by Shawn Hattingh For the past few years, most people would have come across news stories of how Kurdish fighters in Syria, especially women, have...
A Glimmer of Hope: The extraordinary story of a revolution within the Syrian civil war
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The people, the party and the state: A critical left perspective on the Venezuelan crisis
by Dale T. McKinley South African and international lefties and progressives are right to condemn the imperialist manoeuvring of the US and defend...
What is authoritarian populism and why should it be combatted?
by Shawn Hattingh Like maggots crawling out of a decaying carcass, authoritarian populist parties and politicians have emerged in many parts of the...
National Treasury and the financial services sector: Whose interests are really being served?
by Dale T. McKinley Hundreds of thousands (potentially millions) of poor and destitute ex-workers and their families have lost most of their...
Corporate criminality: Context and consequence
by Dr Dale T. McKinley The entire architecture and edifice of corporate capital foundationally requires the constant production, reproduction and...
An experiment for a better life is under way
Shawn Hattingh and Mandy Moussouris The Rojava Revolution lays down tracks to building a better, more democratic and more feminist society The world...
Out with the old, in with the not so new (or clean)
by Shawn Hattingh In South Africa, for white and international capital the last few weeks have been a period of rejoicing due to Ramaphosa being...
Inequality – you ain’t seen nothing yet
by Shawn Hattingh and Mandy Moussouris The late Stephen Hawkins had the following to say about the onset of the so-called 4th Industrial revolution:...
New labour bills attack workers’ rights and democracy
by Jonathan Payne On 17 November 2017, the Minister of Labour of South Africa announced the state intends to carry out a new round of attacks on...
Education for revolution – Anarcho-syndicalist pedagogy.pdf
by Shawn Hattingh and Mandy Moussouris Mandy Moussouris and Shawn Hattingh explain the roots and principles of anarchosyndicalism and what these...
In the battle of factions there are no superheroes
by Shawn Hattingh The battle between Pravin Gordhan and Jacob Zuma has been presented along the lines of a superhero comic. Gordhan, the hero, is...
Local government and municipal employees
by Michael Blake Two decades ago, virtually all workers in the municipal sphere were permanent employees, directly employed by municipalities. Today...