apartheid

The second volume of Liberation Diaries brings together a diverse range of contributors to present a complex, multidimensional view of South Africa’s post-apartheid journey.

Apartheid, occupation, and genocide are at the heart of the situation in Gaza – despite the baseless claim of Israel and its Global North allies that the use of these terms is tantamount to anti-Semitism.

From universities to grassroots movements worldwide, young people are fighting back against the complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestians, setting up encampments and facing repression with resilience. This resistance is rooted in a long tradition…

On 26 January, the International Court of Justice found it ‘plausible’ that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. While Israel denies its genocidal actions, it cannot deny Palestinians’ right to dream. This is…

From the Medu Art Ensemble in southern Africa to the countless poets, novelists, and painters in Palestine, culture has always been vital to struggles for national liberation. Art allows us to understand ourselves and visualise…

This dossier focuses on the Medu Art Ensemble (1979-1985) and its role in organising cultural resistance in the struggle for liberation in South Africa and the region.

Ruth First: Selected Writings, an effort of 25 publishing houses published in more than 17 languages, brings together five stirring essays by the South African anti-apartheid leader in a new collection.

This study discusses the life and political struggles of Josie Mpama, a leader in the resistance against colonial oppression and the apartheid system in South Africa.

This dossier returns to the workers whose political contribution in the 1973 Durban strikes, and in the labour and democratic movements that followed, was, in the end, decisive.