The current wave of anti-immigrant violence, led and supported by right-wing and ethno-nationalist groups, stands in sharp contrast to the emancipatory politics of the 1976 generation.
Lessons of 1976: ‘Be united to face the common enemy’
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Xenophobia
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Statement of outrage against the weaponisation of xenophobia and the brutal and unlawful treatment of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers
Various organisations and individuals have condemned the aggressive approach of state officials towards the safety of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, amid rising anti-migrant rhetoric and vigilantism in South Africa.
The sickness of xenophobia, and the need for a politics of healing
THE NEVER-ENDING SAGA OF xenophobic violence has again engulfed South Africa. Again the same platitudes are repeated by commentators whose knee-jerk reactions have become so predictable. These reactions are as depressing as the acts of violence themselves, for they...
State of xenophobia and the xenophobic state
Over the last few months, we have witnessed a wave of new programmes directed against people of foreign origin, especially township-based shop owners, in a new wave of xenophobic violence. What we have seen is not dissimilar to the actions of European skinheads and...
Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa: Resist with international working class solidarity!
The attacks on migrants from sister African countries in South Africa in March and April, which claimed not less than seven lives, and over a thousand people rendered homeless, reflect the deepening crisis of capitalism and how this takes various shapes, including...