COP 17: A perspective through the lens of a non-social justice activist
Daphine Mlambo* raises important questions for building the social justice movement against the backdrop of COP17.
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The Naked Option: A Last Resort
Anele Mdzikwa* reviews an inspiring movie and real life story about women organising themselves to achieve environmental justice in the Niger Delta, Using their nakedness.
Towards a Truly Democratic Left: An anarchist assessment of the DLF at COP17
Jonathan Payn* argues that the Democatic Left Front (DFL), is an undemocratic and middle class dominated structure that needs to be democratised.
Khanya journal conference on radical political economy: environment, cop and social justice – December 29, 2011
Ferrial Adam* discusses the SA government’s role in climate change and argues for the need for a mass movement to condidtently safeguard our future environmental interests.
The relation between climate change and food security – December 29, 2011
Jacklyn Cock’s* informative article discusses the impact of climate change on food security, especially in Africa and Southern Africa.
SA government’s promotion of genetically modified agriculture undermines farming and food security in South Africa and Africa – December 29, 2011
Mariam Mayet* critically discusses the SA govenment’s role in the promotion of genetically modified agriculture that will undermine farming in South Africa and Africa and contribute of food insecurity.
Gender and Environment – December 29, 2011
Maria van Driel* argues that the struggle for equity within society and for environmental and social justice is interlinked.
Community and environment: Conservation for whom? – December 29, 2011
Using three case studies, Angela Conway* argues that environmental protection can be manipulated to exclude and reduce the rights of the poor thus maintaining the status quo and social injustice.
A brief critical history of the environmental movement – December 29, 2011
John Treat* traces the history of the envirnmental movement and argues that experience has come to shape perspectives, which were already developed theoretically in the 19th century by karl max
The Environmental Justice Movement in Africa – December 29, 2011
Bobby Peek* provieds a discussion of the environmental justice movement in Africa, and grounds this in the continent’s colonial and postcolonial histories.