CLIMATE EMERGENCY, the pandemic & the convergence of GLOBAL CRISES

THREE NEW EXPERT REPORTS were commissioned by the Centre for Environmental Rights. They look at the future effects of climate change on mental health, as well as what basic lifestyles and services will look like for future generations in South Africa by 2030, 2040...

UPROOTING the Minerals-Energy Complex

by Alex Lenferna | Dec 14, 2021

DURING THE WEEK of September 20th 2021, thousands of people in every province of South Africa mobilised under the banner of #UprootTheDMRE. They were protesting against the polluting, unjust and harmful energy and mining agenda of Minister Gwede Mantashe’s Department...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2021

by Noor Nieftagodien | Dec 13, 2021

The majority of South Africans, especially black working class and poor communities, issued a resounding vote of no confidence in the ANC on November 1st: in 1994 the party won 12.2 million votes; in 2021 only 5.2 million votes. Fewer than 12 million out of an...

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End austerity & privatisation: Build a healthy, productive, accountable public service sector – Amandla #79/80 Editorial

by Amandla Collective | Dec 10, 2021

SO, WE FACE A FOURTH WAVE OF Covid-19 infections driven by the new variant now known as Omicron. Although prediction is dangerous when it comes to Covid-19, much like the third wave we can expect many thousands more lives destroyed. As with every new wave of...

Public sector jobs under attack

by Dick Forslund | Sep 21, 2021

Public sector jobs under attack Dick Forslund | Amandla 77 | August/September 2021 A day or two before the Budget Speech in February 2020, the state employer met with the unions and announced that the third year of the 2018 public sector wage agreement wouldn’t be...

A nation divided: 1948 to 2021

by Sam Moodley | Sep 16, 2021

A nation divided: 1948 to 2021 Sam Moodley | Amandla 77 | August 2021 Pine Street in Durban, at the height of the conflict between Africans and Indians in 1949. When the riots were finally subdued there were 142 people killed and 1,087 injured. Note: while I...

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Student Must Rise

by Daniel Krähmer | 19th Jul 2016 | Documentaries and Videos, Multimedia, Video | 0 Comments

Here is a short video recording of Noor Nieftagodien making his concluding remarks. He speaks on the book, the importance of the 2015/2016 student movement, race-based politics and the...

Noam Chomsky in conversation with Yanis Varoufakis

by Daniel Krähmer | 24th Jun 2016 | Multimedia, Video | 0 Comments

Published on Apr 27, 2016 Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training, he became Greece’s finance minister amidst the country's...

Richard Levins on the Meaning and Importance of Marxist Education

by Daniel Krähmer | 24th Jun 2016 | Multimedia, Video | 0 Comments

Richard Levins, ecologist, biomathematician, and philosopher of science

The Battle Against Austerity: Lessons From Greece

by Daniel Krähmer | 18th Aug 2015 | Documentaries and Videos, Multimedia, Video | 0 Comments

Leo Panitch and Richard Fidler discuss alternate views on recent developments in the fight against austerity waged by Syriza and the Greek people. Moderated by Susan Spronk. Susan Spronk is...