Communities can make – or break – strategies to curb HIV
The transmission of HIV is rooted in social practices, so it is to society that we must turn for the prevention of the spread of the pandemic.
By: Hilton Humphries
2 Dec 2019
2 Dec 2019
Editorial and Analysis
Notes on gender-based violence and fear
The murder of Precious Ramabulana, after news of violent repression and killings in South America, raises the simmering anger and fear among women and LGBTQIA+ people to boiling point once again.
By: New Frame Editorial
29 Nov 2019
29 Nov 2019
Israel: Terror from the past and glimpse of the future
As a settler colonial state, Israel has made Palestinians both politically and economically dispensable, pioneering a global trend in which billions are becoming disposable.
By: Jonis Ghedi Alasow
27 Nov 2019
27 Nov 2019
The struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka
In the fight between authoritarianism and democracy in Sri Lanka, the former has won more often. But that the country is not a full-blown dictatorship testifies to a spirit of resistance that can’t be snuffed out.
By: Rohini Hensman
25 Nov 2019
25 Nov 2019
Jeremy Corbyn just announced a vision for a humane Britain
Labour’s election manifesto has been launched, and it presents a breathtaking vision of radical yet pragmatic change for the UK.
By: Dawn Foster
25 Nov 2019
25 Nov 2019
Labour and capital face defining moment over SAA strike
Rhetoric advocates cost-cutting and privatisation, both catastrophic for the working class.
By: New Frame Editorial
22 Nov 2019
22 Nov 2019
Rethinking the past and future of land reform
Land distribution is vital to address the injustices of colonialism and apartheid, but we need a transformative vision of the Constitution and political action guided by the law.
By: Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
19 Nov 2019
19 Nov 2019
Bolivia: Why the corporate media won’t call it a coup
The corporate media stands united in opposition to leftists in Latin America. That’s why it refuses to state the obvious: Bolivian President Evo Morales was deposed in a military coup.
By: Alan MacLeod
18 Nov 2019
18 Nov 2019
History batters indigenous Bolivians yet again
The overthrow of the democratically elected president is an attempt to restore a centuries-long history of racist domination and exploitation.
By: New Frame Editorial
15 Nov 2019
15 Nov 2019
Jobs won’t materialise until investment pledges do
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second round of investment pledges from the public and private sectors doesn’t line up with official government forecasts, negating his five-year plan.
By: Duma Gqubule
14 Nov 2019
14 Nov 2019
After Evo, the lithium question looms large in Bolivia
When Evo Morales took power in 2006, the government sought to undo decades of theft by transnational mining firms. But a deal to seek independent arrangements for the mining and sale of lithium may have been a step too far for imperialism.
By: Vijay Prashad
14 Nov 2019
14 Nov 2019
The Green New Deal and a new colonialism
Climate change policy is vital but the US Green New Deal doesn’t respond to global capitalism, the cause of much ecological disaster. Rather, it proposes to continue to extract value from the Global South.
By: Lev Blissett
12 Nov 2019
12 Nov 2019
South Africa is at the frontline of a water crisis
Drought and water wars will become an international reality sooner than society seems to think – and South Africa will be among the first hit.
By: Christopher McMichael
11 Nov 2019
11 Nov 2019
Remember, remember, the fifth of November…
The mask inspired by Guy Fawkes has become a global symbol of protest, the kind that will multiply as more and more stand up to those clinging to power in an unsustainable system.
By: New Frame Editorial
8 Nov 2019
8 Nov 2019
Seeds of Europe’s ‘migrant crisis’ are in Europe
The continent’s greedy lending to Africa is driving the migration wave that fuels the European Union’s xenophobic politics.
By: Vijay Prashad
5 Nov 2019
5 Nov 2019
Normalcy in Kashmir seems far away
Regular lockdowns of internet communication coupled with discord in Kashmir and government interference in the Indian media doesn’t augur well for the future of the state.
By: Womic Baba
5 Nov 2019
5 Nov 2019
No new ideas in latest economic strategy
Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni delivered a lacklustre medium-term budget policy statement, proposing austerity measures that could send the economy into further crisis.
By: Duma Gqubule
4 Nov 2019
4 Nov 2019
South America cries out: Neoliberalism – never again!
Neoliberalism has wrecked the world. It is why the people of South America are taking to the streets and the ballot box to advocate for change.
By: Vijay Prashad
4 Nov 2019
4 Nov 2019
Rebellion in Haiti
As popular protest gathers momentum in Haiti, a society long denied basic democratic rights by imperialism, solidarity is an urgent imperative.
By: New Frame Editorial
1 Nov 2019
1 Nov 2019
New Delhi and its officers in Kashmir
In carefully charting the rise and fall of politicians in Kashmir’s history from 1953 till now, we can see the influence India has had on the politics of the region.
By: Umair Gul
31 Oct 2019
31 Oct 2019
Employers are liable for sexual harassment
If a workplace does not ensure it is a safe environment by taking direct action against perpetrators, it can be held accountable for the actions of its employees.
By: Sheena Swemmer
30 Oct 2019
30 Oct 2019