Patrick is Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Previously, from 2004-16, he directed the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, raised in Alabama, and educated in economics at Swarthmore College, finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and geography at Johns Hopkins University. He is active with social movements in South Africa, Zimbabwe and internationally. Recent books are BRICS and Resistance in Africa (co-edited with Justin van der Merwe and Nicole Dodd, for Zed Books, 2019); BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique (co-edited with Ana Garcia for Haymarket Books, 2015); South Africa: The Present as History (co-authored with John Saul for James Currey Press, 2014); Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa (Pluto Press, 2014); and Politics of Climate Justice (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2012).
The G7 prepares a divide-and-conquer trap
Who dropped the Rain Bomb on Durban last month? And will they pay climate reparations?
Durban’s latest Rain Bomb kills more than 300 and unveils state climate sloth
Latest IMF controversy unveils biased policies and a Harvard economist’s skewed views
COP 26: End the Cynicism and Denial – Pt1
Fighting Fossil Fuels in South Africa
South Africa Searches for a Financial Parachute
Dennis Vincent Brutus, 1924-2009
World Economic Forum-Africa hosts a turf battle
BRICS Dashing Green-Developmental Hopes?
Mandela Led Fight Against Apartheid, But Not Against Extreme Inequality
Big Oil Gets Green Light to Explore Ecuadorian Amazon
Can Jim Yong Kim Make a Difference at the World Bank?
Global Migrants for Climate Action
Against Global Apartheid: South Africa Meets the World Bank, IMF and International Finance
Cities of Gold, Townships of Coal: Essays on South Africa`s New Urban Crisis
Commanding Heights and Community Control: New Economics for a New South Africa