The third instalment of Lessons for the Left considers what happens when a grassroots resistance movement takes on entrenched neoliberalism
The second instalment on lessons for the left shows the poor can become a political force but their democracy is a threat to the elites
This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia
Will there ever be as much concern for the lives of brown and black people as for the lives of white people?
The Institute for Race Relations, Brenthurst Foundation and Centre for Development Enterprise, the media and liberal intellectuals fracture along economic and international relations lines
The reign of Venezuela’s president epitomises the dangers of a leader losing political respect and trust
The shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, in a mass meeting recalled and expelled senior members who made a deal with a funeral association linked to Jacob Zuma and VBS Bank
The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism
If we don’t have a credible left party on the ballot in the next elections, it will put our democracy in danger and we will not be able to solve our social crisis
None of the parties offer what the country needs – a united left that represents the interests of the majority of the people