Colin Darch
@darch44.bsky.social
| UCT | HSRC | CEA/UFPE | Retired researcher and documentalist, author of books on freedom of information, the anarchist Nestor Makhno, Samora Machel, and Aquino de Bragança. Webpage: www.mozambiquehistory.net
Kishore Mahbubani: The West has engineered its own downfall
<p><em>The West often wants to believe it’s the most virtuous civilization on planet Earth. It is lying to itself. So argues <strong>Kishore Mahbubani</strong>, former President of the UN Security Cou...
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September 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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On 17 August 1982 anti-apartheid activist and academic Ruth First was assassinated in her university office in Maputo by a parcel bomb sent by the SA apartheid regime -- www.mozambiquehistory.net/ruth.php
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#otd
On 17 August 1982 anti-apartheid activist and academic Ruth First was assassinated in her university office in Maputo by a parcel bomb sent by the SA apartheid regime -- www.mozambiquehistory.net/ruth.php
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August 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM
#mozambique
#history
#otd
On 17 August 1982 anti-apartheid activist and academic Ruth First was assassinated in her university office in Maputo by a parcel bomb sent by the SA apartheid regime -- www.mozambiquehistory.net/ruth.php
#history
#otd
On 17 August 1982 anti-apartheid activist and academic Ruth First was assassinated in her university office in Maputo by a parcel bomb sent by the SA apartheid regime -- www.mozambiquehistory.net/ruth.php
Jason Arday is now the stick the right will use to beat back racial equality. Don’t let that happen | Afua Hirsch www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Jason Arday is now the stick the right will use to beat back racial equality. Don’t let that happen | Afua Hirsch
The UK is far from equality in academia or society. You don’t need a Cambridge degree to see that Arday’s story is being used to stop any progress in its tracks, says journalist and academic Afua Hirs...
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August 13, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Jason Arday is now the stick the right will use to beat back racial equality. Don’t let that happen | Afua Hirsch www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Antonina Pirozhkova #Soviet civil engineer & writer. @ Kuznetskstroi, skills so valued that stationmaster banned from selling her train ticket home. 1934 to Moscow where rose to chief engineer on Metro. #WWII engineered railway tunnels in Caucasus. b. #OTD 1 Jul 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin...
July 1, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Antonina Pirozhkova #Soviet civil engineer & writer. @ Kuznetskstroi, skills so valued that stationmaster banned from selling her train ticket home. 1934 to Moscow where rose to chief engineer on Metro. #WWII engineered railway tunnels in Caucasus. b. #OTD 1 Jul 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin...
‘They will attack me if I stay’: immigrants in South Africa flee for safety amid violence and anti-foreigner protests www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘They will attack me if I stay’: immigrants in South Africa flee for safety amid violence and anti-foreigner protests
More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the country
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June 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
‘They will attack me if I stay’: immigrants in South Africa flee for safety amid violence and anti-foreigner protests www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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#OtD 27 Jun 1973 Jewish revolutionary and author Ida Mett (b 1901) died in Paris, France. She was involved in the Russian revolution and was a member of the anarchist-communist Dielo Truda (Workers' Cause) group from 1925 to 1928 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9925...
June 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 27 Jun 1973 Jewish revolutionary and author Ida Mett (b 1901) died in Paris, France. She was involved in the Russian revolution and was a member of the anarchist-communist Dielo Truda (Workers' Cause) group from 1925 to 1928 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9925...
Fifa unites the world – in anger at hydration breaks (AKA ad breaks) | Barney Ronay www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa unites the world – in anger at hydration breaks (AKA ad breaks) | Barney Ronay
Fans, players and coaches have voiced their indignation at the way the game is massively altered by the four-quarter structure
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June 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Fifa unites the world – in anger at hydration breaks (AKA ad breaks) | Barney Ronay www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea
Jubilation for Bafana Bafana who finish second in Group A and progress to last 32 while South Korea face anxious wait
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June 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Maseko strike sends South Africa into first World Cup knockouts with win over South Korea www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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“Nunca na história da humanidade houve condições técnicas e científicas tão adequadas a construir o mundo da dignidade humana, apenas essas condições foram expropriadas por um punhado de empresas que decidiram construir um mundo perverso.”
O geógrafo Milton Santos faleceu neste dia em 2001.
O geógrafo Milton Santos faleceu neste dia em 2001.
June 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
“Nunca na história da humanidade houve condições técnicas e científicas tão adequadas a construir o mundo da dignidade humana, apenas essas condições foram expropriadas por um punhado de empresas que decidiram construir um mundo perverso.”
O geógrafo Milton Santos faleceu neste dia em 2001.
O geógrafo Milton Santos faleceu neste dia em 2001.
You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC
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June 20, 2026 at 11:38 AM
You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Langrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents
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June 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
