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South African Diplomat Called a 'Disgrace' by Marco Rubio, Returns Home a Hero
The Trump administration's ouster of South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool was certainly meant to warn other countries...
Michael Laxer
4 days ago6 min read
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Global parliamentarians condemn Trump's executive order targeting South Africa
Saying that it "echoes the darkest chapters of US foreign policy, recalling its support for apartheid and its labeling of the African...
Michael Laxer
Mar 212 min read
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South African civil society against the austerity budget
The finance minister held on to increasing VAT rather than taxing the rich. A speak-out was held outside parliament ahead of the budget...
Michael Laxer
Mar 155 min read
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SACP pays tribute to Namibian liberation struggle stalwart Sam Nujoma
Nujoma in 1978 - public domain image South African Communist Party tribute to Namibian liberation struggle stalwart, President Sam Nujoma...
Michael Laxer
Feb 113 min read
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'A Pattern of Genocide': Report Details Israel's Systematic Destruction of Gaza Health System
The Palestinian group Al-Haq outlined the "targeting of hospitals and health centers, the denial of adequate medical provisions into and...
Michael Laxer
Jan 243 min read
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"Slovo affirmed the superiority of socialism over the barbarism of capitalism" - Solly Mapaila, SACP
Solly Mapaila speaks, January 6, 2024 -- image via video screenshot South African Communist Party: Statement on the 30th annual...
Michael Laxer
Jan 718 min read
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Consolidate and Build a Powerful Socialist Movement of the Workers and Poor - SACP
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has issued a declaration looking at the struggle for socialism and against imperialism both...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20248 min read
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Anti-imperialism and solidarity with the struggles against imperialist aggression and for global justice - SACP
The South African Communist Party (SACP) held a Central Committee Plenary meeting from November 29 to December 1. They released a...
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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"An Act of Solidarity in Angola" - Fidel Castro, 1975
Fidel Castro during his historic visit to Angola, March 1977 An historic speech given by Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1975...
Michael Laxer
Nov 24, 202412 min read
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Abahlali baseMjondolo condemns forced evictions in South Africa
100 days into the Government of National Unity, the shack dwellers movement condemns a sharp uptick in forced evictions in informal...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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'Horrific Reality': Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and Children
The United Nations human rights office noted the "unprecedented levels of killings, death, injury, starvation, illness, disease,...
Michael Laxer
Nov 9, 20243 min read
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Hundreds march in South Africa against budget cuts
Leaders of Saftu, Cosatu and the SACP leading the anti-austerity protest in Cape Town ahead of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement....
Michael Laxer
Nov 3, 20244 min read
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The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions
Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its...
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20245 min read
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Workers Picket the Office of South Africa’s Largest Defense Manufacturer
Image via NUMSA on Facebook By Global News Service Workers at Denel, South Africa’s largest manufacturer of defense equipment, picketed...
Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Health Activists Picket Against High Cost of Nutritious Food on World Food Day
Image via X By Global News Service On World Food Day, October 16, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) South Africa organized a picket in...
Michael Laxer
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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South Africans push for the adoption of ‘Apartheid Bill’ to isolate Israel
Thousands of Cape Townians braved sweltering heat by taking to the streets to make their voices heard. Photo by Mzi Velapi By Mzi Velapi,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20243 min read
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"We South Africans know what apartheid looks like"
Excerpt from the speech of Cyril Ramaphosa , President of South Africa, at the UN General Assembly, 24 September 2024: Genocide was...
Michael Laxer
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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E-hailing drivers go on strike in Cape Town
Vulnerable to arbitrary decisions by the e-hailing apps and criminals posing as passengers, the drivers called for government protection....
Michael Laxer
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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South African farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa Women on Farms are...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20243 min read
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South African Communists celebrate Venezuelan Supreme Court confirmation of Maduro victory
Maduro speaks during the 2024 election campaign - Confidencial, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20243 min read
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