Public Writing

Op-Eds

• Carilee Osborne, “Proposed amendments to regulations on Social Relief of Distress grant do not go far enough,” Daily Maverick (27 July 2022). Available at: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-27-proposed-amendments-to-regulations-on-social-relief-of-distress-grant-do-not-go-far-enough/ 

• Claire-Anne Lester and Carilee Osborne, “Desmond Tutu Never Sold Out the Liberation Struggle,” Jacobin (29 December 2021). Available at: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/12/desmond-tutu-never-sold-out-the-liberation-struggle 

• Carilee Osborne, “A Green New Deal for South African workers?” Africa is a Country (13 February 2020). Available at: https://africasacountry.com/2020/02/a-green-new-deal-for-south-african-workers 

• Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, “Ben Turok’s commitment to liberation, non-racialism and equality”, Africa is a Country (13 December 2019). Available at: https://africasacountry.com/2019/12/ben-turoks-lifelong-commitment-to-liberation-non-racialism-and-equality 

• Carilee Osborne and Bruce Baigrie, “Towards a working-class environmentalism for South Africa,” Africa is a Country (28 October 2019). Available at: https://africasacountry.com/2019/10/towards-a-working-class-environmentalism-for-south-africa

• Carilee Osborne, “Democracy and the left in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Interview with Ben Turok”, Africa is a Country (5 July 2019). Available at: https://africasacountry.com/2019/07/democracy-and-the-left-in-post-apartheid-south-africa

• Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, “Too many carrots and Too few sticks,” Amandla! No 64 (June 2019)

• Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, “Era of unbridled faith in the virtues of the market is now over”, Business Day (19 February 2019). Available at: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2019-02-19-era-of-unbridled-faith-in-the-virtues-of-the-market-is-now-over/ 

• Michael Nassen Smith and Carilee Osborne, “SA’s economic fundamentals are always up for debate,” Business Day (5 November 2019). Available at: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2018-11-05-sas-economic-fundamentals-are-always-up-for-debate/ 

• Carilee Osborne and Michael Nassen Smith, “Parastatals: Privatisation is not the answer”, Mail and Guardian (28 February 2018). Available at: https://mg.co.za/article/2018-02-28-00-parastatals-privatisation-wont-solve-the-crisis 

New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy Columns

I previously worked at the Institute for Economic Justice where I was involved in their flagship journal, New Agenda. During this time I was involved in the editing of the journal and wrote a number or articles and columns, including these:

• Carilee Osborne, “A note on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement,” New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy No. 75 (December 2019)

• Carilee Osborne, “SA is in a State of Psychic Emergency,” New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy No. 74 (September 2019)

• Carilee Osborne, “The Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism at the close of “neoliberalism” calls for a Progressive International,” New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy No. 72 

• Carilee Osborne and Rekang Jankie, “Towards Rethinking Economics in South Africa: Reflections on REFA,” New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy No. 71 (December 2018)

• Carilee Osborne, Rekang Jankie and Michael Nassen Smith, “Why Inequality Matters: A Critique of the Free Market Foundation,” New Agenda: Journal of Social and Economic Policy No. 69 (January 2018)
• Lorenzo Fioromonti, The Wellbeing Economy. Reviewed in New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy Vol. 79 (June 2018) 

Amandla! Magazine

I am on the editorial collective for Amandla! magazine in South Africa. I have contributed to the magazine through book and film reviews, interviews and articles including these:

Interviews

• Carilee Osborne, “Stranded Workers Action Network: An Interview with Anindita Adhikari,” Amandla! No. 82. Available: https://amandla.org.za/stranded-workers-action-network/ 

Articles

• Carilee Osborne and Dominic Brown, “Public Transport as a way of tackling climate change,” Amandla! No 65 (August 2019)

Reviews

• Matt Huber, Climate Change as Class War. Reviewed in Amandla! No. 83 (August 2022) 

• Tariq Ali, Street Fighting Years. Reviewed in Amandla! No. 64 (June 2019). 

• Freedom isn’t Free: The Freedom Charter Today. Reviewed in Amandla! No. 59 (August 2018)