South Africa’s Covid-19 responses are marred by policy paradoxes. How does a country with one of the most sophisticated health systems in Africa account for the highest number of Covid-19 fatalities? This brief argues that contemporary approaches to South Africa’s social, domestic, and foreign policy responses should be viewed through the theoretical lenses of racial capitalism a racially hierarchical political economy constituting war, militarism, imperialist accumulation, expropriation by domination, and labour superexploitation. Departing from current paradigms, the brief advocates the unmaking of health inequalities through the abandonment of a racialised neoliberal globalisation by putting decommodification of healthcare at the centrestage of policymaking and recovering the idea of the global commons.
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Feb. 15, 2021
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Confused about recycling? Ever wondered what those recycling triangles actually mean?
Connecticut is in a trash crisis and we simply cannot recycle our way out. Join West Hartford s first recycling coordinator, Katherine Bruns, for a dynamic, information-filled presentation followed by a discussion about the state of recycling in Connecticut, the mounting trash crisis, and what the state is doing to address this growing issue. Katherine will explain the 6 R s of recycling and waste management, discuss the pesky and misleading recycling triangles, and share ideas on how to reduce waste at home.
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West Hartford was forward thinking in its decision to create the Recycling Coordinator position. This position is extremely timely as CT is facing a trash crisis. Katherine is tasked with educating the public about waste reduction and the changing world of recycling. She has spent the last 6 months actively participating on the Connecticut Coali
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