Raymond Suttner - Suttner's View
Israeli genocide continues - with international mainly non-governmental resistance
By: Raymond Suttner 27th May 2024 In the aftermath of Israel's latest legal defeat at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week after an application by South Africa, many... →
For democracy to be meaningful, representative government and popular power need to coexist
By: Raymond Suttner 21st May 2024 In the previous article, I argued that the ANC had transitioned from being a liberation movement to become a conventional Western political party,... →
ANC collapse relates to breaking from its liberation movement character
By: Raymond Suttner 13th May 2024 For some time, many people have been preoccupied with the fate of popular struggle, popular agency and popular activities in South African... →
Genocidal war on Gaza, its support base, impact on democracy and levels of opposition (Part 4 of series on the Israeli war on the Palestinians)
By: Raymond Suttner 22nd April 2024 The war waged in Gaza is not between Israel and Hamas (who initiated the current conflict by piercing Israeli defences and killing and taking many... →
Attempts to bring Israel within the norms of legality (Part 3)
By: Raymond Suttner 3rd April 2024 Some of the states engaged with the Palestinian question have joined South Africa at the ICJ (like Brazil) or brought their own litigation against... →
Israel’s lawless attacks cannot continue if we want international peace (Part 2 of series on Israel’s war against the Palestinians)
By: Raymond Suttner 2nd April 2024 I appeal once again that access to humanitarian aid be ensured to Gaza, and call once more for the prompt release of the hostages seized on 7... →
Lawless states and the ‘failure’ of international law – Israel’s war on the Palestinian people
By: Raymond Suttner 18th March 2024 The misapprehension that ‘might is right’ in international relations was the case in the time of 19th century colonial conquest when territories... →
Voting and other action needed to recover our democracy – Part Two
By: Raymond Suttner 15th January 2024 There is no ready-made pathway that will easily empower citizens and other residents to better their lives in accordance with the Constitution and... →
Crisis of Electoralism: Do you have a civic duty to vote in South Africa today? – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 9th January 2024 With elections this year, and most polls predicting the ANC may for the first time since 1994 lose its status as the majority party nationally,... →
Xenophobic attacks repudiate freedom. They must be stopped!
By: Raymond Suttner 27th November 2023 The bodies may not have even been recovered from the Albert Street fire before Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshaveni issued a statement... →
