Activist interventions

COVID-19 in Narendra Modi’s India: Virulent Politics and Mass Desperation

This is the final piece in the series on BRICS and Covid that is being published in The Wire. The piece is written by Aparna Sundar and...

China Manages the Virus With Surveillance, Organisation and Repression

This is the fifth piece in the series on BRICS and Covid that is being published in The Wire. The piece is written by Karl von Holdt....

Bolsonaro's Handling of COVID-19 Has Unleashed a Layered Crisis in Brazil

This is the forth piece in the series on BRICS and Covid that is being published in The Wire. The piece is written by Fabio Luis Barbosa...

COVID-19 in South Africa: Popular Movements Mobilise Under Lockdown

This is the third piece in the series on BRICS and Covid that is being published in The Wire. The piece is written by Karl von Hold and...

COVID-19 in Russia: Mishandling Has Led to Popular Protests but Putin Remains Strong

The second piece in the series on BRICS and Covid, written by Mischa Gabowitsch. All pieces in the series have been published in The Wire...

Six-part Series on BRICS and Covid: Rising Powers in a Time of Pandemic

A six-part series that looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out in the BRICS countries. The pieces are being published in The...

Working with communities and movements to fight the pandemic

Karl von Holdt and Tasneem Essop write on working with communities and movements to fight the pandemic in an article published in the...

C 19 People's Coalition call for donations for food distribution

The C 19 People's Coalition is organising food distribution through networks of activists in communities in Gauteng. This initiative aims...

A Programme of Action in the time of COVID-19 : A call for social Solidarity in South Africa

Read below a call from various organisations in response to COVID-19 in South Africa. We, as civic organisations, trade unions,...