By Dr. Michelle D. Holmes

I rolled my eyes over a July press release from the United States’ South African consulate hailing the donation of 1,000 ventilators and $3.5 million for oxygen manufacture to assist that nation’s fight against COVID-19. Ambassador Lana Marks said, “When a global health crisis arises, America doesn’t wait to be called; we respond with timely, appropriate and expert assistance.”

By David Abdulah

The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) of Trinidad and Tobago was registered as a political party with the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) in April 2010. Our Founding Congress was held on May 14, 2011. At that Founding Congress the party’s constitution was approved, and the First National Executive was elected.

Por Gloriann Sacha Antonetty y el equipo editorial de Revista étnica

publicado con permiso de la Revista Étnica​

By Onyekachi Wambu

Israeli Annexationism, the George Floyd Lynching and the Need for a New Solidarity in the Face of Global Racialization

By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

By Nothando Maphalala

The youngest country in the world was the 51st African country to confirm a COVID-19 case on April 5, 202l. As the world adjusted to the “new normal,” South Sudanese hoped that this pandemic would pass them by. Having experienced floods, a locust invasion and a fragile peace, the expression thiele riek mi mat ro jo riek mi dong [another problem should not be added on top of another problem] held much resonance for South Sudanese.

A Poem By Nnimmo Bassey

By Nnimmo Bassey 

The rage of the COVID-19 pandemic has been as astonishing as any epic disaster can be. What startles some of us more is the unabashed projection that millions of Africans will die, probably as soon as the pandemic ends at the current epicenters. How come some of these analysts speak with so much certainty and do not suggest that they are merely projecting from indices that only they know?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr 

When humanity recovers from the plague – COVID-19 – there will be a new normal. This goes beyond the unknown numbers of people who have been sick or died. And it goes beyond the deep economic impact that this plague has already had on the planet. It’s about trauma. It’s about how most of us will be feeling.

By Steve Faulkner

Worker leaders in South Africa are awakening to a new reality, as they must be all over the world. The old certainties are no longer as firm as they once seemed. It’s noticeable that the phrase “When this is over” is not automatically followed by “and when we get back to normal” but is instead left hanging in the air. What exactly will the new “normal” look like?