The emergence of the anti-globalisation movement internationally, and of the social movements within South Africa, have revitalised the search for alternatives to the present global social and economic order. In many parts of the world debates and discussions about these alternatives are intimately linked to the resistance to globalisation and its negative effects on working people.
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To this extent, these debates are also concerned with developing perspectives on how to build movements for social change in the context of globalisation. This programme provides a space for debate and theoretical discussion on the many challenges facing the social movements, and provides a platform for exploring alternatives to neoliberalism.
In particular, this programme’s contribution to the College’s strategic objectives is through revitalising theoretical approaches to social analysis that form an important inheritance of egalitarian social movements all over the world; developing new theoretical approaches to better understand new developments in the world today; building a culture of critical debate among the emerging layer of activists, and creating spaces for activists to publish, and have access to the work of other activists.
The activities of the programme includes the publication of a quarterly journal for activists, seminars, position papers, study groups, books, research initiatives, conferences, newsletters and newspapers and the publication of Study Notes.
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