Xenophobia

INTLUNGU LAND OCCUPATION CAPE TOWN

INTLUNGU LAND OCCUPATION CAPE TOWN

Interview with Zama Timbela and Mabhelandile Twani, leading activists in Intlungu Yasematyotyombeni. Amandla!: Tell us about the housing situation in Khayelitsha. Mabhelandile Twani: Here in Khayelitsha we have backyarders and people who have been in family houses for...

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Editorial: Prospects for a new Left

Editorial: Prospects for a new Left

WHERE IS THE ORGANISED solidarity with the workers’ movement in Ukraine, fighting the Russian occupation? Where is the movement to defend foreign nationals from xenophobia? Where is the movement against femicide? And where is the fight against extreme budget cuts that...

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Xenophobia in Thembalethu township: INTERVIEW

Xenophobia in Thembalethu township: INTERVIEW

My name is Siphiwo Mathys. I am a community activist in Thembalethu township in George and I am a member of the Active United Front.  Siphiwo Mathys: In my community, we have been residing with people from other tribes, other nations for years. They have been working...

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BUILDING SOLIDARITY AGAINST XENOPHOBIA

BUILDING SOLIDARITY AGAINST XENOPHOBIA

THE 13TH OF JUNE 2022 marked 42 years since the brutal assassination of Walter Rodney, the Guyanese activist and historian. His most influential book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, has been described as “a priceless weapon of theory and history that restores the...

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XENOPHOBIA ON THE FARMS: INTERVIEW

XENOPHOBIA ON THE FARMS: INTERVIEW

My name is Denia Jansen and I’m part of Mawubuye Land Rights Movement. We are in alliance with CSAAWU, the farm workers’ union. My daily work is working with workers, especially seasonal workers and community members, struggling for land. Much of the work I do is out...

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ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA IS ORGANISATION

ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA IS ORGANISATION

THE PERSISTENT PREVALENCE OF xenophobic attitudes within the working class is no surprise. Nor is the emergence in many townships of Operation Dudula, an openly reactionary and right-wing organisation. Equally unsurprising is the resonance of Operation Dudula in...

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