SOUTH AFRICA: Our actions shape attitudes to women
Policies and laws exist to protect women and girls but we need to take responsibility and act on them. “I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you!” This shrill and violent threat rang out across the street from my office block last week.”
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SOUTH AFRICA: Foes unite to keep job crisis at bay
“The local steel industry is vanishing and about 190 000 people face losing their jobs.It is Monday morning in Newtown, Johannesburg. The meeting of traditional foes has one thing on their agenda uniting them: to save the steel industry.”
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CHINA: The Tianjin explosions and the discrediting of capitalism
“The official death toll from the massive explosions that devastated a substantial area of the port of Tianjin on Thursday night has reached 57. The number of fatalities is expected to rise significantly….”
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SOUTH AFRICA:SA must secure ties with China, Russia – ANC
“South Africa’s embrace of the Russian bear and Chinese panda is set to get tighter, with the ANC viewing the role of both countries as integral to its own international and domestic agendas.”
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USA:World capitalism “toboggans toward catastrophe”
“Seven years after the Wall Street crash of September 2008, fears are growing within ruling circles internationally that the world capitalist economy, far from recovering, is descending into depression. There is increasing speculation as to where the next financial meltdown, triggering a collapse in trade and production, will occur.”
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TURKEY: Turkish attempts to form coalition government have failed; new election on the horizon
“On Thursday, 13 August, after a short meeting between Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Davutoglu announced the collapse of talks between the parties to form a coalition government.”
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USA: This Apple employee is so secretive he signs his emails with a question mark (AAPL)?
“Apple is known for being extremely secretive not only to the public, but internally as well.  Employees learn information on a need-to-know basis, which means you’re only given the exact amount of insight you need to do your job.”
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UK: Attitudes, Media and Culture
“Equality between women and men will not be achieved by legal change alone. How our society, our culture, communities and individuals view women and women’s equality will make a huge difference.”
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INTERNATIONAL: Industry bargaining for living wages
“As pressure is increasing on multinational corporations (MNCs) to account for violations of workers’ rights in their global supply chains, trade unions are identifying how MNCs’ own sourcing practices lead to these violations and developing new models of cooperation to change them.”
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USA: Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras resigns
“Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not give a date for the new polls but they are expected to be held on September 20, the state news agency ANA said, citing government sources.”
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CHINA: China’s Renminbi Devaluation May Initiate New Phase in Global Currency War
“For years, China looked like the principled noncombatant. As other countries, seeking to secure an economic advantage, let the value of their currencies slide on international markets, China held firm on the value of its money.”
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SOUTH AFRICA: ANC – The media is ganging up on us
“In its discussion document on the battle of ideas, media transformation and diversity and accelerating digital future released on Monday ahead of its national general council on October 9 to October 12, the ANC expressed its unhappiness with the consistent negative coverage by the media on the party…”
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USA: AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale
“The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T.”
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USA:Uber’s Attempt To Silence Its Drivers May Have Just Backfired
“Much has been made over how Uber, the car service that enables users to hail a car within minutes of pressing a few keys on their smartphones, is jumpstarting the “gig-economy.” Frequently lost amid the discussion over disrupting existing industries, however, is the fact that workers in this new economy often gett the short-shrift.”
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