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PSC calls for Israeli academics at microbial conference in Cape Town to be disinvited
The PSC says that allowing Israeli academics, that have no record of opposing the genocide in Palestine, to be speakers at the symposium...
Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20242 min read
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Remembering Ruth First, assassinated August 17, 1982
Ruth First was born in 1925 to parents Julius First and Matilda Levetan who emigrated to South Africa from Latvia in 1906 and became...
Michael Laxer
Aug 17, 20241 min read
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Spain joins South Africa's Israel genocide case at the ICJ
Albares making the announcement Saying that they are doing it out of commitment to the UN and international law, Spanish Foreign Minister...
Michael Laxer
Jun 6, 20241 min read
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South African Communists call for prioritizing the interests of workers, no alliance with DA or MKP
The South African Communist Party (SACP) Political Bureau held a special meeting on Wednesday, June 5 2024, in Johannesburg to analyze...
Michael Laxer
Jun 6, 20244 min read
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Lula's Gaza Rhetoric is not enough
Although Lula da Silva called Israel’s war against Palestinians a genocide, the Brazilian president is yet to follow that up with...
Michael Laxer
Jun 1, 20246 min read
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ICJ Orders Israel to 'Immediately Halt Its Military Offensive' in Rafah
Defense lawyers for Israel did not convince the International Court of Justice that the ongoing evacuation operation in the southern Gaza...
Michael Laxer
May 24, 20243 min read
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Joe Slovo b. May 23, 1926
Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo at the Communist Party's first public meeting in South Africa in 1990, after being banned...
Michael Laxer
May 23, 20241 min read
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Egypt joins South Africa in ICJ genocide case
Various Sources Egypt has announced that it will join South Africa in supporting its genocide case against Israel at the International...
Michael Laxer
May 13, 20242 min read
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South Africa Urges ICJ Action as Israeli War Cabinet Expands Rafah Assault
"Despite repeated orders by the court, Israel has not changed its conduct," South Africa's urgent request states. "It has doubled down on...
Michael Laxer
May 11, 20245 min read
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Student Demands for Divestment Are Not New
There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and...
Michael Laxer
May 3, 20245 min read
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Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough - South African Communist Party
South African Communist Party Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough Wednesday, 27 April 1994 marked...
Michael Laxer
Apr 27, 202414 min read
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From Namibia to Gaza With Love
The Israeli brutality in Gaza, but also the Palestinian sumud, resilience and resistance, are inspiring the Global South to reclaim its...
Michael Laxer
Apr 21, 20245 min read
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U.S. Officials Brazenly Deny Genocide
U. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosts Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on March 26, 2024 By Global News...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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ICJ Issues New Order in Genocide Case as Another Gaza Child Starves to Death
The World Court cited "exceptionally grave" developments, especially the "spread of famine and starvation," in once again ordering Israel...
Michael Laxer
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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Transport Workers Unions in Africa Call for a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
Irvin Jim, the General Secretary of NUMSA, reads out the motion passed by the Conference By Global News Service Unions in Africa...
Michael Laxer
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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South African Foreign Minister warns that citizens fighting with Israel in Gaza will face arrest
Pandor speaking after the ICJ interim ruling in January In another step to try to stop the slaughter, South Africa’s Foreign Minister...
Michael Laxer
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Israel’s Blocking of Aid to Gaza Is a Weapon in Its Brutal War Against Palestinians
Image via the Palestinian People's Party By Global News Service Israel’s deliberate blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza has emerged as a...
Michael Laxer
Mar 12, 20241 min read
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South Africa demands ICJ intervene to prevent mass famine in Gaza
Image via Palestinian People's Party Various Sources In another urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) South Africa...
Michael Laxer
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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Nicaragua files application against Germany at the ICJ for aiding the genocide in Gaza
Nicaragua has officially filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Germany. The accusation centers around...
Michael Laxer
Mar 2, 20241 min read
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ICJ Hearings to Examine 57 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
"Decades of injustice will finally face scrutiny," said U.N. human rights official Francesca Albanese ahead of next week's Hague hearings...
Michael Laxer
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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