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PROSPECTS FOR A NEW LEFT

PROSPECTS FOR A NEW LEFT

Two decades of ANC-led neoliberalisation, which has surrendered democracy, development and state formation to capital, consolidated the strategic defeat of the Left and working class in South Africa.

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THE NHI AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HEALTH

THE NHI AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HEALTH

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” - Martin Luther King SOUTH AFRICA SUFFERS FROM AN enormous burden of disease and ill health that affects all of us. It affects us as individuals. But it also affects us as a...

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A CRISIS OF POLITICS? WHAT IS ITS NATURE?

A CRISIS OF POLITICS? WHAT IS ITS NATURE?

Interview with Mosa Phadi, an activist scholar and member of Keep Left  Amandla!: Is there a crisis of politics? what’s your understanding of it and its nature in South Africa? MOSA PHADI: It’s been ongoing in different ways since 1994. I think the biggest betrayal...

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VICTORY FOR SIMUNYE WORKERS FORUM

VICTORY FOR SIMUNYE WORKERS FORUM

Amandla! Interview with Vuyelwa Magidela, member of the Simunye Standing Committee Amandla!: Simunye Workers Forum is an independent organization of workers based in Germiston. You recently won a victory in the Labour Court. Can you tell us about that victory? Vuyelwa...

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THE CRISIS OF POLITICS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

THE CRISIS OF POLITICS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

IN JULY, AMANDLA! BROUGHT TOGETHER A GROUP OF YOUNG, SOCIALIST ACTIVISTS TO DISCUSS THE CRISIS OF POLITICS IN AN OPEN-ENDED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION. We chose this format because we wanted to dig deeper than usually happens in a public panel situation. We wanted a more...

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