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CAMPAIGN | Organise Against Unemployment

25 June, 2020 Administrator 0

The fragmentation of the working class that is developing as a result of the jobs bloodbath needs to be stopped in its tracks with a programme of action that can unite the working class. The core idea must be that the working class will not be made to endure poverty because of capitalism’s crisis. The demand on the bosses and their politicians must be: JOBS FOR ALL! This must be accompanied by the demands that the SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS GRANT IS MADE PERMANENT AND INCREASED TO R3,500 PER MONTH and THE MINIMUM WAGE IS INCREASED TO R12,500 PER MONTH.

“All changed, changed utterly” – A New Era of Class Struggle & Capitalist Crisis

15 June, 2020 Administrator 0

Statement by the International Secretariat of the CWI 8 June 2020 The words of W.B Yeats, from his poem ‘Easter 1916’, sum up the current world […]

EPWP BULLETIN #11 | Back to the Streets for Permanent Jobs

11 June, 2020 Administrator 0

On Wednesday 17 June EPWP workers will protest outside the Gauteng Legislature in Joburg.

USA | Anti-racist Movement Reignited by Death of George Floyd

8 June, 2020 Administrator 0

On 25 May, police in Minneapolis choked George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who subsequently died. A released video recorded by bystanders shows Floyd repeatedly pleading, “I can’t breathe”, as officer Derek Chauvin crushes his neck for nearly ten minutes.

USA | What’s next for the anti-racist movement?

8 June, 2020 Administrator 0

The current anti-racist protest movement lacks organization, leadership, and democratic decision-making structures. Without these, it is vulnerable to fizzling out without achieving lasting change, as people succumb to protest fatigue.

COVID-19 Response

30 May, 2020 Administrator 0

All the countries we are supporting are starting to impose restrictions to slow the spread of the virus. We have sent relief goods to over a thousand families to help them survive this pandemic…

Book for kids

30 May, 2020 Administrator 0

For a lot of communities, access to books is a luxury. The past month, we held a “give a book for a child” project where we found overwhelmingly generous turnouts. We have sent over 10,000 books to children and communities….

They need us

30 May, 2020 Administrator 0

Now more than ever, our fight to end poverty needs to be stronger. United Nations released the 2020 report on Sustainable Development Goals, which reflects a very sobering data…….

Education for kids

30 May, 2020 Administrator 0

With school shutdowns around the world due to the pandemic, children and their families in poverty are impacted due to the lack of resources to attend classes online….

Art in Fundraising

30 May, 2020 Administrator 0

Sharing art for a cause has allowed artists, art organizations and non-artists charities to approach art-based projects. Last year alone, we have hosted 20 art-fundraising events to help children and their families have access to….