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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought May 27, 2008, 11:15 am Get 15% discount on books All Thought Leader newsletter subscribers receive a 15% discount on books ordered from the Exclusive Books website. Simply go to the order form and use the Thought Leader promo code MGT1. Buy Books... The greatest business innovation… by Mandy de Waal on May 27th, 2008 … is simply doing good business. Since the time of the Phoenicians, commerce has united the world. Today no corner of the world remains untouched by global industry, and with it capitalism has spawned a complex web of interdependence. Brands lik... Perfect state or police state? by Catherine Parker on May 27th, 2008 One of the things that has been hard for me to get used to about living in the US is the feeling of being policed at every turn. Here, my life is filled with a multitude of rules and regulations, along with a strong presence of law enforcement offici... Protest in Paris by Bilal Randeree on May 26th, 2008 Thousands of French filled the streets, carrying placards and banners, singing songs and shouting slogans. This is Paris, May 2008, 40 years after the social revolution known as "May 68" shook France. The uprisings in the 1960s saw a series of st... Trouble in paradise by Steven Lamini on May 26th, 2008 Today Kosovo is the official subject of all sorts of separatist tendencies, real and imagined. The speed with which key European states rushed to support its declaration of independence was dizzying. With the consequences of that support (real and ta... Writing on the wall for African liberation movements by Sandile Memela on May 26th, 2008 The children of the revolution are turning against the liberation movement. For now, a handful of insider top thinkers have expressed their disillusionment on the decline of the political integrity of liberation movements. In fact, they have gone ... Black Diamonds, the culture of entitlement and other xenophobic rumblings by Sandile Memela on May 26th, 2008 The deep rumbles of discontent that have exploded into an orgy of violence, death and destruction among the poor are an outward expression of the culture of 'putting local blacks, first' which is now commonly accepted among the depraved 'Black Diam... Make Africa Day a public holiday by Ryland Fisher on May 26th, 2008 It is Monday 26 May 2008 in Accra, the capital of Ghana, and it is a public holiday. Yesterday was Africa Day, a day that still goes relatively unrecognised in South Africa, and because it was Sunday, the Monday becomes a holiday. The streets are ... Zimbabwe run-off: Now that's entertainment! by Michael Trapido on May 26th, 2008 Britain's tough new Consumer Protection Regulations have been particularly hard on fortune tellers, astrologers and other mediums who are now required by law, to tell customers that their work is "entertainment" and not "experimentally proven�... Back to Biko by Terri Barnes on May 26th, 2008 Hello, cyberpublic. Let us read Steve Biko, I Write What I Like, page 31. "…the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into... Just how safe is Australia anyway? by Sarah Britten on May 26th, 2008 Bad things can happen anywhere. And they do happen in Australia. Take the case of 54 year old Brian Gilsenan, a Scottish emigrant who was attacked in an apparently motiveless crime in the Sydney CBD four months ago. He died on Saturday. The police ne... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za