Kevin Bloom

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kevin Bloom

EXCLUSIVE   Hoerikwaggo, better known as Table Mountain.

2 weeks ago | namibian.com.na | Kevin Bloom

Back in mid-February, Israel-Palestine expert Norman Finkelstein told Daily Maverick that South Africa could expect to suffer an intensifying ‘dirty tricks campaign’ as evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza mounted. In the past few weeks, to deflect from the atrocities, Finkelstein’s predictions have become fact — not only has Israel recruited noted European anti-Semites to its cause, it has successfully exploited the Afrikaner far-right too.

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kevin Bloom

Back in mid-February, Israel-Palestine expert Norman Finkelstein told Daily Maverick that South Africa could expect to suffer an intensifying ‘dirty tricks campaign’ as evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza mounted. In the past few weeks, to deflect from the atrocities, Finkelstein’s predictions have become fact — not only has Israel recruited noted European anti-Semites to its cause, it has successfully exploited the Afrikaner far-right too.

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Kevin Bloom

RAGE-BAITING If their numbers were so small, why were they so loud? This was the statistical question that could be asked of South Africa’s new white supremacists, who appeared to be riding social media algorithms that were perfectly suited to their prejudices. From the rage farming to the race-baiting and all the techniques in between, the disinformation was now spilling into the offline world – and so, to avert lasting damage, was in urgent need of the law.

1 month ago | allafrica.com | Kevin Bloom

book review The global acclaim for Peter Beinart's new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, rests mainly on its call for a Jewish awakening that moves beyond the story of persecution and victimhood. But a thread that runs through the book, too often overlooked, is the trenchant comparison between modern-day Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. For a local audience, such a reading is rich in anti-supremacist nutrients.