Patrick Bond Asks “Is Pretoria a Destructive Sub-imperialist Power?”
Patrick Bond has written an article for Pambazuka News asking, “is Pretoria a destructive sub-imperialist power?” This was partially prompted by the Zambian vice president Guy Scott saying that he...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Reflects on the Impact of Holding the World Cup in South Africa
Patrick Bond has written a column for the Daily Maverick reflecting on “our World Cup hangover” and “Fifa emperor Sepp Blatter” in light of recent protests in Brazil, host country for the 2014 World...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Comments on “Washington’s Economic Paranoia”
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below, has written about a comment made by White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes that “if the US is not...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Comments on the Protests in Brazil Ahead of the 2014 Soccer...
The current protests in Brazil over concessions made to Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) in the run-up to the 2014 Soccer World Cup, is reminiscent of the South Africans who...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Challenges Climate Change Denialists and Calls Government to Action
The number of ships that have recently sunk off the South African coast is “just some surface-level indications that our shipping industry is utterly ill prepared for the rise of both overall sea...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Questions the Efficacy of BRICS in Rebuilding the Global...
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below, has written an article for the Daily Maverick questioning whether BRICS will be playing any meaningful role in...
View ArticleVideo: Patrick Bond Discusses the BRICS Meeting at the G20 Leaders’ Summit
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below, spoke to Jaisal Noor from The Real News about how developing countries, namely BRICS, are taking a toll from the...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Considers the Position of Pretoria’s Delegation to COP19 in Warsaw
The Conference of the Parties (COP19), the UN‘s annual Framework Convention on Climate Change summit, started on Monday in Warsaw, Poland. Yesterday Patrick Bond wrote a column for the Daily Maverick...
View ArticlePatrick Bond on the Lessons being Shared at the BRICS Conference
“Some very dubious public policy lessons are being passed along within the Brazil-Russia-India-China-SA nexus,” Patrick Bond writes in a column for Daily Maverick, ahead of the BRICS ministerial...
View ArticlePatrick Bond on Nelson Mandela: “He Inspired the Nation” (Video)
“It’s hard to come to grips with the loss of someone who has ruled in a moral and spiritual way, just as much as a political way,” Patrick Bond told The Real News about Nelson Mandela’s passing. Bond...
View ArticleVideo: Patrick Bond Discusses Global Economy and Ecology
Last month the Institute of International Relations Prague interviewed Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice over video about the global economy and ecology. The questions Bond were asked...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Criticises the Qingdao Presentation at the BRICS Ministerial...
In an article for Pambazuka News, Patrick Bond commented on the BRICS Ministerial Conference in Durban, held last month. A delegation from Qingdao, one of China’s largest cities was there to give a...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Discusses the Infrastructure Development Bill
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice, has written a column for the Daily Maverick on the Infrastructure Development Bill, which is currently under discussion in parliament. Bond writes...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Discusses the Infrastructure Development Bill Hearings
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice, has written a column for Pambazuka News on the recent Infrastructure Development Bill hearings, which “could give fast-track approvals for mines,...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Believes the BRICS Bloc Paints a Gloomy Picture for South Africa
Patrick Bond believes the BRICS bloc will in fact prove to be damaging to South Africa’s economy. BRICS is an association of five major emerging national economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Takes a Look at Nigeria’s New GDP Figures
Patrick Bond, author of Politics of Climate Justice, has written an article for Pambazuka News about Nigeria’s recently released GDP figures, which theoretically trump South Africa’s. Bond looks at how...
View ArticleVideo: Politics of Climate Justice Author Patrick Bond on Effects of Platinum...
Professor Patrick Bond, director of the Centre For Civil Society and author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below, speaks to The Real News Network about the implications of...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Deliberates Issues Surrounding the BRICS Nexus in Africa
Patrick Bond, the author of Politics of Climate Justice, has written an article for Pambazuka News in which he responds to issues raised by Yash Tandon about the role of the BRICS nexus as an...
View ArticlePatrick Bond’s Politics of Climate Justice Named on The Guardian’s “Seminal”...
Patrick Bond’s Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below has been named as on of The Guardian’s top 10 “seminal” books on the climate change movement. Other books on the list...
View ArticlePatrick Bond Speaks Out About eTV’s “Stasi-style Propaganda” and the De Hoop Dam
Patrick Bond wrote an article on Pambazuka News about the internal conflict that has damaged the reputation of eTV. Bond is the author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below...
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