by Jonathan Payne In September 2016 the Brazilian government published a Provisional Measure (MP 746) outlining a reform in secondary education that...
Brazil: High school students show way forward for working class resistance
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No Pravin, it was not progressive nor redistributive
by Shawn Hattingh Yesterday, the Minister of Finance of South Africa stood up in the circus that passes itself off as a National Parliament and...
South Africa and the changing possibilities for the Left
by Leonard Gentle The demise of COSATU, the failure of the “NUMSA moment” and the emergence of a new movement With the claims that a new trade union...
Social Insecurities
by Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima The Department of Social Development is sitting on a time bomb as it “struggles” to find a suitable company to replace Cash...
A South African ruling class brawl
by Shawn Hattingh In the midst of gorging themselves through exploitation and corruption, competing factions of the flabby ruling class in South...
Dangerous times
by Shawn Hattingh Introduction Globally and in South Africa, the capitalist system is becoming more and more unstable. Over the last period, the...
Fueling the fires: South Africa in class war
by Shawn Hattingh The hope that the end of apartheid would herald a better life for the oppressed in South Africa has evaporated. Their conditions...
Lessons from the 1984-85 Vaal Uprising for Rebuilding a United Front of Communities and Workers Today
by Jonathan Payne Comrades, the talk I am giving is based on a paper that I have written. The paper is a work in progress. I am hoping that, through...
The political nature of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Shawn Hattingh Mechanisation and automation have been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But these are not inevitable or neutral economic...
Bubble will burst and states will have no quick fixes
by Shawn Hattingh When the crash becomes a reality, the political and social consequences will be chaotic and very uncertain. In early January,...
How privatisation versus nationalisation debate is on a fast track to nowhere
by Dale T McKinley SA’s "transition" often feels like what a laboratory mice treadmill looks like — a lot of running and what appears to be forward...
The ongoing wave of land occupation struggles
by Mzimasi Mngeni Land occupations across the country are an indication of the ongoing attacks on the living standards of the working class. The...