The ANC now signifies dishonourable conduct. It is habituated to preying on the poor, manifested in defrauding funds intended for the needs of the impoverished majority. It may now be a case of needing to say, ‘good riddance’ or ‘your time is up’.
Hell hath no fury like radicalized workers and students
The brink of war - overview and details
La Via Campesina’s manifesto, political education in Africa, and mass action in Italy, South Korea and Puerto Rico
The failure to adequately articulate what a break from Zumaism entails has meant that many of its main features continue. A broad involvement of a range of sectors is necessary to renew South Africa's democratic life.
Nelson Mandela visited the island nation in 1991. His interactions with Fidel Castro would inform some of his negotiations with the National Party to end apartheid.
South African freedom fighters here respond to the purge of Jeremy Corbyn from membership in Britain's Labour Party last week, over charges that he is anti-Semitic. The purge was reversed this week by the party's National Executive Committee.
Three efforts to right historical wrongs - Nuremberg Trials' prosecution of Nazi war crimes but not crimes against its own people, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation established the former if not the latter, and today's demand for reparations.
Ruth Heloise First was an outstanding revolutionary, who through practical experience became focused on developing ideas to drive social action. Biographical tribute by her comrade and friend, Ronnie Kasrils, on the 38th year of her assassination.
Three from Vijay Prashad, international labor challenges G20, mutual aid in Puerto Rico, and more news and analysis from the international left
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