We cannot analyse the global ecological crisis separately from the crisis in which we are immersed or the critique of the economic model that has led us into it. The starting point for today’s debate is to note that humanity is in a global ecological crisis that is an...
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Occupy London – Creating an Alternative | by Jamie Stern-Weiner, Naomi Colvin
The Occupy movement that has spread with remarkable speed across the U.S. is coming to London tomorrow. New Left Project will be running a series of articles looking at issues of relevance to the protest, including the role of the financial system in the economic...
Declaration of the European Conference Against Austerity | by ECAA
This European conference meets not a moment too soon.The peoples of Europe face an unprecedented social, political and economic crisis.Our governments are implementing the most savage spending cuts designed to destroy all the social gains of the post-war period. These...
Neoliberalism, Education and the Politics of Capital: Searching Possibilities of Resistance | by Ravi Kumar
That the instruments of imparting education extend beyond the classical notions of classroom learning is a fact few can disagree with today. It is, however, not enough to realise that the process of educating a human being transcends the limited universe of whatever...
AIDC warns: NGP? Do not repeat the tragedy of GEAR as a farce!
Glimpses of clear sunlight in a long winter only indicate that summer is possible, but are not summer itself (not even spring). The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) welcomes that the government’s New Growth Path (NGP) document recognizes the hard...
Press Statement: NWC statement Following Its Meeting Held on 1 November 2010
2 November 2010Following the National General Council meeting held in September, this year, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC was directed to perform a number of responsibilities.The NGC directed the NEC to report the outcomes of the NGC to the ANC...
Lacking Resources?
By Dick ForslundA recent report to South African Cities Network shows how much of incomes households pay in property rates water and electricity supply, and solid waste and sanitation. Low income households pay 10 to 20 percentage points more of their total incomes to...


