By Leonard GentleWith the ongoing global crisis of capitalism one hears so much about the need for some kind of economic fix that will take the...
What constitutes “the next economy”? (Part 1)
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Articles
The Youth Wage Subsidy: Mixing farce with force
By Leonard GentleThe spectacle of the blows between a Democratic Alliance-led crowd and COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) would have...
The youth are the global anti-capitalist movement
By Shawn Hattingh Since the mid-1990s, millions and millions of young people across the world have become involved in fighting global capitalism and...
The threat to Democracy can also come from other quarters
By Leonard Gentle First, they came for Papandreou - and I didn't speak out because I thought the Greeks are just lazy tax-dodgers. Then they came...
The strike wave and new workers’ organisations: breaking out of old compromises
By Leonard Gentle Over the past weekend, the striking mineworkers of Amplats gathered at a mass rally in Rustenburg and howled their defiance of a...
The Silence of the Lambs: What has happened to the ‘Developmental State’?
By Leonard Gentle I have vivid memories of Budget Day as a child. Everyone in the house, particularly noisy children, had to be quiet when the radio...
The root of all evil? The Dollar, the BRICS, and South Africa
By Leonard Gentle South Africa (SA) is attending its second meeting of the BRICS group of countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA. The...
The massacre of our illusions…and the seeds of something new
By Leonard GentleThe story of Marikana has so far been painted shallowly as an inter-union spat. In the first few days after the fateful Thursday...
The crisis, class war, and imperialism in Greece
By Shawn Hattingh As the crisis in Europe has intensified, class war and imperialism have deepened in Greece. Indeed, the Greek working class has...
The 2012 budget: By the ruling class for the ruling class
By Shawn Hattingh Once again much media fanfare has broken out in aftermath of the South African state’s budget speech. The budget, however, is yet...
Sugar Coating Exploitation
By Shawn Hattingh Southern Africa has become well known for being one of the cheapest places on earth to produce sugar. Consequently, million tons...
Strategic challenges for the service delivery protestors in South Africa
Presented at an ILRIG Public Forum The central issue of South African politics seems to be that poverty and inequality are growing after 17 years of...