AFCON 2021: CONTEXT & CONTRADICTIONS!

ON THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest report. Previous versions have warned of impending climate chaos. The current report rings the death knell for people and planet. Governments and scientists agree...

Ukraine-Russia: LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE

by Michael Roberts | May 5, 2022

This article was first published on Michael Roberts’ blog. “The war in Ukraine is like a powerful earthquake that will have ripple effects throughout the global economy, especially in poor countries”. That’s how IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva described the impact of...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEUTRALITY AND NON-ALIGNMENT

by William Shoki | May 3, 2022

RUSSIA’S WAR WITH UKRAINE HAS invited widespread calls for de-escalation and diplomatic resolution. Still, countries worldwide are more reluctant to express outright condemnation for Putin’s aggression, or to join the West’s efforts in actively deterring Moscow...

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OBITUARY: PIERRE BEAUDET reason to revolt

by Roger Etkind | Apr 28, 2022

PIERRE BEAUDET, ACTIVIST, strategist, intellectual, friend and comrade died earlier last month. As well as the loss to me of a friend and comrade of 35 years, he is a loss to many in the progressive and revolutionary movements across the world. Pierre was a friend of...

REVIEW: Feya Faku keeps the inter-generational groove rhythming

by Dinga Sikwebu | Apr 28, 2022

SINCE FEYA FAKU BEGAN HIS month-long national tour of five South African cities, there is a scramble amongst young jazz musicians for membership in his bands. As he moves from one city to the other, the celebrated trumpeter assembles local musicians and invites them...

Makana Municipality put on probation

by Madoda Cuphe | Apr 28, 2022

ON 14TH MARCH 2022, THE Appeal Court ordered the Makana Municipality and the Eastern Cape Government to come up with a financial recovery plan (FRP) to improve the financial and management position of the failing municipality. In 2020 the Makhanda High Court had...

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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...