Women are not a homogenous group and the notion of gender equality cannot be reduced to power struggles between women and men, Catherine Albertyn, Constitution,
capitalism
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African feminism and its project of decolonisation
African feminism is engaged in the project to recoup indigenous knowledge systems and to salvage identities that were destabilised by foreign incursions
Posted inEquality, General, Health
Good wins in American hospital series
New Amsterdam is a critique of neoliberal health care in the United States
Posted inGeneral, Health
The passive nihilism of the present age
Consumerism has turned us into the new proletariat while our devices have switched off our brains
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Our kakistocracy shows hard work is not all it is cracked up to be
There are myriad factors that determine one’s success, not least of all an enabling government
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The EFF — an ideological critique in four parts
Part 1: If the Economic Freedom Fighters party is not fascist, what is it?
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The EFF – an ideological critique in four parts
Part 2: The party’s racial cynicism
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The EFF – an ideological critique in four parts
Part 3: The EFF is not a party of the working class
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The EFF – an ideological critique in four parts
Part 4: Understanding class and a decent human life
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China’s long, unfinished 20th century and its global implications
By 2050, China is predicted to have an economy twice the size of the US economy. What will this shift in power mean for trade and international relations?
Posted inEquality, General, News/Politics
Freud’s work on group behaviour sheds light on South African dynamics
According to Sigmund Freud, group identification and a sense of justice can preclude divisions based on envy. Worryingly, South Africa is lacking in these core elements
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Capitalism never intended for women to benefit
Equal access to the market and opportunities would see a lot more women empowered against the violence that is rife in South Africa