In their recently published book, Tell Our Story. Multiplying voices in the news media, Julie Reid and Dale T. McKinley explore grassroots
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Articles by ILRIG
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Videos and pictures emerged of township residents being forced, at gun point, to do physical exercises in public spaces. Others showed
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Trump is a bony-eared assfish…and other tales from the Covid-19 rogues gallery (Part One)
By Dale T. McKinley (This article was first published here). Even during the best of times, there are always going to be rogues in our
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COVID 19: The Politics of Disease and the Disease of Politics Pt.1
by Leonard Gentle Part 1: Global Upheavals and the Politics of Disease As we enter the second week of South Africa’s lock-down to fight
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Covid-19 and Capitalism: ‘Pandemics… have their roots in environmental change and ecosystem disturbances’
by Dale T. McKinley As the escalating crisis of the climate crisis is so tragically and consistently showing, unless there is a reframing
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Class struggle, the left and power: A libertarian socialist alternative
by Jonathan Payne The first parts of this series gave readers a basic introduction to an ‘authoritarian’ or state socialist theoretical und
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Press Statement: ILRIG Suspension of Public Events and Activities in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
18 March 2020 In light of the rapid global spread of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) and its potentially devastating impact on
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Press Statement: Police must stop their harassment, violence and criminal activity against Zama Zamas (artisanal/ informal miners) in Langlaate (Johannesburg)
26 November 2019 In recent months there have been numerous reports received of police brutality meted against artisanal miners (otherwise
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The state, markets and “civil society”: Limiting struggles and limiting democracy
By Leonard Gentle Today we are regaled by notions that the state “lacks” capacity to do things. This is then used as motivation for why the
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David versus the Goliaths: a whistle-blower’s ongoing battle to hold SA’s financial and legal system accountable
by Dale T. McKinley In a society that values principle, honesty and accountability things should not be this way. Hitjevi Tjiroze is not a
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