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Ben Turok Memoral Lecture

Face climate crisis with courage, creativity, compassion – Kumi Naidoo By Moira Levy President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative Dr Kumi Naidoo issued a challenging call on civil society, and the broad global left, to urgently change its thinking and dialogue if we are to avert a climate…
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Read New Agenda 95, December 2024

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Kumi Naidoo gives the 2024 Ben Turok Memorial Lecture

The Institute for African Alternatives and The Institute for Social Development at the University of the Western Cape, are proud to invite you to attend the annual Ben Turok Memorial Lecture. Please see the attached invitation and registration link. The 4th Ben Turok Memorial Lecture will be delivered in Cape Town…
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New Agenda 95

Corruption v democracy – Part three The 2024 elections By David Lewis In a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite all…
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New Agenda 95

Corruption v democracy – Part two Democratic institutions fight back By David Lewis In a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite…
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New Agenda 95

Corruption v democracy Part 1 Capturing the South African state By David Lewis n a three-part analysis, DAVID LEWIS unpacks issues of corruption and governance in South Africa – and more widely across the world. He shows how state capture undermined democracy – and how South Africa’s democratic institutions, despite…
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‘A day of reflection on the Refugee/Migrant experience’

Join Us for A Day of Reflection on the Refugee/Migrant Experience Date: 30th November 2024Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pmVenue: Community House, 41 Salt River Rd, Salt River, Cape Town In light of recent events, including the controversial police operations sealing off illegal underground mines and the food poisoning scare…
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IFAA BOOK LAUNCH: ‘The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism. Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions’

Join us for the online launch of “The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism” on Monday, 25th November 2024, at 3 pm SAST (UTC+2). This essential new book reveals how the global push for sustainability often perpetuates colonial exploitation under a “green” guise, as wealthier nations extract critical resources from the Global…
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The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions (Free Download)

Calling for a Justice-Centred approach to Sustainability “The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism” dives into a critical, thought-provoking issue: how today’s global push for environmental sustainability, instead of reversing colonial and capitalist injustices, often intensifies them. Edited by Miriam Lang, Mary Ann Manahan, and Breno Bringel, the book asserts that the…
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THE LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Download The Living Rights Festival Programme at this link.…
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The Living Rights Festival presents a screening of Nadine Cloete’s Action Kommandante

Award=winning filmmaker Nadine Cloete presents her documentary Action Kommandant at the Liviing Rights Festival…
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The Living Rights Festival presents a screening of “Pathways to Light”

The Living Rights Festival, screens ‘Pathways to Light’, and episode from Enver Samuel’s gound breaking new series ‘Truth Be Told’ at Bertha House Cinema, on 30th October 2024…
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THE LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL INTRODUCES VISUAL ARTIST JOHN ADAM BARROW

A selection of John Adam Barrow’s work from his series “Space-Time: A Meta-narrative for the Metacrisis” will be on view at the Living Rights Exhibition at Bertha House on 25th and 26th October 2024.…
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LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL CONCERT AT GUGA S’THEBE, FEATURING OPERATION KHATAZA! 27TH OCTOBER 2024

Living Sounds- a concert for solidarity and unity. Organised by the Cape Cultural Collective (CCC) and Jazz in the Native Yards(JNY) as part of the Living Rights Festival.…
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LIVING RIGHTS FESTIVAL EVENTS AT BERTHA HOUSE CAPE TOWN FRI 25th OCTOBER – SAT 26th OCTOBER 2024

FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION 09:00 – 19:00 ZARA NEWMAN * JOHN BARROW * VELILE SOHA * SONGEZO ZANTSI Get an intimate look at the exhibition with a guided walkabout led by the artists themselves. This is your chance to hear directly from Zara Newman, John Barrow, Velile…
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