Abahlali baseMjondolo of the Western Cape Address: QQ 305 ~ Site B ~ Khayelitsha, 7784 E-mail: ~ Website: http//www.abahlali.org Dear Mayor Patricia de Lille, This letter has been written by the provincial executive of Abahlali...
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A beautiful human being: James Claassen | by Amandla! editorial staff
The Amandla collective brings our readers the tragic news of the passing of Jamie Claassen. Jamie was a founding member of the Amandla Project and Editorial Collective and was dedicated to the struggle for a democratic socialist alternative. Jamie was a person of...
The Second Transition
The economists and big business say it is too radical, filled with Marxist rhetoric, and threatening state intervention and nationalisation. The trade unionists and communists say it is too conservative, promoting black business and labour market reform. Is The Second...
Alternative models for water governance and management: the people’s challenge to “green economy” | by Mary Ann Manahan
The “green economy” sets the stage for the creation of markets where water and its ecosystem functions (e.g. water purification by pristine watersheds or carbon sequestration of forests and oceans) can be traded, while the people’s rights and common interests are...
The RIO+20 U.N. Conference: An Ecosocialist Assessment | by Ecosocialist International Network
Representatives of governments from all the world will be present at the Rio+20 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. What can we expect from this so-called “Earth Summit” from a social and ecological perspective? Nothing! Or, to be charitable, very...
What can we do to intentionally shape our collective destiny? (part 1 of 2) | by Claudio Schuftan
The following two Readers are a summarization of the key messages found in Global Health Watch 3, PHM’s alternative flagship publication that analyzes the current world health situation. 1. Our collective destiny is not in our hands. It is in the hands of a handful of...
Green energy won’t save the earth without social change | by Ian Angus
The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels will eventually disappear. But will that actually work? A new study by Richard York of...
Somebody Else’s Atrocities | by Noam Chomsky
Opposing the International Olympic Committee’s newly formed partnership with Dow Chemical, dissenters illuminate a history of human rights oversights. These instances are all nonexistent, on standard principles, along with others too numerous to mention. In his...
The People’s Dialogue Declaration on the Green Economy and in defence of mother earth and the commons, Johannesburg 7 May 2012
The People’s Dialogue, a network representing millions of African and Latin Americans organised in movements of rural women, small scale farmers, peasants, workers, feminist and research formations, is mindful that the discussion on the green economy takes place at...



