Booklets

The realities of the water crises have been and continue to be, driven by a neoliberal approach which is framed by multiple forms of water...

This is the first of ILRIG’s two-part series – ‘Handbook of Struggle’. The starting point for this series is an understanding of the crucial...

Click here to download The Building Women’s Power project is a program within ILRIG developed to support self-organized formations and activists to...

The provision of housing in South Africa has been and remains, one of the country’s biggest development challenges. This is not surprising, given...

This workbook has been produced by ILRIG as part of its Building Women’s Power Program. The aim of this publication is to: Develop a perspective on...

This Action Research Manual provides a guide for farm workers to undertake Action Research around the working and living conditions they face. In...

A report sponsored by ILRIG and prepared for the National Association of Artisanal Miners (NAAM) by its Chairperson Shawn “Paps” Lethoko. Background...

The core contextual backdrop that frames this project is the radical and ongoing recomposition of the broad working class, both globally and within...

Farm workers in the wine sector face very bad work and living conditions. They are among the lowest-paid of any workers in South Africa. In the...

In South Africa over the last few years we have seen many struggles within workplaces and communities. A feature of these struggles, however, has...

In South Africa over the last few years we have seen many struggles within workplaces and communities. A feature of these struggles, however, has...

As part of the Rojava Revolution there has been an attempt to build an communal economy based on meeting people's needs through creating and...

In the last few years, most people would have seen or read news stories of how Kurdish fighters in Syria, especially women, have been fighting...

CLASS STRUGGLE, THE LEFT AND POWER Written by Jonathan Payn. Download the booklet here

Inequality has hit record levels and a small elite has more wealth than ever, while the very basics – such as a decent healthcare, water, housing,...

Papers from ILRIG's 2011 April Conference.2011 is the 17th year of the achievement of democracy in SA. But in that time, instead of the mass...

This booklet is for activists- those of us who are struggling in our communities, homes and workplaces, in campaigns and in programmes of social...

This booklet is directed at activists involved in struggles for democratic rights, against evictions, and water cut-off s, for treatment for...

This booklet was inspired by a visit to South Africa in September 2007 of two leaders of the Argentine Workers’ Federation (CTA) – Jose Olivera of...

ARTICLES TO THE AFRICAN DIAMOND MINING NETWORK ON HIV/AIDSVOLUME 1 Download the booklet here

The restructuring of local government took place to fulfil the requirements of the Constitution, to ensure that the apartheid local government...

RESTRUCTURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN DAIRY INDUSTRY: WHAT IMPACT?It is said that milk is the most wholesome basic food with natural nutritious value....

Every day we are told by our government, by employers and in the media that our quality of life will be determined by whether we get foreign...

Everywhere, in newspapers and on TV, we read and hear about the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). Most of the opinions in the media...

During the last two decades a lot has changed in many aspects of our lives. One of the biggest influences on these changes has been the rise of...

In 1996 ILRIG published a booklet entitled Export Processing Zones: Solving the Problems of Southern Africa? Since that time the South African...

This booklet tells the story of the biggest EPZ of all in the southern African region: the Industrial Free Zone in Mozambique known as MOZAL. MOZAL...

The advance of SADC raises a number of questions for citizens of the member states and for workers. Some of the most important questions raised...

From 1996 to 2000 SACCAWU was involved in the production of educational materials for negotiators and shops stewards around the issue of Parental...

The dominance of the market approach has put most unions on the back foot. We are told that our ideas about public sector delivery are “out of date”...

In South Africa privatisation and nationalisation have been subjects of heated debate for many years. Perhaps these debates have never been hotter...

In the second half of 1997 we first heard about the "Asian flu" - a supposed economic disease spreading around the world. In early 1998 the value of...

This booklet was produced in 1986 as part of ILRIG's Workers of the World series. It explains what May Day is, the reason it is celebrated, and...