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RATHER THAN RESOLVING THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE DISMANTLING OF STRUCTURES OF APARTHEID POSES SHARP CHALLENGES FOR MOVEMENTS OF RESISTANCE. MANY PEOPLE MAY BECOME DISILLUSIONED BY THE CONFLICTS INHERENT IN THIS PROCESS. THIS ARITCLE SUGGESTS THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE SHAPE OF POSTAPARTHEID SOCIETY OR ITS GOVERNMENT, THAT WE ARE WITNESSING A MOVEMENT OF PROFOUND HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENT. THAT AS THE MOVEMENT THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS TRANSFORMATION FRAGMENTS INTO OPPOSING CAMPS, AND AS EVERYONE'S MIND TURNS TO THE NEXT CRUCIAL SET OF TASKS, IT IS WORTH CELEBRATING THE END OF COLONIAL RULE AND THE CHANCE TO STRUGGLE OPENLY AND DIRECTLY AGAINST ITS LEGACY.

HOPE IS ALWAYS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AT ROOT, ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON COLLECTIVE PROJECTS. SOCIALISM, IN THE SENSE, IS THE FOREMOST "PHILOSOPHY OF HOPE" OF THE LAST TWO CENTURIES, ITS MARXIST FORM THE BEST ANALYST OF ITS CHANCES. BUT SOCIALISM HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN THE ONLY HOPEFUL MODERN OUTLOOK-RATHER IT IS ONE OFFSPRING OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SENSE OF PROGRESS.

OVER 100 MILLION HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE INFERNO OF OUR CENTURY: SHOT, BOMBED, STARVED, GASSED, DESTROYED MORE SLOWLY BY THE FAMINE AND DISEASE THAT FOLLOWS MASS KILLING. THE HOLOCAUST STANDS OUT AGAINST THIS TWISTED LANDSCAPE AS THE ONE MASS MURDER UTTERLY DEVOID OF REASON.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between both individual and neighborhood level characteristics and non-fasting blood glucose levels.Study design: This study used a cross sectional design using data from the Community Initiative to Eliminate Stroke Program in NC (2004-2008). A total of 12,809 adults nested within 550 census block groups from two adjacent urban counties were included in the analysis.Methods: Participants completed a cardiovascular risk factor assessment with self-reported demographics, stroke-risk behaviors, and biometric measurements. Neighborhood level characteristics were based upon census data. Three multilevel models were constructed for data analysis.Results: Mean blood glucose level of this sample population was 103.61mg/dL. The unconditional model 1 suggested a variation in mean blood glucose levels among the neighborhoods (τ00 = 13.39; P < .001). Both models 2 and 3 suggested that the neighborhood composite deprivation index had a significant prediction on each neighborhood's mean blood glucose level (¡01= .69; P < 0.001,¡01= .36; P = .004). Model 3 also suggested that across all the neighborhoods, on average, after controlling for individual level risk factors, deprivation remained a significant predictor of blood glucose levels.Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that neighborhood disadvantage is a significant predictor of neighborhood and individual level blood glucose levels. One approach to diabetes prevention could be for policymakers to address the problems associated with environmental determinants of health.