Exploring a world in rebellion
With huge anti-government movements erupting across the globe, Sadie Robinson looks the root cause of these protests and how these struggles have the potential to win An inspiring wave of [...]
The Struggle for Workers’ Rights Continues at the University of Johannesburg
Workers, cleaners and security, remained undeterred by the blistering hot sun on Friday afternoon 18 October during a strike outside the University of Johannesburg. Walking towards the [...]
The impact of climate change on food security and poverty
With the unemployment rate in South Africa increased to 27.2 percent in the second quarter of 2018 from 26.7 percent in the previous period. The number of unemployed rose by 103 thousand to 6.08 [...]
Depression in institutions of higher learning
Course is chowing. Course is demanding. Course is stressing. These are just some of the most popular phrases you hear around university campuses. There’s a hidden meaning behind these phrases. [...]
Activists defy cops to hold sites in London on first day of climate rebellion
The first day of Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) occupation of London on Monday was shaped by resistance—and police repression. The sound of samba bands filled Westminster as thousands of [...]
Cops clamp down on climate activists ahead of International Rebellion
A brutal show of force from the Metropolitan police on Saturday saw cops swoop in on one of Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) warehouses, confiscate equipment and arrest activists. Ten rebels were [...]
A flesh-eating state in the making
Ten years ago, at the Copenhagen summit, South Africa made a commitment to reduce its massive carbon emissions by 42 percent by 2025. But two years later it started building two of the biggest [...]
United in Struggle Against the Climate Crisis – for System Change NOW!
More than 6 million people took part in protests and strikes demanding global action to end the climate crisis, during a “Global Week for the Future”. This took place across 4,500 cities and [...]
