Amandla (magazine)
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Amandla! is a South African bi-monthly magazine that was launched in 2007. It is published by the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) and provides coverage and analysis of current political, economic and social processes from a radical left perspective. Extensive coverage is given to issues such as climate change, labour, food sovereignty and national healthcare while adding to debates around South Africa’s social movements and popular organisations.
The magazine has a wide range of contributors who offer perspectives on alternative strategies that can deepen the process of social transformation in South Africa and on the African continent. Recent issues have included the Eskom electricity crisis in South Africa, critiques of the property taxation system, international news from Thailand and the crisis in Greece.
The magazine is written by, and for activists in political, labour and popular organisations, as well as progressive intellectuals at the universities, in NGOs, parliament, community based organisations, churches, journalists, lawyers, public officials in state institutions, etc. Contributors thus far have included Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Cronin, Rob Davies, Ronnie Kasrils, Mark Heywood and Joel Netshitenzhe. The magazine takes its name from the Zulu word amandla, which means power.
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[edit] Amandla Projects
Amandla Forums: Amandla! runs a series of discussion forums on topical issues in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
[edit] Distribution and Subscriptions
The magazine is available at bookshops nationwide. Amandla! also distributes through major trade unions and other organisations.
[edit] Amandla Publishers
Amandla Publishers is a collective of socialists based in Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban.
[edit] Editors
[edit] Amandla! Editorial Collective
*Cape Town: Donna Andrews, Brian Ashley,[1] Sheila Barsel, Jamie Claassen, Roger Etkind, Prakashnee Govender, Mazibuko Jara, Helga Jansen, Hamied Mahate, Feroza Phillips, Mark Weinberg
*Johannesburg: Jacklyn Cock, Harry Letsebe, Hein Marais, Phumzile Mthethwa, Devan Pillay, Tengo Tengela, Vishwas Satgar, Ibrahim Steyn
*Members at large: Frank Fried (USA), Richard Kuper (Britain)
[edit] Amandla Editorial Advisory Board
[edit] South Africa
Aswell Banda, Patrick Bond, Yunus Carrim, Jacklyn Cock, Jeremy Cronin, Ashwin Desai, Farid Esack, David Fig, Pregs Govender, Stephen Greenberg, Jonathan Grossman, William Gumede, Adam Habib, Feriual Haffajee, Pat Horn, Dot Keet, Leslie London, Willie Madisha, Hein Marais, Fatima Meer, Darlene Miller, Sipho Mthathi, Lungisile Ntsebeza, Peter John Pearson, Tebogo Phadu, Devan Pillay, Vishwas Satgar, David Sanders, Christelle Terreblanche, Salim Vally, Mike Van Graan
[edit] International
Gilbert Achcar (Lebanon/Britain), Asghar Adelzadeh (Iran/USA), Alejandro Bendana (Nicaragua), Camille Chalmers (Haiti), Noam Chomsky (USA), Mike Davis (USA), Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt), Ben Fine (Britain), Bill Fletcher (USA), Gillian Hart (USA), Arndt Hopfmann (Germany), Claudia Katz (Argentina), Joel Kovel (USA), Michael Lowy (Brazil/France), John Saul (Canada), Helena Sheehan (Ireland), Issa Shivji (Tanzania), Hillary Wainwright (Britain), Suzi Weissman (USA), Ed Sadlowski (USA)
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