X, Facebook and Instagram exercise ordinate and often pernicious power, which must be contested and socially enriching alternatives developed
The toxic xenophobic politics pushed by Gayton McKenzie and the Patriotic Alliance debases us all
South Africa is a terrifyingly violent country, but giving the police licence to kill can only make things worse
The Tories collapsed in the United Kingdom and in France after a second round there was the unexpected surge of success for the left
Our public sphere is not well served by people flinging chunks of dogma around
The liberal right needs to understand that the DA did not win the election and that it has no mandate to unilaterally impose its socially destructive policies on society
We need to find new and better ways to talk about our society
As the liberal establishment and the kleptocratic nationalists in and outside of the ANC both see a moment of political possibility for themselves it is the left in the ANC that must now step up
As the world is ripped apart, the poems that sing the universal enable some respite
The students occupying universities across the US are leading a revolt from within the empire