Author: John S. Saul

John S. Saul is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at York University and is author of A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation. John is also author, with Patrick Bond, of a history entitled South Africa – The Present as History: From Mrs Ples to Mandela and Marikana published in April, 2014.

The Struggle for South Africa’s Liberation: Success and Failure

This paper was presented at a seminar at the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Albie Sachs and Ben Turok served as discussants and a lively, disputatious but … Keep reading »

International Relations • September 29, 2015 • John S. Saul
A Flawed Freedom

Has the time come when it might be possible to move past the well-deserved praise-song phase of the marking of Nelson Mandela’s death in order to strike a more careful … Keep reading »

Social Movements • December 13, 2013 • John S. Saul
Launching the Socialist Register 2014: Registering Class

The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of ‘registering class’ in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s … Watch video »

Theory • December 8, 2013 • Leo Panitch, Bryan Palmer, Judy Hellman, John S. Saul, Stephanie Ross and Greg Albo
Launching the Socialist Register 2013

Chaired by Leo Panitch. Panel discussion with book contributors: Joan Sangster teaches History and Gender and Women’s Studies at Trent University Meg Luxton is Professor and Director of the Graduate … Watch video »

Theory • February 10, 2013 • Leo Panitch, Joan Sangster, Meg Luxton, Sam Gindin, Steve Hellman and John S. Saul
A Poisoned Chalice: Liberation, ANC-Style

There is good and obvious reason to celebrate the long history of the African National Congress (ANC): the organization’s marked dedication over one hundred years to the cause of the … Keep reading »

Social Movements • January 6, 2012 • John S. Saul
Mozambique: Not Then But Now

I first knew Mozambique through close contact in Dar es Salaam with FRELIMO in the early and difficult years – the 1960s and the first-half of 1970s – of its … Keep reading »

International Relations • July 11, 2010 • John S. Saul