
Mar
rickv
ille,
Rock
dale,
Hur
stvill
e an
d Sy
dney
city
. Low
ly
ing
polit
icia
n sig
ns fr
om e
very
par
ty w
ere
torn
dow
n, n
umer
ous
high
one
s w
ere
hit
with
pai
nt b
ombs
and
at le
ast 2
0 an
ti vo
ting
sloga
ns w
ere
spra
yed
acro
ss w
alls,
mos
tly
thro
ugho
ut th
e inn
er w
est.
In t
he d
ays
befo
re t
he e
lect
ion
a nu
mbe
r of
pre
-pol
l pa
rty
tabl
es o
f va
rious
par
ties
wer
e ra
ided
of a
ll av
aila
ble
prop
agan
da...
A
bann
er w
as a
lso d
ropp
ed fr
om th
e H
athe
m
St b
ridge
ove
r Par
ram
atta
Rd
in L
ewish
am,
read
ing
“VO
TE F
OR
NO
BOD
Y”.
They
say:
“W
e w
ill n
ot a
ccep
t the
aut
horit
y or
m
anda
te
of
any
polit
icia
n,
we
will
no
t pe
titio
n or
lo
bby
thes
e sc
umba
gs
for
scra
ps o
r co
nces
sions
. W
e se
ek t
he
com
plet
e lib
erat
ion
of o
ur m
utua
l des
ires,
the
destr
uctio
n of
all
hier
arch
y an
d th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent
of
liber
taria
n co
mm
unes
in
har
mon
y w
ith t
he n
ativ
e en
viro
nmen
t. Th
ese
optio
ns a
re n
ot a
vaila
ble
on a
ny
ballo
t pap
er a
nd w
e en
cour
age
wid
espr
ead
disr
uptio
n an
d sa
bota
ge o
f th
ese
enfo
rced
sp
ecta
cles o
f ‘dem
ocra
cy’.”
Also
in
Sydn
ey o
n 1s
t Se
ptem
ber,
*som
e fe
min
ists*
disr
upte
d th
e NSW
‘Rig
ht to
Life
’ C
onfe
renc
e, an
d th
rew
a p
ink
balle
t flat
at
noto
rious
ant
i-cho
ice
bigo
t D
avid
Ber
eit.
See f
colle
ctiv
e.wor
dpre
ss.co
m.
IND
ON
ESIA
Clos
e to
thr
ee m
illio
n fa
ctor
y w
orke
rs i
n In
done
sia jo
ined
a on
e-da
y str
ike o
n O
ctob
er
3. A
join
t sta
tem
ent i
ssue
d by
seve
ral l
abou
r un
ions
sai
d a
tota
l of
80 in
dustr
ial e
stat
es
in 2
4 ci
ties
wer
e im
pact
ed b
y th
e w
ork
stopp
age.
The
bigg
est
dem
onstr
atio
n to
ok
plac
e in
Jak
arta
, w
here
mor
e th
an 7
00
com
pani
es w
ere c
lose
d do
wn.
Polic
e de
ploy
ed 1
1,00
0 offi
cers
and
4,0
00
mili
tary
per
sonn
el t
o m
onito
r pr
otes
ts in
th
e ci
ty,
and
to “
secu
re”
ralli
es p
lann
ed
outsi
de t
he M
anpo
wer
Min
istry
, the
Sta
te
Pala
ce an
d th
e Hou
se o
f Rep
rese
ntat
ives
.
Said
Iqba
l, pr
esid
ent o
f the
Con
fede
ratio
n of
In
done
sian
Wor
kers
Uni
on, s
aid
the w
orke
rs
wan
t th
e go
vern
men
t to
sto
p ou
tsou
rcin
g,
whi
ch
allo
ws
com
pani
es
to
term
inat
e w
orki
ng c
ontr
acts
with
out
com
pens
atio
n,
by 1
5 O
ctob
er. A
n ea
rlier
dea
dlin
e to
revi
ew
the
outs
ourc
ing
and
chea
p la
bour
law
s ha
s no
t bee
n m
et.
Syzy
gy: M
aybe
you
cou
ld a
lso
talk
abo
ut
how
that
’s ta
ken
root
in Is
rael
?
Inba
l: Is
rael
has
a w
hole
mac
hine
of
brai
nwas
hing
. Th
e sc
hool
s in
Isr
ael
are
terr
ible
, yo
u ar
e no
t ta
ught
his
tory
. I
thin
k un
til t
he la
st tw
o ye
ars
mos
t of t
he
Isra
eli
popu
lati
on d
id n
ot k
now
wha
t N
akba
mea
ns (i
t mea
ns ‘c
atas
trop
he’ a
nd
refe
rs t
o th
e di
spla
cem
ent
of 7
00,0
00
Pale
stin
ians
follo
win
g th
e 19
48 P
ales
tine
W
ar t
hat
lead
to
Isra
el’s
inde
pend
ence
-
eds)
. O
nly
unti
l Li
eber
man
’s pa
rty
(the
ne
o-fa
scis
t ‘Is
rael
is o
ur H
ome’
par
ty, t
he
law
to b
an a
ll te
achi
ng a
bout
the
Nak
ba,
did
Isra
elis
beg
in to
lear
n w
hat t
his w
ord
refe
rs t
o an
d m
eans
. The
sch
ools
are
all
very
mili
tari
stic
. You
get
sol
dier
s co
min
g to
giv
e lec
ture
s in
scho
ols.
All
the h
olid
ays
for
inst
ance
in
the
Hol
ocau
st d
ay,
the
Hol
ocau
st i
s re
crui
ted
for
nati
onal
ism
, w
ith
not
a w
ord
abou
t hu
man
rig
hts,
ra
cism
, fas
cism
. Not
hing
. Eve
ryon
e tr
ied
to k
ill u
s, a
nd t
his
is w
hy w
e ne
ed Is
rael
! Sy
zygy
: W
e ta
lked
bef
ore
the
inte
rvie
w
abou
t th
e si
mila
r le
vel o
f in
doct
rina
tion
th
at y
ou s
aid
happ
ens
in J
ewis
h sc
hool
s in
Aus
tral
ia,
or a
t le
ast
a co
mpa
rabl
e ki
nd. P
erha
ps y
ou c
ould
tal
k ab
out t
his?
Jem
Mel
bour
ne
and
I w
ent
to
a Zi
onis
t sc
hool
. I
thin
k th
e st
reng
th o
f Zi
onis
t
Zion
ism
an
d Ju
dais
m.
So
hist
ory
is
rew
ritt
en a
ccor
ding
to
that
. So
Jew
ish
hist
ory
beco
mes
th
e pr
ogre
ssio
n of
Zi
onis
m.
Ther
e is
ve
ry
little
ta
lk
of
alte
rnat
ive
way
s of
bei
ng J
ewis
h, y
ou
lear
n H
ebre
w i
nste
ad o
f Yi
ddis
h, t
hat
kind
of
thin
g. U
ntil
afte
r W
W2
Zion
ism
w
asn’
t ve
ry
popu
lar
amon
g Je
wis
h
com
mun
itie
s.
Even
m
y gr
andm
othe
r w
ho w
as a
Hol
ocau
st s
urvi
vor,
and
was
ve
ry
relig
ious
, w
as
anti
-Zio
nist
. O
nly
afte
r W
W2
whe
n th
e Zi
onis
ts
said
‘th
is p
rove
s th
at t
he J
ews
need
to
go t
o th
at a
ny k
ind
of a
nti-
Isra
el s
enti
men
t be
com
es a
nti-
Sem
itis
m.
Ther
e is
a r
eal
hist
ory
of
anti
-Sem
itis
m,
and
Jew
s ar
e aw
are
of
this
th
roug
h le
arni
ng
abou
t th
e H
oloc
aust
an
d th
e hi
stor
y of
pe
rsec
utio
n.
But
beca
use
ther
e’s
no
disc
onne
ct
betw
een
the
Zion
ist
mov
emen
t an
d Ju
dais
m,
any
anti
-Is
rael
cr
itic
ism
be
com
es
anti
-Sem
itic
.
A p
oint
of v
ulne
rabi
lity
is th
at th
e Je
wis
h co
mm
unit
y is
one
tha
t ha
s ex
peri
ence
d re
al
oppr
essi
on.
Ther
e ar
e po
ints
of
co
mpa
riso
n th
at y
ou c
an m
ake;
bet
wee
n Je
ws
and
Pale
stin
ians
, or
bet
wee
n th
e hi
stor
y of
Jew
s as
ref
ugee
s an
d th
e w
ay
in w
hich
refu
gees
in Is
rael
are
mis
trea
ted
toda
y. S
o th
at h
elps
kee
p m
e op
tim
isti
c.
Sarah:
I g
rew
up
in C
anad
a an
d ha
d a
very
si
mila
r up
brin
ging
to
Je
m.
Even
be
yond
w
hat
she
said
, Zi
onis
m
is s
o pe
rvas
ive
that
it’s
jus
t th
e no
rm.
You
don’
t ev
en k
now
tha
t yo
u ha
ve a
po
litic
al
stan
dpoi
nt
beca
use
of
this
no
rmal
isat
ion.
Fea
r is
pum
ped
into
you
the
Hol
ocau
st
can
happ
en
agai
n,
we
need
to
have
str
engt
h in
Jud
aism
’. Th
e w
ay
they
us
e fe
ar
is
real
ly
inte
nse.
This
who
le w
ay o
f th
inki
ng,
colo
nial
ist,
patr
onis
ing
in s
ome
way
s, b
elie
ving
tha
t ‘w
e w
ill g
ive
them
the
sta
te’
ende
d up
w
ith
an a
gree
men
t th
at w
as a
dis
aste
r fo
r Pa
lest
inia
ns.
So
I th
ink
a lo
t of
the
Pa
lest
inia
ns, a
t le
ast t
hose
tha
t I’v
e m
et,
have
had
eno
ugh
of th
is (o
f dia
logu
e w
ith
The
seco
nd
issu
e is
ec
onom
ic
expl
oita
tion
. For
yea
rs I
srae
lis a
nd I
srae
l w
ere
expl
oiti
ng
the
wea
knes
s of
th
e Pa
lest
inia
n ec
onom
y, g
oing
and
buy
ing
wor
kers
fr
om
Pale
stin
e an
d pa
ying
th
em r
eally
low
wag
es. S
o th
ese
kind
of
visi
ts (
by ‘p
eace
’ act
ivis
ts a
nd b
y pe
ople
not
wel
com
e an
y m
ore
in m
any
part
s of
Pa
lest
ine,
and
I th
ink
they
are
righ
t. Th
ey
don’
t w
ant
tour
ists
to
com
e an
d ex
ploi
t th
eir
econ
omic
wea
knes
ses;
the
y do
n’t
wan
t to
uris
ts t
o co
me
wit
h O
rien
talis
t be
havi
our.
Thes
e vi
sits
hel
p le
giti
mis
e th
e oc
cupa
tion
, bec
ause
they
allo
w Is
rael
to
pre
tend
tha
t is
‘de
moc
rati
c’, t
hat
it
do n
othi
ng!
Syzy
gy:
So
this
di
scus
sion
of
ho
w
colo
nial
ism
ext
ends
bey
ond
the
mili
tary
oc
cupa
tion
als
o re
late
s to
the
ide
a of
a
‘two-
stat
e so
luti
on’, w
hich
som
e Zi
onis
ts
supp
ort.
May
be y
ou c
an o
utlin
e so
me
of
the
prob
lem
s wit
h it
?
Inba
l: O
ne p
robl
em w
ith
the
two-
stat
e so
luti
on is
that
it s
impl
y ca
nnot
hap
pen!
Ev
eryo
ne s
houl
d ju
st o
pen
a m
ap a
nd
see
the
way
set
tlem
ents
are
bui
lt in
the
W
est
Bank
and
the
way
tha
t th
e O
slo
Agr
eem
ent
frag
men
ts
it.
Just
lo
ok a
t w
hat’s
hap
peni
ng i
n Je
rusa
lem
and
Eas
t Je
rusa
lem
. It
’s lik
e a
puzz
le o
f (I
srae
li)
sett
lem
ents
inte
rtw
ined
wit
h Pa
lest
inia
n ar
eas.
So
I thi
nk th
at it
’s no
t pos
sibl
e an
y m
ore.
But
the
deep
est
prob
lem
is
the
basi
c th
inki
ng t
hat
is b
ehin
d it
. W
hat
the
Zion
ist
left
is s
ayin
g is
tha
t the
y su
ppor
t a
Jew
ish
stat
e, a
sta
te t
hat
is b
ased
on
raci
sm.
You
shou
ld
unde
rsta
nd
that
th
e di
scri
min
atio
n ag
ains
t no
n-Je
wis
h pe
ople
doe
sn’t
end
at th
e W
est B
ank
and
Gaz
a, t
he 1
.5 m
illio
n Pa
lest
inia
ns i
nsid
e Is
rael
are
bei
ng d
iscr
imin
ated
aga
inst
, w
heth
er t
hey
lived
the
re t
o be
gin
wit
h or
are
mig
rant
wor
kers
or
refu
gees
. Ju
st
a co
uple
of
days
ago
(at
the
end
of
May
, th
ere
was
rio
ting
in
the
stre
ets
of T
el
Aviv
, br
eaki
ng
the
win
dow
s of
sho
ps
owne
d by
im
mig
rant
s. T
here
is
a re
ally
hi
gh l
evel
of
raci
sm.
Even
ver
y le
ftis
h Zi
onis
ts w
ill s
ay t
o yo
u ‘W
e ca
n’t
live
wit
h th
e Pa
lest
inia
ns, w
e do
not
hav
e th
e sa
me
cultu
re’,
and
all
thes
e ni
ce w
ords
th
at c
once
al r
eal
raci
sm,
and
thin
king
th
at a
ccep
ts s
egre
gati
on.
If y
ou w
ant
a on
e-st
ate
solu
tion
, the
y ar
gue
that
Jew
s w
ill n
ot b
e th
e m
ajor
ity
in I
srae
l. Th
e Zi
onis
t lef
t is
usin
g de
mog
raph
y to
sca
re
the
othe
r Isr
aelis
, say
ing
to th
em th
ere
is
‘gon
na b
e a
maj
orit
y of
Pal
esti
nian
s’.
Ano
ther
lab
or r
epre
sent
ativ
e sa
id w
orke
rs
wan
ted
the
min
imum
w
age
incr
ease
d.
He
said
th
e sit
uatio
n w
as
part
icul
arly
te
nse
since
the
Hea
lth M
inist
ry i
ssue
d a
reco
mm
enda
tion
that
wor
kers
shar
e the
cost
of h
ealth
ins
uran
ce p
rem
ium
s w
ith t
heir
empl
oyer
s. “O
ur l
ife h
as b
een
mise
rabl
e w
ith th
e lo
w w
age,
so w
hy sh
ould
we
shar
e pa
ymen
t of
the
pre
miu
m?
The
com
pani
es
mus
t ful
ly p
ay th
e pre
miu
m.”
PHIL
LIPI
NES
25 S
epte
mbe
r: M
ore
than
a d
ozen
peo
ple
wer
e in
jure
d in
M
anila
as
rio
t po
lice
mov
ed-in
to
clear
a s
quat
ter
settl
emen
t in
an
old
Phi
lippi
nes G
over
nmen
t com
poun
d.
Fam
ilies
had
ref
used
to
mov
e as
the
y ha
d be
en o
ffere
d re
loca
tion
to an
area
mor
e tha
n 70
kilo
met
res f
rom
Man
ila w
here
ther
e w
as
little
chan
ce o
f find
ing
empl
oym
ent.
Volle
ys
of
rock
s, bo
ttles
an
d M
olot
ov
cock
tails
just
delay
ed th
e ine
vita
ble,
earn
ing
reta
liatio
n fro
m w
ater
can
non
and
tear
gas
. Se
vera
l peo
ple
wer
e ar
reste
d an
d pe
ople
on
both
side
of t
he b
attle
line
s suff
ered
inju
ries.
Abou
t 25
0 fa
mili
es
had
lived
in
th
e ab
ando
ned
gove
rnm
ent
com
poun
d in
M
akat
i, ju
st a
few
kilo
met
res a
way
from
the
cent
ral b
usin
ess d
istric
t.
The
slum
will
be
repl
aced
by
a m
ulti-
store
y go
vern
men
t offi
ce b
uild
ing.
Mor
e th
an tw
o m
illio
n pe
ople
in M
etro
Man
ila, o
r rou
ghly
on
e fift
h of
the
spra
wlin
g ci
ty’s
popu
latio
n,
live
in s
hant
y to
wns
as
so-c
alle
d in
form
al
settl
ers.
ATH
ENS
On
Sept
embe
r 29
th in
the
first
mas
s str
ike
to h
it th
e str
eets
of A
then
s sin
ce b
efor
e th
e su
mm
er, 1
00,0
00 p
eopl
e de
mon
strat
ed
agai
nst t
he n
ext h
arsh
rai
n of
cut
s. Cl
ashe
s to
ok p
lace
aro
und
Synt
agm
a sq
uare
and
aft
er
in
Exar
chia
. In
th
e ev
enin
g,
the
Acro
polis
pol
ice
stat
ion
was
atta
cked
and
se
ven
vehi
cles w
ere
set o
n fir
e —
one
pol
ice
patro
l car
, one
und
erco
ver
polic
e ca
r, fo
ur
mot
orbi
kes
(thre
e of
them
pol
ice)
and
two
cars
that
had
bee
n co
nfisc
ated
by
polic
e.
On
the
30th
, an
tifas
cists
cla
shed
w
ith
Naz
is in
cen
tral
Ath
ens,
and
polic
e ca
me
imm
edia
tely
to h
elp th
e neo
-Naz
is, ar
resti
ng
5 an
tifas
cists
. Th
e an
tifac
ist a
ctio
n w
as
take
n in
the
wak
e of
a n
eo-N
azi a
ttack
on
a Tan
zani
an so
cial
cent
re a
few
day
s ear
lier.
On
Oct
ober
4th,
wor
kers
at th
e Ska
ram
anga
s sh
ipya
rd s
torm
ed t
he m
inist
ry o
f de
fens
e. Th
e w
orke
rs w
ere
prot
estin
g th
e fa
ct t
hat
they
hav
e no
t bee
n pa
id th
eir l
ast 6
mon
th’s
wag
es.
They
qu
ickl
y ga
ther
ed
arou
nd
the
helle
nic
arm
y ge
nera
l st
aff H
Q,
soon
th
erea
fter
clash
ing
with
rio
t po
lice
sent
to
que
ll th
e de
mo.
At
leas
t 12
0 de
tent
ions
of
wor
kers
wer
e re
port
ed a
nd t
he t
ensio
n co
ntin
ued
outsi
de
the
polic
e H
Q
on
Ale
xand
ras
Ave
(whe
re a
nti-f
asci
sts w
ere
still
held
follo
win
g ar
rests
earli
er -
at ti
me o
f pr
int,
all p
rison
ers f
rom
the a
ntifa
cist
actio
n ha
d be
en r
elea
sed
on b
ail).
*New
s ta
ken
from
disa
ccor
ds.w
ordp
ress
.co
m an
d b
log.
occu
pied
lond
oon.
org*
Mut
iny
Zine
rece
ntly
inte
rvie
wed
Jona
than
, int
erna
tiona
l sec
reta
ry o
f the
Zab
alaz
a An
arch
ist C
omm
unist
Fro
nt (Z
ACF)
, abo
ut th
e po
lice
mas
sacr
e of
wor
kers
who
wer
e on
strik
e at
the
Lonm
in c
ompa
ny’s
min
es in
Mar
ikan
a in
Sou
th A
fric
a. F
or in
form
atio
n ab
out Z
ACF,
see
http
://za
bala
za.n
et/
Mut
iny:
Can
you
giv
e us
som
e ba
ckgr
ound
to th
e st
rike
at M
arik
ana
– ho
w lo
ng h
as
it be
en g
oing
on
for,
wha
t are
the
stri
kers
’ dem
ands
, wha
t are
the
cond
ition
s lik
e in
th
e m
ines
? Is
this
all
rela
ted
to th
e st
ate
of th
e m
inin
g in
dust
ry in
Sou
th A
fric
a as
a
who
le?
The
Mar
ikan
a st
rike
bega
n on
10
Aug
ust 2
012
whe
n 3
000
rock
dril
lers
initi
ated
a w
ildca
t st
rike
to d
eman
d a
pay
incr
ease
from
in th
e re
gion
of R
4 00
0 to
R12
500
a m
onth
(the
top
thre
e m
anag
ers a
t Lon
min
ear
ned
R44
.6 m
illio
n in
one
yea
r). T
his,
how
ever
, sho
uld
not b
e se
en a
s an
isol
ated
inci
dent
– st
rikes
, ofte
n w
ildca
t one
s, in
pur
suit
of h
ighe
r sal
arie
s and
be
tter c
ondi
tions
hav
e be
en o
ngoi
ng a
cros
s Sou
th A
fric
a’s p
latin
um b
elt.
Con
ditio
ns o
n th
e m
ines
are
so b
ad th
at e
ven
the
Min
iste
r of T
rade
and
Indu
stry
has
de
scrib
ed th
em a
s “ap
palli
ng”.
Not
onl
y ar
e w
orke
rs su
bjec
ted
to e
xtre
me
expl
oita
tion,
bu
t the
y of
ten
also
suffe
r opp
ress
ion
and
dom
inat
ion
at th
e ha
nds o
f min
e m
anag
emen
t, fo
rem
en, s
uper
viso
rs a
nd se
curit
y. T
his i
s par
ticul
arly
true
for b
lack
min
e w
orke
rs. H
igh
leve
ls o
f sec
urity
at t
he m
ines
mea
n th
at w
orke
rs a
re c
onst
antly
und
er su
rvei
llanc
e by
se
curit
y gu
ards
and
CC
TV c
amer
as, a
re su
bjec
ted
to ir
is sc
ans o
n en
terin
g th
e pr
emis
es
and
hum
iliat
ing
body
sear
ches
on
leav
ing.
In a
dditi
on to
the
oppr
essi
on a
nd d
omin
atio
n th
at m
inew
orke
rs ro
utin
ely
face
, wor
king
co
nditi
ons o
n th
e m
ines
are
ver
y da
nger
ous a
nd u
nhea
lthy.
The
hea
vy e
quip
men
t ope
rate
d by
min
ewor
kers
hun
dred
s of m
etre
s und
ergr
ound
, in
hot a
nd c
ram
ped
cond
ition
s, re
sults
in
man
y w
orke
rs’ h
earin
g be
ing
perm
anen
tly d
amag
ed. W
orke
rs a
lso
ofte
n su
ffer f
rom
sk
in p
robl
ems c
ause
d by
the
indu
stria
l wat
er, s
omet
imes
from
redu
ctio
n w
orks
, us
ed
for c
oolin
g an
d m
any
min
ewor
kers
dev
elop
silic
osis
from
inha
ling
rock
dus
t cau
sed
by
drill
ing.
In o
rder
to su
pple
men
t the
ir ba
sic
inco
mes
, man
y m
inew
orke
rs a
re c
ompe
lled
to
take
risk
s, w
hich
ofte
n le
ad to
acc
iden
ts, s
uch
as w
orki
ng u
nsaf
ely
and
extre
mel
y lo
ng
hour
s in
orde
r to
try a
nd g
et p
rodu
ctio
n bo
nuse
s – w
hich
mak
e up
an
impo
rtant
par
t of
man
y m
inew
orke
rs’ i
ncom
es.
So, a
s the
se c
ondi
tions
of e
xplo
itatio
n, o
ppre
ssio
n an
d do
min
atio
n, c
oupl
ed w
ith th
e ex
trem
ely
haza
rdou
s wor
king
con
ditio
ns m
iner
s fac
e ar
e ty
pica
l acr
oss t
he se
ctor
, I
thin
k it
wou
ld b
e sa
fe to
say
that
the
Mar
ikan
a Lo
nmin
strik
e is
“re
late
d to
the
stat
e of
‘It’s
bet
ter
to d
ie t
han
to w
ork
for
that
shi
t’ in
terv
iew
on
th
e M
arik
ana
stri
ke a
nd
mas
sacr
eSy
zygy
: My
impr
essi
on is
tha
t it’s
one
of
the
larg
est (
if on
ly)
grou
ps in
the
far-
left
in
Isr
ael.
Can
you
giv
e us
a s
ense
of
the
num
ber o
f peo
ple
invo
lved
?
Inba
l: I
thin
k th
at t
he n
umbe
r of
rea
lly
activ
e pe
ople
is
arou
nd 5
0-60
, w
ho a
re
activ
e on
a w
eekl
y ba
sis,
thou
gh it
’s ha
rd
to s
ay a
s a
lot
of p
eopl
e bu
rn o
ut v
ery
quic
kly.
May
be a
noth
er 3
00 s
uppo
rt u
s an
d w
ill s
omet
imes
com
e to
act
ions
tha
t w
e or
gani
se.
So i
t’s a
ver
y sm
all
grou
p.
Ther
e ar
e so
me
othe
r rad
ical
gro
ups
that
ar
e do
ing
wor
k, l
ike
arou
nd a
gric
ultu
re
and
in
the
villa
ges,
ar
ound
id
eas
of
Isra
eli-
Pale
stin
ian
join
t str
uggl
e, b
ut th
ey
are
very
sm
all
as w
ell.
And
the
re’s
the
Shei
kh Ja
rrah
sol
idar
ity
mov
emen
t, a
lot
of t
he a
narc
hist
s sa
y th
ey a
re n
ot r
adic
al
enou
gh, b
ut I
thi
nk it
is im
port
ant.
This
gr
oup
star
ted
wor
king
on
the
prin
cipl
es
of
‘join
t st
rugg
le’
but
mos
tly
in
East
Je
rusa
lem
, be
caus
e m
ost
of t
hem
are
fr
om t
here
. U
nlik
e th
e an
arch
ists
the
y w
ould
try
to
appe
al t
o th
e m
ains
trea
m
publ
ic, a
nd th
ey h
ad so
me
succ
ess i
n th
is.
A lo
t of p
eopl
e w
ho w
ere
com
ing
to th
eir
ralli
es s
tart
ed c
omin
g to
the
Wes
t Ba
nk
whi
ch is
a s
mal
l ste
p.
Syzy
gy:
Rela
ted
to t
he w
ay i
n w
hich
an
arch
ists
can
cho
ose
not t
o en
gage
wit
h
enou
gh, i
s th
e qu
esti
on o
f ho
w t
o re
late
to
nat
iona
l lib
erat
ion
stru
ggle
s. S
ome
anar
chis
ts c
an b
e qu
ite d
ism
issi
ve o
f any
ki
nd o
f pa
rtic
ipat
ion
in t
hese
str
uggl
es,
for
inst
ance
bec
ause
the
y se
e th
em a
s le
giti
mis
ing
and
prod
ucin
g an
othe
r for
m
of h
iera
rchy
. Obv
ious
ly t
his
com
es u
p in
th
e Pa
lest
inia
n ca
se. M
aybe
you
can
tal
k ab
out
som
e of
the
obs
tacl
es p
osed
by
the
need
to re
late
to s
uch
a st
rugg
le, a
nd
how
to
wor
k w
ith
peop
le w
ho h
ave
very
Inba
l: Th
e th
ing
is I
’m a
n an
arch
ist,
I w
ould
like
the
re t
o be
no
stat
e so
luti
on.
I th
ink
the
way
we
are
wor
king
wit
h Po
pula
r C
omitt
ees
in P
ales
tine
is
very
an
arch
isti
c, w
ith
open
com
mitt
ees
that
or
gani
se t
he s
trug
gle
insi
de e
ach
villa
ge
wit
h th
e pe
ople
the
mse
lves
. B
ut w
e sh
ould
be c
aref
ul in
goi
ng to
peo
ple
livin
g un
der
oppr
essi
on,
that
hav
e no
rig
hts,
an
d sa
ying
to th
em ‘y
ou w
ant a
stat
e, a
nd
stat
es a
re b
ad’.
It’s
like
whe
n ri
ch p
eopl
e go
to p
oor p
eopl
e an
d le
ctur
e th
em a
bout
ho
w t
hey
shou
ld l
ive
thei
r liv
es.
So a
s I
look
at i
t, I h
ave
no p
robl
em w
ith
hold
ing
But t
he m
inut
e the
re is
one
I w
ill p
roba
bly
have
a p
robl
em w
ith
it. A
nd I
thi
nk t
hat
we
need
to
try
and
have
par
tner
s in
the
Po
pula
r Str
uggl
e who
hav
e sim
ilar f
eelin
gs
that
we
have
. And
I su
ppos
e a
lot o
f the
m
mig
ht c
o-op
erat
e w
ith
us i
n th
e fu
ture
to
try
and
ach
ieve
a ‘
no s
tate
sol
utio
n’.
Syzy
gy:
I th
ink
that
thi
s qu
esti
on o
f ra
dica
ls b
eing
pat
erna
listi
c, f
or i
nsta
nce
in s
ayin
g to
Pal
esti
nian
s th
at y
ou c
an’t
have
a s
tate
, al
so r
elat
es t
o th
e is
sue
of
how
to
wor
k w
ith
othe
rs w
hen
you’
re
the
colo
nise
r. So
I’v
e be
en
told
th
at
Pale
stin
ian
activ
ists
will
ask
Isr
aelis
to
stay
out
of c
erta
in c
itie
s and
are
as, s
o th
ey
can
have
som
e sp
aces
for
the
mse
lves
as
muc
h as
pos
sibl
e. H
ow d
o yo
u ne
goti
ate
this
issu
e?
Inba
l: Th
is i
s le
ss s
tron
g in
the
vill
ages
w
e w
ork
in b
ut s
tron
ger
in t
he b
ig c
itie
s.
The
prob
lem
w
as
star
ted
duri
ng
the
eigh
ties
and
nin
etie
s w
hen
ther
e w
as
a hu
ge m
ovem
ent
of a
ctiv
ists
try
ing
to
go a
nd t
alk
to P
ales
tini
ans
and
have
a
dial
ogue
abo
ut ‘p
eace
’, w
hile
por
tray
ing
the
situ
atio
n as
equ
al,
even
tho
ugh
it w
asn’
t equ
al. A
nd a
ll th
ese
talk
s br
ough
t us
not
hing
, and
in s
ome
way
s le
ad to
the
disa
ster
of t
he O
slo
agre
emen
t.
An
arc
his
ts a
ga
ins
t th
e W
all
/Je
ws
a
ga
ins
t th
e O
cc
up
ati
on
in
terv
iew
At t
he en
d of
May
, Syz
ygy f
rom
Mut
iny
Zine
cau
ght
up w
ith t
hree
act
ivis
ts
invo
lved
in
stru
ggle
s ar
ound
Isr
ael/
Pa
lest
ine
- In
bal
from
A
narc
hist
s ag
ains
t th
e W
all
(in
Isra
el)
and
Jem
an
d Sa
rah
from
Je
ws
agai
nst
the
Occ
upat
ion
Mel
bour
ne.
Info
rmat
ion
abou
t A
narc
hist
s ag
ains
t th
e W
all
can
be f
ound
at
http
://w
ww.
awal
ls.
org/
. Th
e in
terv
iew
is b
elow
.
Syzy
gy:
Cou
ld
you
give
us
a
quic
k ov
ervi
ew o
f w
hat
Ana
rchi
sts
agai
nst
the
Wal
l is a
nd h
ow it
sta
rted
?
Inba
l: I
was
not
the
re w
hen
Ana
rchi
sts
agai
nst
the
Wal
l st
arte
d, I
joi
ned
abou
t 5-
6 ye
ars
ago.
It
form
ed a
s a
grou
p in
th
e Se
cond
Int
ifada
abo
ut 7
-8 y
ears
ago
.
wha
t w
as g
oing
on
in t
he a
ctiv
ist
and
anar
chis
t sc
ene
in I
srae
l. It
was
cen
tred
ar
ound
the
ide
a of
‘jo
int
stru
ggle
’. Th
is
is v
ery
impo
rtan
t. M
ost
of t
he Z
ioni
st
left
was
org
anis
ing
mas
s ra
llies
in
Tel
Aviv
, w
hich
for
mos
t Pa
lest
inia
ns w
as
clos
ed -
the
y co
uldn
’t ge
t to
Tel
Avi
v! S
o
the
Zion
ist
left
was
ral
lyin
g in
the
str
eet
and
Pale
stin
ians
wer
e do
ing
wha
teve
r th
ey w
ere
doin
g. O
ppos
ed t
o th
is w
as
‘join
t st
rugg
le’.
This
was
goi
ng t
o th
e W
est
Bank
, m
eeti
ng w
ith
the
peop
le,
unde
rsta
ndin
g w
hat
they
w
ant,
wha
t th
ey t
hink
the
str
uggl
e sh
ould
be
and
how
it
shou
ld b
e co
nduc
ted,
try
ing
to
then
seei
ng h
ow w
e ca
n w
ork
toge
ther
.
A
seco
nd
thin
g th
at
was
im
port
ant
was
tha
t it
was
a r
eally
ana
rchi
st g
roup
, so
th
e w
ay
it w
orke
d w
as
wit
hout
hi
erar
chie
s and
wit
h co
nsen
sus d
ecis
ion-
mos
t of
the
Zio
nist
lef
t or
gani
sati
ons.
Th
e th
ird
thin
g w
as
dire
ct
acti
on,
unde
rsta
ndin
g th
at
the
proc
ess
of
orga
nisi
ng
mas
s ra
llies
and
tr
ying
to
I th
ink
this
is
why
the
nam
e A
narc
hist
s ag
ains
t th
e W
all
or a
gain
st F
ence
s w
as
actu
ally
goi
ng a
nd c
utti
ng t
hose
fen
ces.
know
if
this
was
del
iber
ate,
is
that
the
an
arch
ists
wer
e no
t wor
king
a lo
t wit
hin
Isra
eli
soci
ety.
We
are
will
ing
to w
ork
wit
h w
hoev
er is
will
ing
to w
ork
wit
h us
, bu
t w
e do
n’t
nece
ssar
ily p
ut t
he I
srae
li
have
had
is w
ithi
n Pa
lest
inia
n so
ciet
y and
th
e Po
pula
r C
omm
ittee
s (i
n Pa
lest
ine)
, at
the
Wal
l, an
d in
cal
ling
the
outs
ide
com
mun
ity
to s
tart
hel
ping
the
stru
ggle
.
the
min
ing
indu
stry
in S
outh
Afr
ica
as a
who
le”,
alth
ough
we
mus
t rem
embe
r tha
t the
not l
inke
d to
stru
ggle
s at o
ther
min
es –
alth
ough
min
ers f
rom
Mar
ikan
a di
d la
ter s
eek
to
esta
blis
h lin
ks o
f sol
idar
ity w
ith w
orke
rs a
t nei
ghbo
urin
g m
ines
.
Mut
iny:
Fro
m r
eadi
ng r
epor
ts o
f wha
t hap
pene
d, th
ere
seem
s to
be e
vide
nce
that
th
e m
assa
cre
was
act
ually
pre
med
itate
d to
som
e de
gree
by
peop
le a
fair
way
up
the
polic
e ch
ain
of c
omm
and;
as t
he c
ops w
eren
’t ju
st a
rmed
with
live
am
mun
ition
but
ha
d al
so e
rect
ed a
raz
or-w
ire
fenc
e in
such
a w
ay th
at it
forc
ed st
rike
rs to
mov
e to
war
ds p
olic
e lin
es w
hen
they
had
to r
etre
at fr
om w
ater
can
nons
and
tear
gas
. Is i
t lik
ely
that
at l
east
som
e le
vel o
f vio
lenc
e w
as p
lann
ed in
adv
ance
? B
eyon
d th
e po
lice,
w
hat w
as th
e ro
le o
f the
Afr
ican
Nat
iona
l Con
gres
s (A
NC
), th
e ru
ling
part
y, in
the
bloo
dshe
d? T
he st
atem
ent o
n th
e m
assa
cre
at th
e Z
abal
aza
web
site
(htt
p://z
abal
aza.
net/2
012/
08/1
9/an
c-th
row
s-of
f-its
-mas
k-w
orke
rs-m
urde
red/
#mor
e-31
80) a
lso
yout
h le
ague
pre
side
nt, n
ow e
xpel
led
from
the A
NC
) who
hav
e pu
blic
ally
cri
ticis
ed
the
polic
e –
can
you
elab
orat
e on
this
?
The
Sout
h A
fric
an P
olic
e Se
rvic
e (S
APS
) is g
ener
ally
rega
rded
as b
eing
ill-t
rain
ed w
hen
it co
mes
to c
row
d co
ntro
l, bu
t thi
s can
not a
ccou
nt fo
r the
Aug
ust 1
6th
mas
sacr
e of
34
strik
ing
min
ewor
kers
– so
me
of w
hom
, it l
ater
tran
spire
d, w
ere
shot
in th
e ba
ck w
hile
Giv
en th
at th
e po
lice
had
stat
ed o
n th
e da
y of
the
mas
sacr
e th
at it
was
“D
-day
” fo
r th
e st
rike,
and
that
the
SAPS
’ elit
e Sp
ecia
l Tas
k Fo
rce
was
dep
loye
d, I
thin
k it
seem
s fa
irly
clea
r tha
t a d
ecis
ion
had
been
take
n to
bre
ak th
e st
rike
and
to p
rote
ct th
e bo
sses
’ ec
onom
ic in
tere
sts a
nd p
rivat
e pr
oper
ty u
sing
any
mea
ns n
eces
sary
. On
the
13th
of A
ugus
t a
dele
gatio
n of
wor
kers
from
Mar
ikan
a w
ere
sent
to L
onm
in’s
nei
ghbo
urin
g op
erat
ion
at K
aree
min
e to
try
and
conv
ince
wor
kers
ther
e to
com
e ou
t on
strik
e as
wel
l. O
n th
eir
retu
rn th
e de
lega
tion
was
shot
at b
y th
e po
lice,
leav
ing
two
wor
kers
dea
d. T
he w
orke
rs
atte
mpt
ed to
def
end
them
selv
es, r
esul
ting
in th
e de
ath
of tw
o po
licem
en. W
heth
er o
r not
th
e le
vel o
f vio
lenc
e w
as p
lann
ed in
adv
ance
, or w
as si
mpl
y a
reac
tion
by th
e po
lice
to th
e ki
lling
of t
heir
colle
ague
s day
s ear
lier,
polic
e ce
rtain
ly d
id n
ot d
ither
in u
sing
exc
essi
ve
forc
e, a
nd sh
owed
no
rem
orse
afte
rwar
ds.
Tham
bos,
Zum
as e
tc.,
also
hav
e ex
tens
ive
econ
omic
inte
rest
s in
plat
inum
min
ing
com
pani
es. C
yril
Ram
apho
sa (a
form
er N
UM
lead
er),
for e
xam
ple,
not
onl
y si
ts o
n th
e bo
ard
and
owns
shar
es in
Lon
min
, but
has
inte
rest
s in
a nu
mbe
r of o
ther
com
pani
es
to w
hich
var
ious
func
tions
at M
arik
ana
are
outs
ourc
ed. G
iven
this
, and
the
clim
ate
of
ongo
ing
wild
cat s
trike
s and
sit-i
ns a
cros
s the
sect
or o
ver r
ecen
t yea
rs, i
t doe
sn’t
seem
im
plau
sibl
e th
at a
dec
isio
n m
ay h
ave
been
take
n to
mak
e an
exa
mpl
e of
the
strik
ing
Mar
ikan
a m
inew
orke
rs in
ord
er to
intim
idat
e w
orke
rs a
nd d
eter
them
from
taki
ng fu
ture
ac
tions
in o
rder
to p
rote
ct th
e ec
onom
ic in
tere
sts o
f an
AN
C e
lite.
The A
NC
YL
and
Juliu
s Mal
ema,
for t
heir
part,
hav
e op
portu
nist
ical
ly u
sed
the
inci
dent
to
publ
icly
crit
icis
e th
e po
lice
and
curr
ent A
NC
lead
ersh
ip in
ord
er to
gar
ner s
uppo
rt am
ong
wor
kers
, try
to o
ust J
acob
Zum
a fr
om th
e pr
esid
ency
and
hav
e M
alem
a re
inst
ated
, as w
ell
as to
bui
ld su
ppor
t for
thei
r dem
and
to h
ave
the
min
es n
atio
nalis
ed; s
uppo
sedl
y so
that
m
inew
orke
rs a
nd c
omm
uniti
es su
rrou
ndin
g th
e m
ines
can
hav
e a
faire
r sha
re in
the
wea
lth
prod
uced
by
the
min
es, b
ut m
ore
hone
stly
as a
way
to a
mas
s the
ir ow
n w
ealth
and
pow
er
thro
ugh
the
posi
tions
they
des
ire fo
r the
mse
lves
in th
e st
ate.
Mut
iny:
A fe
w o
f the
mai
nstr
eam
med
ia r
epor
ts I’
ve r
ead
have
em
phas
ised
the
clas
h be
twee
n tw
o un
ions
, the
Nat
iona
l Uni
on o
f Min
ewor
kers
(NU
M) a
nd th
e Ass
ocia
tion
of M
inew
orke
rs a
nd C
onst
ruct
ion
Uni
on (A
MC
U),
as a
cau
se o
f vio
lenc
e. H
as th
is
viol
ence
of t
he S
outh
Afr
ican
stat
e? H
ave
the
unio
ns, e
spec
ially
the
NU
M, b
een
guilt
y of
col
labo
ratio
n w
ith th
e bo
sses
– if
so c
an y
ou e
xpla
in h
ow th
is h
as b
een
happ
enin
g?
Are
the A
MC
U m
uch
bett
er?
Acr
oss t
he se
ctor
in g
ener
al, m
any
of th
e w
orke
rs th
at h
ave
unde
rtake
n w
ildca
t stri
kes
and
sit-i
ns h
ave
been
con
tract
wor
kers
, or t
hose
hire
d th
roug
h la
bour
bro
kers
– w
ho
som
etim
es fa
ll ou
tsid
e N
UM
, whi
ch fo
cuse
s on
perm
anen
tly e
mpl
oyed
and
gen
eral
ly
skill
ed w
orke
rs –
who
hav
e fe
lt th
at th
eir i
nter
ests
hav
e no
t bee
n pr
oper
ly re
pres
ente
d by
and
so it
is p
ossi
ble
that
at l
east
som
e of
the
initi
al v
iole
nce
was
fuel
led
by re
crui
tmen
t re
late
d riv
alry
; in
the
even
ts le
adin
g up
to th
e m
assa
cre
it w
as re
porte
d th
at th
ree
wor
kers
w
ere
shot
dea
d by
men
wea
ring
NU
M t-
shirt
s, al
thou
gh it
is n
ot c
lear
whe
ther
the
gunm
en
wer
e ac
tual
ly N
UM
mem
bers
or j
ust h
ired
to d
o th
e jo
b in
ord
er to
inci
te u
nion
riva
lry
and
divi
de w
orke
rs. I
t sho
uld
be n
oted
, how
ever
, tha
t the
strik
e at
Mar
ikan
a w
as la
rgel
y se
lf-or
gani
sed
and
invo
lved
non
-uni
onis
ed w
orke
rs a
s wel
l as b
oth
NU
M a
nd A
MC
U
mem
bers
.
atte
ntio
n bo
th fr
om th
e ve
ry re
al a
nd le
gitim
ate
dem
ands
of t
he w
orke
rs a
nd th
e fa
ct th
at
unio
ns, a
s wel
l per
haps
as t
o re
info
rce
the
imag
e of
the
polic
e as
“up
hold
ers o
f the
pea
ce”
Giv
en th
e co
rpor
atis
t nat
ure
of th
e N
UM
– a
nd C
osat
u (th
e C
ongr
ess o
f Sou
th A
fric
an
Trad
e U
nion
s – e
ds) g
ener
ally
– si
nce
1994
, the
ver
y ex
iste
nce
and
mai
nten
ance
of
I wou
ld li
ke to
stre
ss th
ough
that
we
do n
ot se
e th
e N
UM
itse
lf as
the
prob
lem
and
stan
d w
ith it
aga
inst
the
boss
es. T
he N
UM
has
won
mas
sive
vic
torie
s for
wor
kers
ove
r the
auth
ors w
ill tr
y to
cla
im c
redi
t reg
ardl
ess
of th
eir a
ctua
l wor
k on
a pr
ojec
t. P
roje
cts
whi
ch d
o no
t ex
cite
fun
ders
’ int
eres
t, or
ar
e to
o te
nuou
s to
gua
rant
ee p
ublis
habl
e re
sults
, or
are
too
hete
rodo
x to
pub
lish
resu
lts a
nyw
ay, a
re a
ll pe
nalis
ed.
Wel
l-m
eani
ng r
esea
rche
rs g
ener
ally
hav
e to
ac
cept
the
sepa
ratio
n be
twee
n th
eir w
ork
and
thei
r liv
es.
As w
e hav
e pro
gres
sed t
hrou
gh ou
r ana
lysis
of
the
univ
ersit
y, w
e ha
ve c
ome
acro
ss a
se
ries o
f bar
riers
, exc
ludi
ng ce
rtai
n pe
ople,
pr
actic
es, a
nd id
eas f
rom
the
spac
e of
the
univ
ersit
y. B
ehin
d al
l of t
hese
wal
ls, in
the
hallo
wed
sanc
tuar
y of
tenu
red
acad
emic
s, w
e ar
e to
ld t
here
lie
s re
al k
now
ledg
e an
d un
ders
tand
ing.
Bu
t kn
owle
dge
as I
un
ders
tand
it, b
asin
g m
y un
ders
tand
ing
on P
aulo
Fre
ire’s
thes
is of
edu
catio
n as
di
alog
ue,
does
not
res
ide
behi
nd w
alls;
it
goes
the
re t
o di
e. Kn
owle
dge
is re
al
whe
n it
is bo
rn t
hrou
gh t
he c
omm
on
refle
ctio
n on
shar
ed e
xper
ienc
es w
ith th
e vi
ew to
tran
sform
ing
one’s
real
ity.
This
is w
hat
one
mus
t as
sum
e th
e In
tern
atio
nal
Stud
ent
Mov
emen
t m
eans
whe
n it
calls
fo
r “e
man
cipa
tory
edu
catio
n.”
Yet
wha
t co
uld
be e
man
cipa
ting
abou
t dem
andi
ng
mor
e ed
ucat
ion
if it
just
mea
ns s
light
ly
diffe
rent
adm
isssio
n ta
rget
s, or
a d
iffer
ent
set o
f tex
ts to
inte
rnal
ise?
The u
nive
rsity
’s em
anci
pato
ry
pote
ntia
l ca
n on
ly
be
real
ised
if th
ese
mea
sure
s of
sur
veill
ance
ar
e disa
bled
. Ther
efor
e I pr
opos
e dem
ands
fo
r ed
ucat
ion
whi
ch s
ound
par
adox
ical
ly
like
dem
ands
for l
ess e
duca
tion:
we
mus
t m
obili
se a
gain
st te
sting
, ag
ains
t m
etric
s of
“qu
ality
ass
uran
ce”
in t
each
ing
and
rese
arch
, an
d a
liber
atio
n fro
m g
radi
ng
whi
ch w
ill m
ean
a stu
dent
’s ch
oice
of
study
can
fina
lly e
xten
d to
inc
lude
the
w
orld
the
y liv
e in
, an
d th
e po
ssib
ilitie
s co
ntai
ned
ther
ein.
Sugg
ested
read
ings
:Ka
rl M
arx.
“Es
tran
ged
Labo
ur.”
Paul
o Fre
ire. “
Peda
gogy
of th
e Opp
ress
ed.”
Ant
onio
Neg
ri.
“Mar
x Be
yond
Mar
x:
Less
ons o
n th
e Gru
ndris
se.”
Aut
hor’s
note
:Th
is wa
s or
igin
ally
mea
nt
to
be
the
pape
r I
pres
ente
d at
thi
s ye
ar’s
Hist
orica
l M
ater
ialis
m
conf
eren
ce
in
Sydn
ey,
but
that
was
not
to b
e fo
r tw
o re
ason
s. F
irst,
I deli
vere
d th
at p
rese
ntat
ion
from
onl
y th
e sk
etch
iest
of n
otes
. Se
cond
, bas
ed o
n th
e co
nver
satio
ns a
nd f
eedb
ack
I go
t at
the
co
nfer
ence
, I w
ante
d to
som
ewha
t alte
r my
mes
sage
, spe
cifica
lly to
focu
s on
the
issue
s of
dem
ands
and
orga
nisa
tion
which
wer
e of
part
icula
r con
cern
at th
e con
feren
ce. M
any
than
ks ar
e due
to al
l who
shar
ed kn
owled
ge,
conv
ersa
tions
, an
d cr
iticis
ms
with
m
e. Pa
rticu
lar t
hank
s are
due
to M
aya
and
my
mum
for
proo
f-rea
ding
dra
fts.
Incr
edib
le th
anks
are d
ue to
Tim
Brie
dis f
or h
is tir
eless
work
as
edito
r th
roug
h a
serie
s of
dra
fts
which
wen
t ove
r the
dea
dlin
e.
Rece
ntly,
pro
testo
rs a
t La
Tro
be b
ore
plac
ards
opp
osin
g th
e cut
s and
def
endi
ng
“stu
dent
cho
ice,”
unf
ortu
nate
ly u
naw
are,
perh
aps,
that
this
has b
een
the r
ally
ing c
ry
of n
eolib
eral
edu
catio
n re
form
. St
uden
ts ar
e fre
e to
cho
ose
thei
r un
iver
sity,
thei
r de
gree
, an
d th
eir
elec
tive
cour
ses,
but
som
e co
nditi
ons
appl
y. W
e ar
e so
ld a
m
agic
al
tran
sform
atio
n:
that
w
e ca
n ev
olve
, lik
e Po
kém
on,
into
the
hol
ders
of
art
s deg
rees
or d
octo
rate
s. P
osse
ssio
n of
the
se s
ham
eful
ly o
bvio
us f
etish
es i
s pu
rpor
ted
to d
istin
guish
hig
her
leve
ls of
un
ders
tand
ing
and
know
ledg
e. B
ut a
s ev
ery s
tude
nt kn
ows,
wild
, tra
nsfo
rmat
ive
flash
es o
f ins
ight
tend
to h
appe
n ou
tside
of
the
bou
nds
of r
egul
ar s
tudy
. S
tudy
its
elf a
ppea
rs a
s an
und
iffer
entia
ted
slog
thro
ugh
the c
urric
ulum
. Th
e cur
ricul
um
is th
e se
t of
all
of t
he f
acts
one
mus
t m
emor
ise,
the
pape
rs o
ne m
ust
read
, an
d th
e fo
rmul
as o
ne m
ust f
ulfil
in o
ne’s
writ
ing.
The r
egul
arity
of th
is pr
ogre
ssio
n is
enfo
rced
thr
ough
thr
ough
the
sam
e su
rvei
llanc
e m
easu
res
as
in
scho
ols:
hier
arch
ical
ran
king
of
both
stu
dent
s an
d th
eir
teac
hers
. Th
ese
surv
eilla
nce
mea
sure
s te
nd to
red
uce
the
crea
tive
act
to im
itatio
n.
Stud
ents
are
not e
xpec
ted
to
crea
te
know
ledg
e, bu
t in
stead
to
re
plic
ate i
t. T
each
ers a
re re
quire
d on
ly to
tr
ansm
it.
Und
er t
hese
con
ditio
ns, b
oth
stude
nts
and
tuto
rs a
re h
ard-
pres
sed
to
prac
tice e
duca
tion
as a
crea
tive e
ncou
tner
be
twee
n th
ose
who
mig
ht h
ave
diffe
rent
ex
perie
nces
, but
hav
e equ
al ri
ght t
o sp
eak
them
. W
heth
er a
uni
vers
ity’s
offer
ed
curr
icul
um i
s na
rrow
or
broa
d, o
ne’s
“cho
ice”
in
lear
ning
is
dete
rmin
ed i
n ad
vanc
e.
On
grad
uatio
n,
mos
t de
gree
-hol
ders
ar
e sm
art
enou
gh t
o fle
e th
e un
iver
sity
in s
earc
h of
som
ethi
ng m
ore
fulfi
lling
, lik
e m
akin
g lat
tes
or c
lear
-cut
ting
the
Am
azon
. F
or a
sele
ct f
ew,
how
ever
, ac
adem
ia o
pens
its
door
s, w
here
one
is
supp
osed
to p
rodu
ce k
now
ledg
e with
the
sam
e mec
hani
cal effi
cien
cy a
s the
form
er
arts
stude
nt w
ho m
akes
one
’s co
ffees
.
Prov
en
acad
emic
re
sear
cher
s te
nd
to
dem
and
grea
t res
pect
in p
ublic
fora
, and
un
iver
sity
rese
arch
is a
lway
s co
nsid
ered
th
e hi
ghes
t st
anda
rd f
or t
hing
s be
ing
fact
s. B
ut w
ithin
aca
dem
ia it
is a
n op
en
secr
et t
hat
the
valu
e of
res
earc
h ha
s be
en c
onfla
ted
with
the
num
ber
of o
ne’s
publ
icat
ions
in re
puta
ble j
ourn
als (
i.e. n
ot
this
one)
. Re
sear
cher
s nee
d hi
gh ra
tings
to
kee
p th
eir j
obs,
so th
ey n
eed
to p
ublis
h as
muc
h an
d as
qui
ckly
as p
ossib
le. Th
is do
esn’t
tra
nslat
e in
to b
old
expl
orat
ion
of n
ew q
uesti
ons.
Prio
rity
tend
s to
go
tow
ards
ju
stify
ing
gove
rnm
ent
polic
y, de
velo
ping
ne
w
prod
ucts
to
be
sold
by
priv
ate
corp
orat
ions
, or
im
prov
ing
tech
niqu
es o
f m
anag
emen
t an
d co
ntro
l. Re
sear
cher
s ar
e re
war
ded
less
fo
r pr
oduc
ing
know
ledg
e in
co
nnec
tion
with
and
at th
e ser
vice
of t
he co
mm
unity
, bu
t m
ore
for
infla
ting
thei
r pu
blic
atio
n co
unt:
cons
erva
tive
rese
arch
pro
ject
s ar
e ch
osen
, the
resu
lts a
re sp
lit in
to a
s man
y pu
blic
atio
ns a
s po
ssib
le, a
nd a
s m
any
‘[In
acad
emia
], on
e is
supp
osed
to pr
oduc
e kn
owled
ge w
ith th
e sam
e me
chan
ical e
fficie
ncy a
s th
e for
mer a
rts st
uden
t who
ma
kes o
ne’s
coffe
es.’
year
s, pl
ayin
g a
deci
sive
role
in b
reak
ing
the
clas
sica
l apa
rthei
d m
inin
g sy
stem
. With
out
the
NU
M c
ondi
tions
wou
ld b
e fa
r, fa
r wor
se. Y
et w
e al
so re
alis
e N
UM
is in
crea
sing
ly
also
stre
ss th
e ne
ed fo
r NU
M m
embe
rs to
enf
orce
wor
kers
’ con
trol o
ver t
he u
nion
, and
to
pull
the
unio
n ba
ck in
line
with
the
inte
rest
s of t
he w
orke
rs –
whi
ch n
eces
saril
y in
clud
es
ques
tioni
ng th
e Alli
ance
with
the A
NC
, whi
ch is
ope
nly
allie
d to
the
min
ing
boss
es.
AM
CU
mig
ht b
e a
bit b
ette
r tha
n N
UM
, giv
en th
at it
is in
depe
nden
t of
the A
NC
and
SA
CP,
but
it
wor
ker c
ontro
lled
unio
n, a
nd
unio
n le
galit
y an
d th
e in
tere
sts
of it
s ow
n bu
reau
crac
y pr
even
t it
from
supp
ortin
g se
lf-m
anag
ed
dire
ct a
ctio
n by
wor
kers
in th
e fo
rm o
f wild
cat s
trike
s and
sit-i
ns.
Mut
iny:
Wha
t are
the
mos
t rec
ent d
evel
opm
ents
in th
e st
rike
? I’
ve r
ead
that
the
polic
e ha
ve b
een
tort
urin
g st
rike
rs th
ey h
ave
arre
sted
? O
n A
ugus
t 20
the
Mai
l and
G
uard
ian
new
spap
er q
uote
d a
min
er sa
ying
‘It’s
bet
ter
to d
ie th
an to
wor
k fo
r th
at
shit
… I
am n
ot g
oing
to st
op st
riki
ng. W
e ar
e go
ing
to p
rote
st u
ntil
we
get w
hat w
e w
ant.
The
y ha
ve sa
id n
othi
ng to
us.
Polic
e ca
n tr
y an
d ki
ll us
but
we
won
’t m
ove.
” Is
th
is ty
pe o
f att
itude
wid
espr
ead
or h
ave
man
y w
orke
rs b
een
intim
idat
ed?
Has
ther
e be
en m
uch
solid
arity
from
oth
er so
cial
mov
emen
ts in
Sou
th A
fric
a?
Strik
ing
min
ers a
t Mar
ikan
a ac
cept
ed a
man
agem
ent p
ay ri
se o
ffer o
f up
to 2
2% –
a
parti
al v
icto
ry, a
lthou
gh th
is is
still
topp
ed u
p w
ith p
rodu
ctiv
ity b
onus
es –
and
wen
t bac
k to
wor
k on
Thu
rsda
y th
e 20
th o
f Aug
ust;
but u
nres
t and
indu
stria
l act
ion
has s
prea
d ac
ross
th
e m
inin
g se
ctor
sinc
e ro
ck d
rille
rs in
itiat
ed th
e w
ildca
t stri
ke a
t Mar
ikan
a si
x w
eeks
ag
o. 1
90 o
f the
260
min
ewor
kers
arr
este
d at
Mar
ikan
a w
ere
repo
rtedl
y to
rture
d an
d it
is
whi
le li
ving
in p
over
ty-le
vel c
ondi
tions
, con
tribu
ted
to th
e w
orke
rs a
ccep
ting
an o
ffer l
ess
than
thei
r orig
inal
dem
and.
Sim
ilar a
ttitu
des t
o th
at a
bove
are
now
bei
ng e
xpre
ssed
by
strik
ers a
t oth
er m
ines
, but
it
rem
ains
to b
e se
en a
s to
whe
ther
or n
ot th
ey w
ill b
e ab
le to
hol
d ou
t and
sust
ain
thei
r st
rugg
les u
ntil
vict
ory.
Sinc
e th
e m
assa
cre
ther
e ha
ve b
een
a nu
mbe
r of p
icke
ts a
nd so
lidar
ity d
emon
stra
tions
ar
ound
the
coun
try. T
he M
arik
ana
Solid
arity
Cam
paig
n (h
ttp://
mar
ikan
a.in
fo) w
as
initi
ated
and
a so
lidar
ity fu
nd h
as b
een
esta
blis
hed.
Due
to li
mite
d ca
paci
ty a
nd o
ur o
wn
stra
tegi
c fo
cus w
e in
ZA
CF,
how
ever
, hav
e no
t par
ticip
ated
act
ivel
y in
this
cam
paig
n, a
nd
I the
refo
re c
anno
t com
men
t acc
urat
ely
as to
the
com
posi
tion
and
orie
ntat
ion
ther
eof.
Mut
iny:
Cou
ld y
ou te
ll us
abo
ut o
ther
exa
mpl
es o
f sta
te v
iole
nce
agai
nst l
abou
r an
d so
cial
mov
emen
ts in
Sou
th A
fric
a? Is
ther
e a
dang
er o
f tre
atin
g th
e m
assa
cre
as a
n ex
trem
e, is
olat
ed in
cide
nt a
nd ig
nori
ng th
ese
othe
r in
stan
ces o
f sta
te v
iole
nce,
as w
ell
as th
e br
oade
r re
ality
of c
apita
lism
in S
outh
Afr
ica?
Polic
e in
pos
t-apa
rthei
d So
uth
Afr
ica
rout
inel
y us
e ru
bber
bul
lets
, tea
r gas
, stu
n gr
enad
es,
arm
oure
d ve
hicl
es a
nd h
elic
opte
rs a
gain
st st
rikin
g w
orke
rs a
nd c
omm
unity
pro
test
ors.
Bef
ore
Mar
ikan
a, a
t lea
st 2
5 st
rikin
g w
orke
rs, p
rote
stor
s and
chi
ldre
n w
ere
kille
d by
st
ate
and
priv
ate
forc
es o
f rep
ress
ion
in S
outh
Afr
ica.
One
of t
he m
ost w
ell-k
now
n ca
ses,
sim
ply
beca
use
it w
as d
ram
atic
ally
cau
ght o
n vi
deo
and
broa
dcas
t nat
ionw
ide,
was
that
of
33-
year
-old
And
ries T
atan
e; b
eate
n an
d th
en sh
ot b
y po
lice
durin
g a
serv
ice
deliv
ery
Uni
on m
embe
rs w
ere
shot
and
inju
red
and,
als
o in
200
9, a
t lea
st th
ree
peop
le w
ere
kille
d du
ring
a w
ides
prea
d st
rike
in th
e pl
atin
um se
ctor
, with
ano
ther
thre
e m
ore
kille
d on
the
1st
of A
ugus
t 201
2, a
nd 2
0 w
ound
ed a
t the
Aqu
ariu
s Kro
onda
l Min
e.
Alth
ough
Mar
ikan
a ha
s bee
n th
e m
ost l
etha
l use
of f
orce
aga
inst
civ
ilian
s by
the
forc
e of
re
pres
sion
in S
outh
Afr
ican
sinc
e th
e 19
60 S
harp
evill
e M
assa
cre
and
the
end
of a
parth
eid,
it
is b
y no
mea
ns a
n is
olat
ed in
cide
nt a
nd it
wou
ld b
e ve
ry d
ange
rous
to v
iew
it a
s suc
h.
Alth
ough
man
y rig
htfu
lly re
cogn
ise
the
role
the
polic
e an
d st
ate
play
in d
efen
ding
the
econ
omic
inte
rest
s of i
nves
tors
in th
e m
inin
g an
d ot
her s
ecto
rs, t
he p
ositi
on c
omm
only
he
ld –
incl
udin
g by
man
y on
the
left
– th
at th
e st
ate
is a
neu
tral e
ntity
, and
that
pol
ice
viol
ence
is a
resu
lt of
poo
r tra
inin
g an
d in
corr
ect l
eade
rshi
p is
ent
irely
ruin
ous t
o th
e ca
use
of w
orke
rs’ a
nd p
opul
ar e
man
cipa
tion.
Thi
s vie
w fa
ils to
reco
gnis
e th
e ce
ntra
l ro
le th
e st
ate
and
its a
rmed
win
gs p
lay
in m
aint
aini
ng c
apita
lism
and
def
endi
ng p
rivat
e pr
oper
ty a
nd th
e ec
onom
ic in
tere
sts o
f the
rulin
g el
ite; t
he a
ltern
ativ
e po
sed
thus
usu
ally
be
ing
stat
e-ce
ntric
and
cen
tred
on th
e no
tion
that
the
capt
ure
of st
ate
pow
er b
y a
wor
kers
’ pa
rty o
r rev
olut
iona
ry v
angu
ard
– or
sim
ply
the
repl
acem
ent o
f a fe
w ro
tten
appl
es a
t the
to
p –
can
rem
ould
the
stat
e in
to a
n in
stitu
tion
that
can
be
used
to se
rve
the
inte
rest
s of
the
popu
lar c
lass
es, a
nd e
ven
as a
tool
in th
eir s
trugg
le fo
r em
anci
patio
n. T
his,
of c
ours
e,
rein
forc
es d
epen
denc
y an
d ex
pect
atio
ns o
f sal
vatio
n fr
om a
bove
, ins
tead
of e
ncou
ragi
ng
Not
real
ly –
just
to th
ank
Mut
iny
for t
he o
ppor
tuni
ty to
air
our v
iew
s and
to d
irect
read
ers
inte
rest
ed in
a m
ore
in-d
epth
ana
lysi
s of M
arik
ana
and
stru
ggle
s in
the
plat
inum
sect
or
to th
e ZA
CF’
s Sha
wn
Hat
tingh
’s a
rticl
e “W
hat t
he M
arik
ana
Mas
sacr
e te
lls u
s” (h
ttp://
zaba
laza
.net
/201
2/09
/11/
wha
t-the
-mar
ikan
a-m
assa
cre-
tells
-us/
), fr
om w
hich
the
resp
onse
to
this
inte
rvie
w h
as d
raw
n he
avily
.
UK,
tend
s to
be
sele
ctiv
e on
the
basis
of
class
and
raci
al b
ackg
roun
d. Th
e Eng
lish
whi
ch is
teste
d fo
r refl
ects
the
wor
ldvi
ew
and
lingu
istic
uni
vers
e of t
he te
st w
riter
s, ov
erw
helm
ingl
y w
ell-o
ff w
hite
peo
ple.
This
is w
hy w
ell-o
ff w
hite
chi
ldre
n te
nd
to g
et th
e be
st te
st re
sults
. U
ndou
bted
ly
this
mea
sure
cor
relat
es t
o so
me
exte
nt
with
the
pre
senc
e or
abs
ence
of
cert
ain
usef
ul sk
ills (
I lik
e kno
win
g the
diff
eren
ce
betw
een
who
and
who
m an
d oc
casio
nally
it
mat
ters
!).
How
ever
, th
e id
eolo
gica
l sh
ort-c
ircui
t is
the
iden
tifica
tion
of t
his
mea
sure
with
fitn
ess f
or u
nive
rsity
life
. A
seco
nd-g
ener
atio
n m
igra
nt c
hild
mig
ht
scor
e lo
wer
on
Engl
ish c
ompr
ehen
sion,
bu
t gro
win
g up
often
forc
es th
ese c
hild
ren
to d
evelo
p lin
guist
ic c
apac
ities
in a
wid
e va
riety
of
setti
ngs
(sch
ool,
hom
e, w
ork,
et
c).
With
out
wish
ing
to r
oman
ticise
, a
mig
rant
’s ch
ild
is ric
h in
ce
rtai
n ex
perie
nces
whi
ch th
eir A
nglo
-Aus
tral
ian
class
mat
es w
ould
not
hav
e. Th
e re
vers
e is
obvi
ously
tru
e, th
at A
nglo
kid
s al
so
have
uni
que
expe
rienc
es.
But
whe
reas
du
ring
the
upbr
ingi
ng o
f the
Ang
lo ch
ild
stat
e as
sess
men
ts te
nd t
o co
nfirm
his
or h
er c
ultu
ral
outlo
ok a
nd l
ingu
istic
ex
pres
sion
as t
rue
know
ledg
e, m
igra
nt
kids
’ ex
perie
nces
are
dev
alue
d.
They
ar
e no
t mer
ely ra
ted
poor
ly (V
ietn
ames
e po
p is
wor
th 1
/3 o
f Aus
tral
ian
coun
try;
A
rabi
c po
etry
is w
orth
1/1
0 of
Kip
ling.
..)
they
are
not
cou
nted
at
all.
Tes
ting
ther
efor
e ac
com
plish
es
two
layer
s of
se
pera
tion.
Fi
rst,
it al
iena
tes
thos
e w
ho
fail
tests
fro
m t
he p
ossib
ility
of
criti
cal
thou
ght b
y ins
truc
ting
them
, with
mas
ses
of i
ncom
preh
ensib
le s
cien
tific
evid
ence
, th
at t
hey
don’t
hav
e th
e kn
owle
dge
to
begi
n to
thi
nk.
Sec
ond,
by
info
rmin
g th
e un
iver
sity
adm
issio
ns
proc
ess,
it ba
rs t
his
suba
ltern
pop
ulat
ion
from
the
reso
urce
s po
sses
sed
by t
he u
nive
rsity
: bo
oks a
nd jo
urna
ls, co
mpu
ters
and
othe
r eq
uipm
ent,
and
stat
e-of
-the-
art
spac
es
for
deba
te a
nd c
olla
bora
tive
wor
k, a
ll se
cure
d w
ith
phys
ical
an
d el
ectro
nic
lock
s and
bar
riers
. Th
e re
cent
eve
nts o
n a
Que
ensla
nd u
nive
rsity
cam
pus,
whe
re
seve
ral
non-
stude
nts
orga
nisin
g a
stal
l ag
ains
t th
e LN
P w
ere
conf
ront
ed b
y se
curit
y be
fore
bei
ng a
rres
ted
by p
olic
e, de
mon
strat
e the
exte
nt th
e uni
vers
ity w
ill
go to
to e
nfor
ce th
is sa
cral
ised
exclu
sion.
It
is lik
ely th
at so
met
hing
will
be m
ade o
f th
is ra
ther
blu
nt ac
t of e
xclu
sion,
but
littl
e is
mad
e of t
he fa
r mor
e mas
sive e
xclu
sion
of c
omm
uniti
es fr
om th
e va
st co
llect
ions
of
reso
urce
s whi
ch o
ccup
y th
eir b
est r
eal
esta
te.
To t
ake
but
one
exam
ple,
in a
n eff
ort t
o re
spon
d to
com
mun
ity n
eed,
La
Trob
e un
iver
sity,
even
afte
r the
pro
pose
d cu
ts, w
ill o
ffer a
cour
se in
Med
iterr
anea
n stu
dies
. I
f a
supe
rmar
ket
wan
ted
to
appe
ar
com
mun
ity-fr
iend
ly,
it w
ould
pr
obab
ly h
ave t
o do
mor
e tha
n off
er so
me
prod
ucts
the
com
mun
ity m
ight
wan
t to
bu
y. Y
et n
o on
e exp
ects
La T
robe
to o
ffer
anyt
hing
to m
embe
rs o
f the
com
mun
ity
who
are
not
enr
olle
d; c
usto
mer
serv
ice
is ch
eape
r tha
n ch
arity
.
‘Litt
le is
made
of th
e far
mo
re ma
ssive
exclu
sion
of co
mmun
ities
from
the
vast
colle
ction
s of r
esour
ces
which
occu
py th
eir be
st rea
l est
ate.’
by d
iscip
linar
y vio
lenc
e. Th
e res
ult i
s tha
t th
e w
orke
r do
es n
ot c
reat
e fro
m t
heir
own
desir
es, b
ut in
stead
enc
ount
ers t
heir
crea
tive
pow
ers
as t
he i
ntru
sion
of a
n ou
tside
forc
e. In
Mar
x’s w
ords
from
the
essa
y on
estr
ange
d la
bour
:Th
e wor
ker p
uts h
is lif
e int
o th
e obj
ect;
but
now
his
life
no l
onge
r be
long
s to
him
but
to t
he o
bjec
t. H
ence
, the
gr
eate
r th
is ac
tivity
, th
e m
ore
the
wor
ker
lack
s ob
ject
s. W
hate
ver
the
prod
uct
of h
is la
bor
is, h
e is
not.
Ther
efor
e, th
e gr
eate
r th
is pr
oduc
t, th
e le
ss is
he
him
self.
The
alien
atio
n of
the
wor
ker
in h
is pr
oduc
t m
eans
no
t on
ly t
hat
his
labo
r be
com
es a
n ob
ject
, an
exte
rnal
exi
stenc
e, bu
t tha
t it
exist
s ou
tside
him
, in
depe
nden
tly,
as
som
ethi
ng
alie
n to
hi
m,
and
that
it b
ecom
es a
pow
er o
n its
ow
n co
nfro
ntin
g hi
m. I
t mea
ns th
at th
e life
w
hich
he
has c
onfe
rred
on
the
obje
ct
conf
ront
s hi
m a
s so
met
hing
hos
tile
and
alie
n.
This
is a h
ypot
hesis
whi
ch an
y wor
ker c
an
test
with
thei
r ow
n ex
perie
nce;
colle
ctiv
e ex
perie
nce
confi
rms
it to
the
exte
nt th
at
we
are
prep
ared
to c
all e
xplo
itatio
n an
d th
e alie
natio
n of
labo
ur a
law
of c
apita
list
econ
omy.
In M
arx
Beyo
nd M
arx,
Neg
ri tr
aces
the
pr
oges
sion
of th
is su
bjec
tive
tend
ency
in
Mar
x th
roug
h hi
s wor
k in
the G
rund
risse
. N
egri
argu
es
that
M
arx
show
s ho
w
mon
ey
is ab
le
to
med
iate
be
twee
n w
orke
rs a
nd th
eir
labo
ur: o
nly
the
wag
e ca
lls th
em to
wor
k an
d ke
eps t
hem
ther
e, on
ly th
e w
age
allo
ws
them
acc
ess
to th
e pr
oduc
ts of
thei
r co
llect
ive
labo
urs,
and
it is
the
insuffi
cien
cy o
f the
wag
e w
hich
ex
plai
ns th
e ow
ner’s
cont
rol o
f the
mea
ns
of p
rodu
ctio
n. N
egri
writ
es:
Mon
ey ha
s the
adva
ntag
e of p
rese
ntin
g m
e im
med
iate
ly t
he l
urid
fac
e of
th
e so
cial
rela
tion
of v
alue
; it
show
s m
e va
lue
right
aw
ay a
s ex
chan
ge,
com
man
ded
and
orga
nize
d fo
r ex
ploi
tatio
n. I
do
not n
eed
to p
lung
e in
to H
egeli
anism
in o
rder
to d
iscov
er
the
doub
le fa
ce o
f the
com
mod
ity, o
f va
lue:
mon
ey h
as o
nly
one
face
, tha
t of
the b
oss.
In o
ther
wor
ds,
the
cons
ciou
snes
s of
al
iena
tion
requ
ires
unm
aski
ng
the
fetis
histi
c ro
le o
f m
oney
in
our
soci
al
relat
ions
hips
.
But
as
mov
emen
ts co
ntem
pora
ry
to
Neg
ri ar
gued
, th
e de
mys
tifica
tion
of
fetis
hise
d so
cial
re
latio
ns is
a t
ask
thro
ugho
ut t
he s
ocia
l fie
ld.
The
fem
inist
mov
emen
t of
the
60
s an
d 70
s, fo
r in
stan
ce, s
how
ed h
ow
the
fam
ily
prov
ided
a
harm
onio
us-
soun
ding
id
eolo
gica
l co
ver
for
the
alie
natio
n of
w
omen
’s re
prod
uctiv
e la
bour
and
the
ir ex
ploi
tatio
n by
men
. Th
ese
cons
ider
atio
ns,
part
icul
ary
the
met
hodo
logi
cal c
omm
itmen
t to c
olle
ctiv
e ve
rifiab
ility
, hav
e str
ongl
y im
pact
ed t
he
criti
que o
f the
uni
vers
ity w
hich
follo
ws.
The
enro
lmen
t pro
cess
to th
e un
iver
sity
is m
eant
to b
e de
term
ined
by
a stu
dent
’s ac
adem
ic m
erit.
Ap
art
from
qui
bble
s ab
out c
ompe
nsat
ing
for d
isadv
anta
ge, o
r ab
out t
he b
est w
ay to
mea
sure
mer
it, o
r ab
out t
he b
est w
ay to
pro
vide
it fo
r tho
se
who
lack
it, t
here
is li
ttle
disc
onte
nt w
ith
the
conc
ept.
Yet
the
conc
ept o
f mer
it, a
s a
mea
sura
ble
attr
ibut
e of
stu
dent
s, is
a pr
oduc
t of s
ever
al in
stitu
tions
, par
ticul
arly
st
anda
rdise
d te
sting
. Tes
ting,
par
ticul
arly
En
glish
-onl
y te
sting
as
is in
crea
singl
y th
e no
rm in
Aus
tral
ia, A
mer
ica,
and
the
RIOT
A c
onve
rsat
ion
on th
e re
cent
“rio
t” in
Syd
ney.
Wha
t fol
low
s is
a d
ialo
gue
betw
een
two
peop
le c
omm
entin
g on
the
Sydn
ey ‘r
iot’
- eds
righ
t.’
be b
ette
r tha
n th
at.
sayi
ng?
On
th
e
Va
lu
e
of
Do
in
g
Ho
me
wo
rk
By Ja
mes
Pol
lard
.
A b
rief
surv
ey o
f th
e re
cent
, glo
balis
ed
stude
nt
revo
lts
dem
onstr
ates
th
ree
appr
oach
es to
the f
orm
atio
n of
dem
ands
. Th
e firs
t app
roac
h ha
s bee
n to
pro
pose
no
dem
ands
bey
ond
imm
edia
te a
narc
hist-
com
mun
ist r
evol
utio
n, s
uch
as th
e N
ew
York
-bas
ed
Insti
tute
fo
r Ex
perim
enta
l Fr
eedo
m,
part
s of
Ca
lifor
nia’s
co
mm
unisa
tion
curr
ent,
and
the
Chile
an
Grup
o de
Esc
lare
cimien
to C
omm
unist
a.
Whi
le I
hav
e so
me
sym
path
y fo
r th
e st
atem
ents
issue
d by
the
se g
roup
s, to
o oft
en
thei
r m
ovem
ents
have
se
emed
to
beg
in a
nd e
nd i
n co
mm
unism
as
an i
mm
edia
te a
nd p
erm
anen
t ca
rniv
al
(whe
n I
trie
d th
at, I
wok
e up
with
no
mon
ey a
nd a
mas
sive
hang
over
). Th
e se
cond
ap
proa
ch,
inclu
ding
sc
hola
rs
such
as
St
anle
y A
rono
witz
, at
tem
pts
to
prac
tice
mili
tant
bu
t tr
aditi
onal
un
ioni
sm o
n th
e un
iver
sity
cam
puse
s, co
mba
tting
tr
aditi
onal
ly
unde
rsto
od
expl
oita
tion
in th
e fo
rm o
f cas
ualis
atio
n,
incr
ease
d w
orkl
oads
, an
d de
clini
ng
pay.
I su
ppor
t the
se d
eman
ds, a
nd h
ave
prev
ious
ly
addr
esse
d th
e ex
ampl
e of
La
Tro
be u
nive
rsity
in
Dire
ct A
ctio
n (W
inte
r 20
12 i
ssue
, av
aila
ble
onlin
e at
http
://da
wob
blie
s.wor
dpre
ss.co
m/ –
eds)
, bu
t so
met
imes
thi
s ki
nd o
f pr
ogra
m
is lim
ited
by it
s ge
nera
lity.
My
subj
ect
here
is
a th
ird a
ppro
ach
to d
eman
ds
in e
duca
tion,
whi
ch i
s th
e de
man
d fo
r ed
ucat
ion
plai
n an
d sim
ple.
Not
able
her
e is
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l St
uden
t M
ovem
ent
onlin
e pl
atfo
rm, w
hich
has
bee
n a
tool
in
coo
rdin
atin
g stu
dent
str
ikes
bet
wee
n N
orth
Am
eric
a an
d Eu
rope
, an
d ca
lls
for
“an
eman
cipa
tory
edu
catio
n fo
r al
l.”
Yet
beyo
nd a
nic
e-so
undi
ng a
djec
tive,
ther
e is
little
con
tent
to
this
dem
and.
U
nqua
lified
dem
ands
for
edu
catio
n ar
e in
dan
ger
of r
ecei
ving
mor
e ne
olib
eral
an
swer
s, su
ch a
s G
eorg
e W
. Bu
sh’s
No
Child
Left
Beh
ind,
or
Gill
ard’s
imita
tion
of i
t in
thi
s co
untr
y, w
hich
ans
wer
the
de
man
d w
ith m
ore
testi
ng,
and
high
er
pena
lties
for
scho
ols w
hich
fail
the
tests
. W
hile
an em
anci
patio
n w
ould
be n
ice,
we
will
not
find
it in
the u
nive
rsity
unl
ess w
e ca
n de
velo
p a
criti
que
of it
s pr
actic
es o
f te
achi
ng, l
earn
ing,
and
rese
arch
.
Sinc
e M
arxi
sm is
the
scie
nce
of th
e re
bel
wor
ker,
then
let
us s
tart
with
a t
esta
ble
hypo
thes
is:
alie
natio
n.
A
liena
tion
is de
fined
by
Mar
x as
the
int
erna
l sp
lit
betw
een
a w
orke
r w
ith
thei
r m
any
capa
citie
s an
d th
e lim
itatio
ns o
f th
eir
labo
ur.
In a
liena
ted
labo
ur, t
he w
orke
r do
es
not
expe
rienc
e th
eir
phys
ical
, m
enta
l, an
d em
otio
nal
pow
ers
as t
heir
own.
Rat
her,
thei
r pow
ers a
ct a
s tho
ugh
dire
cted
by
an e
xter
nal a
genc
y. T
o th
e or
gani
satio
nal p
rinci
ple
of th
is ap
pare
nt
agen
cy, w
e giv
e the
nam
e cap
ital. S
o, to
take
an
old
-fash
ione
d ex
ampl
e, a w
orke
r on
an
asse
mbl
y lin
e ha
s no
pers
onal
inve
smen
t in
the
mov
emen
ts of
thei
r ha
nds;
rath
er,
thei
r ha
nds
mov
e in
resp
onse
to a
ser
ies
of ex
tern
al co
mm
ands
whi
ch ar
e enf
orce
d
to b
e a
bit n
uanc
ed a
bout
thes
e th
ings
