COSATU General Secretary‚ Zwelinzima Vavi’s‚ Keynote Address to the COSATU International Policy Conference 16 May 2012 COSATU NOBs‚ Members of the COSATU CEC‚ Leaders of Alliance partners‚ Distinguished International guests‚ Esteemed delegates and Comrades‚ Allow me to convey special greetings from the leadership of the federation and its structures. We are gathered here today to soberly reflect on the changing global balance of class forces and imperative of how best to reposition the federation
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POLITICAL ISLAM IN THE ERA OF NEOLIBERALISM The main topics The post-Islamist Turn (Asef Bayat) The relationship between the urban dispossessed and radical Islam (Asef Bayat) Understanding of political Islam from a historical materialist perspective (the debate between Amin and Tariq Amin-Khan) “What is post-Islamsim”: First of all‚ it should be clarified at the very beginning that the categories “Islamism” and “post-Islamism” serve primarily as theoretical constructs to signify change‚ difference
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through the abortion process tend to have higher health risks in life and have a harder time having kids in the future. Beliefs: Yes‚ the abortion procedure might be risky and cause many health risks‚ but at times it may be the only choice. My political party recognizes the different beliefs that people may have‚ so therefore it doesn’t pick a side. No I am not stating that I am for abortion‚ but I am not against it either. Sometimes life can be really tough on us‚ and leave us with abortion as
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Different political views are represented by the political spectrum. The spectrum shows that on the extreme left end is communist views and on the extreme left is dictatorship views and anywhere in between is liberal‚ conservative or a combination of both parties. In the left end views are that everyone is equal and has the right to have the same things as every other person whereas on the right side views are that the successful should be awarded. Political parties on the right and those on the
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Simmons English 1102 23 August 2013 Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoon When growing up‚ you never realize that the cartoons that you observe sometimes have a deeper meaning. The gestures and comments made in these cartoons can stir up more controversy than an entire newspaper article. Williams uses the strategy of compare and contrast‚ and examples to help explain how cartoonists create their cartoons using propaganda. In Political Cartoons as Ethnocentric Propaganda‚ Williams begins off
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INDIA SEGMENTATION DEMOGRAPHIC Population 1‚173‚108‚018 (July 2010 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 30.5% (male 187‚197‚389/female 165‚285‚592) 15-64 years: 64.3% (male 384‚131‚994/female 359‚795‚835) 65 years and over: 5.2% (male 28‚816‚115/female 31‚670‚841) (2010 est.) Median age total: 25.9 years male: 25.4 years female: 26.6 years (2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.376% (2010 est.) Urbanization urban population: 29% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual
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Assignment 3: Political Personalities 1 Political Personalities Ann Fowler Argosy University Assignment 3: Political Personalities 2 Choose a social or political leader (current or past) to examine through an Adlerian framework of superiority striving and style of life. During WWII‚ Adlolph Hilter was the most destrutive politician and as a German Natzi dictator he was responsible for the estimated deaths of over 11 million people. After fighting in and losing The Great War
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Objectification of women in India "You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women." Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Leader of India’s Independence movement‚ and India’s first Prime Minister. According to a global poll conducted by Thomson Reuters‚ India is the "fourth most dangerous country" in the world for women and the worst country for women among the G20 countries. Today’s India offers a lot of opportunities to women‚ with women having a voice in everyday life‚ the business
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POLITICAL LANGUAGE Language is the life blood of politics. Political power struggles‚ and the legitimisation of political policies and authorities occurs primarily through discourse and verbal representations. Power can either be exercised through coercion or what US commentator Walter Lippman termed in the 1930s the manufacture of consent. Largely unable‚ and hopefully unwilling‚ to coerce; political authorities in so called democratic polities often need to manufacture consent in order to
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Sovereignty of India Sovereignty is a sensitive issue in India even sixty years after independence. Take the recent fracas over the Indo-US nuclear deal‚ ignited quite ironically by both the Left and the Right at the same time. It has seen the debate Centre not so much on the actual agreement‚ as on the notion of an independent foreign policy. This article isn’t about the nuclear deal. It is about understanding the meaning of sovereignty in the 21st century. A proper understanding of the concept
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