Michael Laxer
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....
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Michael Laxer
Aug 273 min read
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 171 min read
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
Jul 192 min read
Solidarity with the PRC! - South African Communist Party
The South African Communist Party (SACP) released a powerful statement on Thursday, July 19 condemning ongoing US and NATO imperialist...
Michael Laxer
Jun 64 min read
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
May 231 min read
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
Apr 2714 min read
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
Jan 153 min read
African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba begins in South Africa
The 7th African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba began today (January 15) in South Africa. Delegations from more than 20...
Michael Laxer
Jul 19, 20237 min read
Red Review #107 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Swaziland, Cuba, the UK, Greece, the DPRK, Canada and elsewhere. Actors and writers picket outside of Netflix HQ...
Michael Laxer
Apr 22, 20235 min read
Communists around the world mourn the death of South African Comrade Chris Matlhako
With statements from the SACP and parties in Greece, the Netherlands, Turkey, the USA, Britain and Kenya. Photo via the CPUSA Communists...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 202312 min read
Red Review #82 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from France, Peru, Swaziland, Vietnam, the USA, Greece, Italy, Spain, Canada and elswhere. Image from the General Strike in...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20234 min read
Communist parties of Swaziland & South Africa condemn killing of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko
Swaziland (renamed Eswatini by the monarchy) human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko was brutally murdered in his home on Saturday, January...
Michael Laxer
Oct 3, 202218 min read
Mass protests across the UK: Red Review #75 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the UK, Brazil, Swaziland, South Africa, Cuba, China, Tunisia, the USA, Belgium, Sweden, India and elsewhere. There is...
Michael Laxer
Aug 29, 202215 min read
Red Review #72 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Bolivia, the UK, the USA, India, Latvia, Bangladesh, South Africa, Greece and elsewhere. Bolivians march in support of...
Michael Laxer
Jul 25, 20229 min read
Red Review #67 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, South Africa, Brazil, Italy, New Caledonia and elsewhere Starbucks workers on strike in Buffalo, July 23 -- Image...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 202215 min read
Red Review #45 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Haiti, Cuba, Bolivia, the USA, Canada, Australia, France, the DPRK and elsewhere. There is also a special section related...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 202211 min read
Red Review #44 -- International Left and Labour News
The forty-third edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from India, Greece, Canada, Bolivia,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 9, 20229 min read
Red Review #39: International Left and Labour News
The thirty-ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, South Africa, Kazakhstan,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20221 min read
Joe Slovo, South African Communist & anti-Apartheid icon, d. Jan 6, 1995
Today is the anniversary of the death of Joe Slovo, an iconic hero in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa. Slovo was the General...
Michael Laxer
Aug 8, 20216 min read
Red Review #17 -- International Left and Labour News
The seventeenth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from Cuba, Kenya, South Africa, Venezuela...
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