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Who is afraid of the masses in Haiti?
A desperate humanitarian crisis is underway in Haiti. Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the country has been gripped by crippling levels of gang violence characterized by regular street battles, kidnappings, sexual assault, and the...
Hamba kahle Eddie Webster: The labour movement will miss you
Eddie Webster has left us. The hole in the world that he left is large indeed. He passed away on Tuesday, 5 March, from a heart attack at the age of 81. More than anyone else, Eddie Webster remade the field of industrial sociology in South Africa, but his impact was...
Gaza’s traumatic stress
The state of mental health in Gaza has to be contextualised in the history of the last 75 years of colonization and occupation; the 17 years during which Gaza has been the world’s largest outdoor prison; and the current constant bombing and invasion of Gaza that has...
The end of labour or the beginning of a new cycle of union growth?
This is an edited version of a talk I gave at the 6th Conference of the International Association of Strikes and Social Conflict (IASSC) in Cape Town on 6th February 2024. Eight years ago, I noticed a growing number of motorbikes on Johannesburg’s pot-holed roads....
Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) and Makhanda Citizen’s Front: Interview with Ayanda Kota
We started the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) in 2009. I think what gave rise to it was two things: the failures of the municipality which came out of IDP meetings. And the feeling that the politicians are taking us for a ride and taking us for granted. They are...
Reflections on the Namibian Genocide
The moral victory of the South African government at the International Court of Justice against Palestinian genocide can only be applauded. The symbolic significance of the former apartheid country taking such action is undoubtedly immense. Similarly, Namibia also...
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