Eskom: Unbundling and Privatisation are not the Answer Amandla Correspondent | Amandla Issue 67/8 | December 2019 There is clearly an urgent need to deal with massive problems at Eskom. It cannot be business as usual – Eskom does need…
Eskom: Unbundling and Privatisation are not the Answer Amandla Correspondent | Amandla Issue 67/8 | December 2019 There is clearly an urgent need to deal with massive problems at Eskom. It cannot be business as usual – Eskom does need…
Fritjof Capra: the systematic interconnectedness of global problems In this video, Fritjof Capra, a renowned physicist and systems theorist, deals with the systematic interconnectedness of global problems: energy shortages, environmental degradation, climate change, economic inequality, violence, war etc. Aggravating one…
Mozambique needs urgent action on debt crisis following Cyclone Idai Jubilee Debt Campaign | Original Source: CADTM | 22 March, 2019 Cyclone Idai has caused huge destruction and loss of life in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The true extent of…
Living the future in Kwazakhele By Janet Cherry | Amandla! Magazine Issue 55-56 | December 2017 One hundred years after the Boshevik Revolution, the advocates of global capitalism repeat their neoliberal mantra: There is no alternative. Socialism has failed everywhere,…
Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016 By Matt McGrath Emissions from human activities have leveled off but concentrations in the atmosphere continue to grow Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016,…
Drought and floods: Take an umbrella if it’s going to rain By Jeff Rudin Drought? What drought? All the talk in the second week of June is about floods and fires. Unpleasant memories have a short shelf-life; a reminder is…
Responding to potentially catastrophic climate change is a challenge unlike any other in our history. We have the technology to meet this challenge – the barriers are social, political and cultural. So how can we make it happen? Evidence from behaviour…
Trump’s victory is another sign of the failure of the centre-left’s narrative on climate change. A new message is needed, and new politicians to deliver it, writes Alex Randall The election of Donald Trump reflects the unraveling of the centre-left…
South Africa is in the midst of one of the most serious droughts in living memory. 2015 was the country’s driest year since records began in 1904. The agricultural sector is being devastated. Scorched crops and grazing land have forced…
Issue 43/44 of Amandla magazine ran a special feature on climate change ahead of COP 21 in December 2015. An Amandla correspondent wrote this piece which gives an introduction to the issue of climate change. Read this short article to get…