Hindutva and the counter-revolution in India
The Hindu right is organising an effective counter-revolution against the democratic, secular and pluralistic order set up by Nehru. A credible progressive alternative is required to stop the advance.
Editorial and Analysis
Brazil heads to the polls under the pall of fascism
With backing from the three Gs – Guns, God and Gold – it seems it will take more than hashtags for Brazilians to overcome the threat that Jair Bolsonaro poses to their democracy.
Witches, witch-hunting and women
An international and historical perspective on globalisation, capital accumulation and violence against women, from a leading feminist thinker.
Revitalising the Left in Latin America
The left is in retreat across Latin America. Serious thought is required in order to renew the prospects for emancipatory political movements.
Balancing submission and autonomy in tradition
Reflections on patriarchy and culture inspired by a feminist mother.
Land and community in South Africa
A pragmatic and popular politics of mobilisation, alliance and amalgamation preceded colonial attempts to fix people.
Are charter schools on the horizon in the Western Cape?
The Western Cape Schools Amendment Bill, nearing the end of its consultation phase, is a dangerous step toward US-style “charter
The place of chiefs in postapartheid South Africa
In this excerpt from a chapter in a new book, ‘The Politics of Custom’, a careful eye is cast on the Nhlapo Commission.
This is who we aim to be as New Frame
New Frame aims to write from, and in conversation with, the growing popular ferment in South Africa, and elsewhere.
Food sovereignty is key to a just future
The food system in South Africa is rotten. In under five days, a top executive at Shoprite will earn more than a temporary farm worker on an average vineyard will earn in their entire working life.
Haiti’s new dictatorship
How an entitled ‘civil’ society has ransacked and raped a country on the brink for almost 30 years.
Modi’s India: Fascism, fundamentalism and farce
Narendra Modi ascended to political power on the back of a bloody pogrom. But Indian society has not surrendered before Modi’s fascism.
The future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Joseph Kabila’s grip on power poses a real threat to democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the people of the Congo,