Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccines – The new apartheid?
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. Watch the event recording below and here. View Dr Lydia Cairncross’ slides here. View Dr Benjamin
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Events
In addition to the work we do with the community and worker formations we support, we regularly host public events to discuss topical issues, share research and educational materials, and build solidarity with movements in South Africa and internationally.
Booklet Launch: Mapping the World of Casualised Work and Struggle in South Africa
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. Watch the event recording here. Read Sydney Moshoaliba’s input here. Join us for a virtual launch of
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Play: No Money For Jam
A play about COVID-19 post-lockdown consequences regarding job security, wage levels and gender-based violence – all symptoms of a general s
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Protest and upheaval in Nigeria: the dawn of a Sub-Saharan ‘Spring’?
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE. Nigerian youths took the world by surprise when a chain of protests started and
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South Africa’s role in Turkey’s killing fields: The shame of arming the oppressor against the Rojava Revolution
THIS EVENT HAS PASSED. WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE. When: Nov 5, 2020 07:00 PM Johannesburg Topic: South Africa’s role in Turkey’s kil
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Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa
Artisanal Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa, its Challenges and Possibilities ◾ Evariste Umba – Tsumbu (DRC), currently i
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Book launch of ‘Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media’ by Julie Reid & Dale T. McKinley
Please join us for the launch of ‘Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media’ by Julie Reid & Dale T. McKinley.
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Playinar: Plague in the Time of King Kapital and Queen Corona
ILRIG together with the Botsotso Arts Collective have produced this made-for-radio play, which is presently being rolled out on community r
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Webinar: Feminist Exchange Series: Women Workers & Covid-19
You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jul 30, 2020 03:00 PM Johannesburg Topic: Feminist Exchange Series: Women Workers & Covid-19
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Song: For Power
s_os · Soundz Of The South -For Power(ZA – 4ML – 20 – 00002) FOR POWER The coronavirus has rapidly spread
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Webinar: Building a Revolutionary Movement in South Africa: Lessons from Rojava
Topic: ILRIG Webinar: Building a Revolutionary Movement in South Africa: Lessons from Rojava When: Jul 16, 2020 04:00 PM Johannesburg In
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Women Under Lockdown
LISTEN TO THE RECORDING HERE. You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Thursday, 4 June 2020, 2PM SASTTopic: Women Under Lockdown The
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South Africa and the Political Economy of the Coronavirus
LISTEN TO THE RECORDING HERE. READ OUPA’S PRESENTATION HERE. You are invited to a Zoom webinar.When: Thursday, 16 April 2020, 3PM
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Rojava Speaking Tour
AN ALTERNATIVE FOR A WORLD IN CRISIS: THE ROJAVA REVOLUTION, KURDISH FREEDOM MOVEMENT, AND PROSPECTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S INCOMPLETE
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Public Forum: The State of Health Care in South Africa
THE STATE OF HEALTH CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA: IS THE NHI THE ANSWER? Date: 27 Feb 2020Time: 4pm-6.30pmVenue: Community House, Cape Town
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Public Forum: Global Struggles
GLOBAL STRUGGLES: RESPONSES TO NEOLIBERALISMLessons for movement building in South AfricaCo-hosted by ILRIG & AIDC Date: 28 November
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The Rojava Revolution: What lessons for South Africa?
Date: Saturday 31 August 2019Time: 12pmVenue: 2nd Floor (West) at Museum Africa, Newtown, Johannesburg Since 2012, the Rojava Revolution in
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Labour Sector Seminar
AT THE POINT OF PRODUCTION, HOW CAN WORKERS SHIFT THE CLASS BALANCE OF POWER? Date: 31 August 2019Time: 9am-11amVenue: 4th floor Museum
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Three Women (Break the Silence): A play about South African women’s activism
Paving the way for Women’s Month this August, ILRIG is partnering with international theatre-makers and artists from Johannesburg’s ren
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Public Forum: Patriarchy, Power and the Labour Movement
Co-hosted by ILRIG, AMANDLA and WWMP Date: 17 July 2019Time: 6pm-8pmVenue: 129 Rochester Road, Observatory, Cape Town Speakers:Prakashnee
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Public Forum: Should the Anti-Capitalists Contest Elections?
READ THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INPUT GIVEN BY PROF. LUCIEN VAN DER WALT HERE. Co-hosted by ILRIG and Workers World Media Productions (WWMP)
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BRICS Counter-Summit
Date: 31 March 2019Time: 9am-5pmVenue: 129 Rochester Road, Observatory, Cape
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Public Forum: Zimbabwe Crisis
MUGABE GONE, SAME REPRESSION. SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OR THE PARTY? Date: 28 February 2019Time: 4pmVenue: Imam Haron Hall, Community
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Acting Against Gender-Based Violence: Theatre and art as tools for activism
Date: 27 November 2018Time: 09h00 – 16h30Venue: Ashley Kriel Hall, Community House 41 Salt River Road ILRIG takes great pleasure in in
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Chilean and Latin American experiences of co-operative and worker-controlled movements
Date: 29 November 2018Time: 4pmVenue: Ashley Kriel Hall, Community House, Cape
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Current Housing Struggles and Land Occupations in Gauteng
The International Labour Research and Information Group (Ilrig) invites you to a panel discussion on Current Housing Struggles and Land
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Public Forum: #TotalShutdown
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF #TOTAL SHUTDOWN AND THE WAY FORWARDDate: 30 August 2018Time: 4pmVenue: Imam Haron Hall, Community House, Cape
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Public Forum: Ramaphosa Presidency
RAMAPHOSA PRESIDENCY: ITS CHARACTER AND PROSPECTS FOR STRUGGLES Date: 29 March 2018Time: 4pmVenue: Community House, Cape Town RSVP
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Public Forum: Day Zero and the Water Crisis
DAY ZERO AND THE WATER CRISISDate: 22 Feb 2018Time: 4 pmVenue: Community House, Cape Town What are the implications for struggle?How do we
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Public Forum: Land Occupations and Housing Struggles
LISTEN TO THIS PUBLIC FORUM HERE. LAND OCCUPATIONS AND HOUSING STRUGGLESDate: 29 June 2017Time: 4pm-6pmVenue: Community House, Cape
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Public Forum: SAFTU
SAFTU: THE NEW HOPE OF THE WORKING CLASS? Date: 25 May 2017Time: 4pm-6pmVenue: Community House, Cape
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Public Forum: Pravin vs Zuptas
PRAVIN VS ZUPTAS: CRISIS IN THE ANC AND STRUGGLE AGAINST CORRUPTION Date: 13 April 2017Time: 1pmVenue: Community House, Cape
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April 2013 Conference: New Forms of Organising
The 2013 ILRIG April ConferenceNew Forms of Organising: Challenges and possibilities for movements after MarikanaCommunity House, Salt
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April 2012 Conference: National Liberation and its Significance Today
The 2012 ILRIG April ConferenceNational Liberation and its Significance TodayCommunity House, Salt River, Cape Town20-21 April 2012 Since
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Public Forum: The Occupation of the Rondebosch Common
OCCUPATION OF THE RONDEBOSCH COMMON: IS THIS THE WAY FORWARD? Community House, Salt River, Cape TownThursday 23 February
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Public Forum: Elections are Over
ELECTIONS ARE OVER! WHAT DID OUR VOTES MEAN? Venue: Elijah Loza, Community HouseWhen: Thursday 26 May 2011, 6.00 pm Snacks and transport
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April 2011 Conference: South Africa Today
READ THE CONFERENCE PAPERS HERE. The 2011 ILRIG April ConferenceSouth Africa Today: How do we characterise the social formation?Community
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Public Forum: Apartheid – is it over?
APARTHEID: IS IT OVER?Fighting Racism Today Date: Thusday 14 April 2011Time: 6pmVenue: Elijah Loza, Community House Snacks and transport
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