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Salim Vally is Professor and Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-editor with Enver Motala of Against Racial Capitalism: Selected Writings by Neville Alexander.
The late South African intellectual and activist—imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela—fought for a world without race and class.
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Can the nation-state serve social justice?
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò leads a forum with Thea Riofrancos, Mariame Kaba & Andrea Ritchie, Ishac Diwan & Bright Simons, and others. Plus Leila Farsakh on Palestinian statehood, Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on a “solidarity state,” Joshua Craze on rule by militia, and much more.
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Our new issue asks what a just state would look like and how to get there.
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