Author: Ryan
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We hosted an event on the 8th of October to launch three new publications by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research: The Neoliberal Attack on Rural India by P. Sainath, The Fate of Xolobeni Would be the Fate of Us All by Kevin Bloom, and The Rate of Exploitation (the Case of the iPhone). Dossier 21:…
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Date: 17 Oct 2019 Time: 18:00 SAST Place: The Commune
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The Commune extends our deepest gratitude to the amazing Sun Xa Experiment for their energetic and mesmerising performance. Sun Xa Experiment is a 7 piece ancestral spiritual band that tells the stories of who we are as the global community without race, colour or nation. With their music written in IsiZulu, Sesotho and English their…
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We would like to thank Qhakaza Mbali Mthembu, Dr. Danai Mupotsa, Thapelo Mohapi and Mbuso Ngubane for accepting our invitation and taking time to participate as panelists in the launch of The Commune on Saturday the 28 of September 2019. Our event could not have been the success it was without our panelists generous participation.…
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The Commune would like to extend our thanks to Charles Leonard for providing the soundtrack to the revolution. Charles Leonard is a DJ, editor, broadcaster, journalist and an obsessive collector of vinyl. He has been collecting vinyl for five decades now and he loves sharing records from his eclectic, vast collection. Charles’s approach with his…
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We hosted an event on the 28th of September to mark the opening of The Commune. The event included a panel discussion with panelists Dr. Danai Mupotsa, Qhakaza Mbali Mthembu, Thapelo Mohapi and Mbuso Ngubane. Entertainment was provided by the amazing Sun Xa Experiment and DJ Charles Leonard.
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Kathryn Yusoff’s A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None locates the origins of climate change in slavery while exploring the grammars of capture, extraction and displacement.