Palestine reflects the modern world, revealing an imperial system willing to sacrifice entire populations in defence of power, profit, and domination.
Palestine: the genocide the world stopped watching
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Global South
The 1976 uprising and its enduring significance
The youth of 1976 broke the climate of fear that had subdued older generations and placed a premium on collective learning and shared leadership.
The state of the nation’s care economy
The crisis in the care sector goes beyond economics; it is structural. This article argues that increased government spending on care jobs won’t address racial, political, and gender oppression.
War requires defence against mass unemployment and price increases
South Africa’s fractured society is not in any shape to cope with fallouts from the attack on Iran by the US and Israel.
Brazil in the mirror of Latin America
Brazil today is shaped by a contest that pits different sectors and social classes against each other, reflecting the broader international conflict.
COP30: isolated advances amid major omissions
COP30 laid bare the gap between the severity of the climate crisis and the political will of countries to confront it concretely.
The pandemic accord: new possibilities for public health industrialisation pathways?
The destructive impact of the newly imposed US tariffs and aid cuts on South Africa are undeniable. Nonetheless, pockets of hope for advancing global solidarity and a more just global economy remain.
The National Dialogue: crisis, opportunity, and the challenge for the Left
The National Dialogue is incapable of addressing the structural roots of inequality, unemployment and state collapse.
Struggle for the Freedom Charter goes on
The Freedom Charter envisioned a South Africa without racism or sexism, where all would be “equal before the law”, with “peace and friendship” pursued abroad.