The ties that bind transatlantic struggles
Climate change activists in the United States of America draw hope and courage from a previous generation that fought for divestment from apartheid South Africa. The latter were inspired by the student generation of 1976…
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Noma and the 3C’s – COVID-19, CAPTITALISM and CLIMATE CHANGE
n this comic book by ILRIG and the Environmental Monitoring Group, our super-hero Noma confronts a triple curse that is now facing not only South Africa but all of humanity. The destructive and exploitative system of Capitalism which has allowed governments and corporations to exploit humans, the earth and destroy nature in the process.
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Voices of poor majority either ignored or made functional to dominant narrative
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to expose a range of acute inequalities across and within societies around the world. Nowhere is this clearer than in the disproportionately negative impact on the lives of the marginalised and poor. Public health systems are under heavy strain, unemployment is rising, access to online education alternatives for all scholars is unrealised, and opportunities to eke out even a meagre income in the informal sector are declining.
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Caught between those who have captured the state and those who have not
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Generation Equality for Greater Inclusion
The title is inspired by the United Nations’ 2020 International Women’s Day (8 March) theme “I am Generation Equality: RealiSing Women’s Rights”. The Generation Equality campaign which seeks to bring together people of every gender, age, ethnicity, religion and country, to drive actions that will create a gender-equal world.
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