February 12, 2026, witnessed millions of workers across India participating in a nationwide general strike called by the joint platform of central trade unions.
After the Labour Codes: the political meaning of India’s February 12 strike
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What the night teaches: toward a New Left in an age of unfreedom
A New Left, if it is to be born, will come quietly at first, gathering fragments of resistance.
Towards Disaster
The recent conflict between India and Pakistan follows decades of tension, periodically erupting into violence, over the disputed status of Kashmir.
Say no to war! Forge class unity from below!
Alternative Viewpoint strongly condemns the military actions undertaken by the Indian government that target Pakistani civilians under the guise of pursuing terrorists.
Breaking out from South Africa’s growing mass unemployment
We have a debilitating crisis in public health and education, but the provincial governments are cutting staff.
ELECTION YEAR: The Global Context
2024 has been the ultimate election year. By the end of this year, more voters than ever in recorded history will head to the polls in at least 64 countries. Over half of the world’s population will be involved. In just the last three months alone, pivotal elections...
A Brave New World: The Future of South African cricket
by Liam Brickhill Welcome to cricket's brave new world. The more egregious elements of the controversial Position Paper may have been watered down, but the spirit of the thing remains much the same. Under the guise of much-needed reform, India will rule, drawing in so...
A Hundred Years after the 1913 Land Act
By Richard Pithouse In 1652, the year that Jan van Riebeck first stepped on to these shores, Gerrad Winstanley, an English radical, published a pamphlet called The Law of Freedom in a Platform. Three years earlier he had led a land occupation on St. George's Hill in...
The Racist Undertones of Guptagate
The City Press made an astonishing error of judgement in deciding to publish Phumlani Mfeka's more or less fascist rant on Sunday. Presenting this extraordinarily crass form of ethnic chauvinism under-girded by a clear threat of violence as if it were a legitimate...