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What has the South African government delivered in 20 years? A massive welfare state with 16 million grant recipients (nearly a third of the population); 95% of the people served with clean water access; a rising rate of matriculation by 12th graders; a dramatic...
The current crisis in Mali is not the result of the March 22 coup d'état, which marked only the collapse of a misguided and corrupt democracy which has been so noisily eulogized. The current disaster has been produced by the monopolization of the State and other...
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
On August 16 the Marikana massacre brought to the fore two forms of violence present in the everyday lives of workers. Workers in South Africa live in a violent world. This is not exceptional; it is inherent to the general condition of capitalism, which Karl Marx...
By Jared Sacks A few weeks ago the City of Cape Town was rocked by a spate of road blockades and other significant protests. Certain liberal NGOs have joined the DA in condemning the protests claiming that they are violent and motivated by political party agendas. To...
INTRODUCTION For far too long African Americans have been compelled, by mainstream USA, to remain either silent on international affairs or only speak out on matters relative to Sub-Saharan Africa. With this statement by "African Americans for Justice in the Middle...
The following is a statement issued by Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialist Movement regarding pro-regime candidate Ahmed Shafiq’s strong showing in the first round of voting held in Egypt’s presidential elections. The Revolutionary Socialists Movement confirms its...
Can the poor and the middle classes open a path to change the country? The magical year of 2010, a year of millennial promises and expectations, is drawing to an end, with South Africa still facing multifaceted social, economic, political and ecological crises. In...
The South African Communist Party can be faulted on many fronts, but its sterling contribution to defeating apartheid and challenging capitalist exploitation was personified in the principled socialist morality and selflessness of Chris Hani, Joe Slovo and others. In...