Behind the South African Miner Massacre

Bhaskar Sunkara August 17, 2012

I co-wrote a piece with Mike Elk on the killing of 34 striking miners in South Africa yesterday. Read more over at Working in These Times.

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Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation magazine and the founding editor of Jacobin. Follow him on Twitter: @sunraysunray.

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