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African Social Movements Today
by MP Giyose |
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Interview with Swarez Dinali,PSI Mauritius
by IndyMedia SA |
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Debt and Poverty
by Dalitso Kubalasa |
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NEPAD and the Environment
by Thabo Madihlaba |
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NEPAD, Women and Povety
by Wahu Kaara |
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Interview with Jabulani Dlamini,Jubilee SA
by IndyMedia SA |
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NEPAD – Africa’s Only Hope?
by Dalitso Kubalasa |
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African Music and Migration
by Richard Nwamba |
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NESAWU report on Attempts to Privatise ZESCO
by Y Mtayachalo |
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Interview with Wahu Kaara, KENDRED, Kenya
by IndyMedia SA |
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Art,Culture and Resistance in the Context of Globalisation
by Lindsey Collins |
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Speaking Truth to Power:Edward Said 1935-2003
by Salim Vally and Yasmin Sooka |
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Apolitical Intellectuals – a poem
by Rene Otto Castillo |
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Interview with Molefe Philane, LPM SA
by IndyMedia |
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Turning the Tide:Challenges to Neoliberalism
by Modiehi Khuele |
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AWC Cultural Day Against the Occupations
by Nerisha Baldevu |
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Interview with Denis Brutus, Jubilee SA
by IndyMedia SA |
DOCUMENTS |
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Reparations Yes!– Statement from July 2003 reparations workshop. |
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Report on the Civil Society Conference on Reparations - a summary of key decisions
by Jubilee SA |
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Demonstrate Against Bush!
by the Anti-War Coalition |
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Do not by US domination! BOYCOTT Coca-Cola!
by the Anti-War Coalition |
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Civil Society Comments on NEPAD – Letter to the Governement of Malawi
by Malawi Economic Justice Network |
REGULAR FEATURES |
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Barometer of Resistance: Southern Africa |
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Barometer of Resistance: South Africa |
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Barometer of Resistance: Anti-war resistance in South Africa |
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THE JOURNAL
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The struggle for regional solidarity
The focus of this edition is on the discussions and debates that took place at the Khanya College Annual Winter School [...]
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Building Regional Solidarity
Nina Benjamin* takes a look at the Winter School hosted by Khanya College in July this year, and argues that the Winter School was step towards building regional solidarity, and that is raised consciousness among participants about the need to combat xenophobia in the sub-region [...]
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Organisations that attended the Winter School
A list of the organisations that attended Winter School 2003.
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NEPAD: The Programme of South African Capital
Oupa Lehulere argues that NEPAD is an economic programme of South Africa’s globalising multinational corporations. At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg in 2002, the heads of states from many countries of the world endorsed the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) as a development path for the African continent [...]
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Interview with Mbakiso Magola,PSI Botswana
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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Ruling Class Strategies in the Region and the Tasks of the Social Movements
The aim of this paper is to open up a debate that will enable us to analyse the strategies being elaborated by the ruling classes and their ideologues in the region, in the broader context of neo-liberal globalisation [...]
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Regional Integration in SADC
Mohau Pheko takes a critical look at the processes of regional integration in Africa, and argues for a process of integration driven from below. The he establishment of an African Union in July establishment of an African Union in July 2002 in South Africa came just a little after a century since the fi rst ever Pan-African Conference held in London [...]
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African Social Movements Today
MP Giyose argues that the present social movement are an historical continuation of pre-independence struggles in Africa, and that it is important to unite these movements with the ideological leadership of the new intelligentsia. It would have been instructive if we had been able to review the subject of African social movements from the period of the preindependence struggle [...]
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Interview with Swarez Dinali,PSI Mauritius
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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Debt and Poverty
Dalitso Kubalasa argues that there is an inextricable link between debt and poverty, and that Africa’s debt burden is closely linked to the imposition of structural adjustment programmes [...]
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NEPAD and the Environment
Thabo Madihlaba argues that NEPAD environmental initiative is driven by neoliberal perspectives, and avoids most issues concerning the environmental justice. NEPAD has been conceptualised to try to deal with the broad spectrum of issues affecting the African at the all levels – politically, socially, economically as well as culturally [...]
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NEPAD, Women and Povety
Wahu Kaara argues that NEPAD is a market driven strategy to conquer the continent and will sacrifi ce the immediate interests of African women for some uncertain end in the distant future. Control and domination of Africans and their resources has been the strategy of the West from slavery till today [...]
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Interview with Jabulani Dlamini,Jubilee SA
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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NEPAD – Africa’s Only Hope?
Dalitso Kubalasa refl ects on the Malawi civil society’s attitude to NEPAD, and argues that NEPAD’s vision can be restored if Africa’s leaders enter into a new partnership with their people. The world continues to treat Africa just as harshly as it has in the past. In today’s global human community, Africa is like Lazarus surviving on the crumbs of the rich man’s table (South African Council of Churches) [...]
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African Music and Migration
Making music for an African is not something that is done for leisure or fun. Music is a way of life to an African. There is music for when a child is born. There is music for naming a child. As the child grows and reaches puberty, there is music to celebrate that event [...]
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NESAWU report on Attempts to Privatise ZESCO
Y Mtayachalo reports that arguments advanced by the IMF for the privatisation of ZESCO are not valid, and that commercialisation is a better option. Zambia is a developing nation that has depended on fi nancial support from donor agencies. Due to the reason above, the World Bank/IMF came up with a policy of qualifi cation in funding for third world countries called HIPC [...]
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Interview with Wahu Kaara, KENDRED, Kenya
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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Art,Culture and Resistance in the Context of Globalisation
Lindsey Collins argues that globalisation is transforming the way we produce and consume art and culture, but that they still remain an important part of our resistance to capitalism [...]
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Speaking Truth to Power:Edward Said 1935-2003
Salim Vally and Yasmin Sooka* argue that Edward Said’s unswerving commitment to the Palestinian struggle for dignity and justice was located within a much greater struggle for a truly universal and humanist vision, “Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a diffi cult and principled position which you know to be the right one, but which you decide not to take [...]
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Apolitical Intellectuals – a poem
One day the apolitical intellectuals of my country will be interrogated by the simplest of our people. They will be asked what they did when their nation died out slowly, like a sweet fire small and alone [...]
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Interview with Molefe Philane, LPM SA
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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Turning the Tide:Challenges to Neoliberalism
Modiehi Khuele reports on Annual Globalisation School hosted by ILRIG in September this year. From the 29th of September to the 3rd of October 2003, the International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) hosted its second Annual Globalisation School in Cape Town [...]
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AWC Cultural Day Against the Occupations
Nerisha Baldevu reports on the Anti-War Coalition Cultural Day. The Anti War Coalition – South Africa hosted a cultural day against the occupations of Iraq and Palestine on 27 September 2003 in Newtown, Johannesburg. The day-long festival included discussions, videos, live music, poetry, drama, a children’s art exhibition and a photo exhibition by Indymedia-SA [...]
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Interview with Denis Brutus, Jubilee SA
Interview by IndyMedia SA.
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Reparations Yes!– Statement from July 2003 reparations workshop.
Statement from reparations workshop of 18 and 19 July 2003 held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This gathering of Jubilee South Africa, together with partners of the popular movements and other organisations of civil society, meeting at Technikon SA from 18 to 19 July 2003, believes: - That the issue of reparations is rooted in the oppression, exploitation and systematic dispossession of our people [...]
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Report on the Civil Society Conference on Reparations - a summary of key decision
The civil society reparations conference, “Opening Civil Society Dialogue on Reparations”, was held in Randburg on 27 and 28 August 2003. It was attended by some 50 organisations, including those of a national and more localised character [...]
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Demonstrate Against Bush!
Bush comes to Africa to assist US imperialism. He wants to increase US multinational companies control of the resources of Africa. Bush and his warmongering clique want to bully and bribe those who opposed him over the Iraq invasion [...]
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Do not by US domination! BOYCOTT Coca-Cola!
Article by the Anti-War Coalition.
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Civil Society Comments on NEPAD – Letter to the Governement of Malawi
We, members from the civil society in Malawi call on our government not to endorse the implementation of the NEPAD initiative until several issues given below such as priorities for Malawi are sorted out [...]
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Barometer of Resistance: Southern Africa
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Barometer of Resistance: South Africa
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Barometer of Resistance: Anti-war resistance in South Africa
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