Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Against the Current
WHICH CURRENT WAR has taken more lives than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Darfur put together?
It’s the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a brutal conflict whose elements include the “dirty diamond” trade and other minerals — including gold, copper, tin and cobalt — as well as (…)
, by ASHLEY Brian
An earthquake has hit the ANC. A new leadership has wiped out the Mbeki regime in the ANC leadership race. This is comparable to a landslide victory for an opposition party in a general election. Except in this case the opposition party was a broad coalition of disgruntled elements within the (…)
, by OLENDE Ken
The protests and riots that followed the “stolen election” have shown the depth of discontent in a “stable” African country, writes Ken Olende.
Rioting began in Kenya after sitting president Mwai Kibaki was declared winner in presidential elections on 27 December. Opposition leader Raila (…)
, by de WAAL Alex
The war for Chad is not over. It is likely to become more bloody and involve a wider humanitarian disaster before any solutions can be grasped. The next week will be critical for the future of the country — and for the wider region, including Sudanese-controlled Darfur.
The battle at the (…)
, by OLOO Onyango
Onyango Oloo Dissects The Wrong-Headed “SAVE OUR COUNTRY” Media Blitz.
During my 18 year sojourn in Ontario and Quebec, I became quite immersed in a wide array of social justice struggles-from Indigenous People’s rights, anti-globalization, working class struggles, anti-apartheid to (…)
, by MANJI Firoze
Kenya is entering a protracted crisis. No one really knows who actually won the presidential elections. Given the overwhelming number of parliamentary seats won by the ODM and the dismissal of some 20 former ministers who lost their seats, it seems likely that the presidential results probably (…)
, by CAMPBELL Horace
National elections were held in Kenya on December 27, 2007; the results of the Presidential election were announced three days later. Within minutes of the announcement that Mwai Kibaki had emerged as the winner, there were spontaneous acts of opposition to the government in all parts of the (…)
, by BRITTAIN Victoria
Desmond Tutu was absolutely right to fly into Kenya and throw his moral authority behind efforts to resolve the dramatic crisis that other outsiders are misjudging so badly. British foreign secretary David Miliband, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, secretary general of the Commonwealth (…)
, by BOND Patrick
Congratulations are due Jacob Zuma - apparently far more Machiavellian than even his arch-opponent since 2005, Thabo Mbeki - and the tireless band of warriors from the Congress of SA Trade Unions, SA Communist Party and African National Congress Youth League who kept his political life support (…)
, by ASHLEY Brian
The African National Congress, South Africa’s ruling Party will hold its 52nd Conference in Polokwane, the capital of Limpopo province, one of the poorest in the country. A dramatic succession battle has been raging between the incumbent President of the ANC, Thabo Mbeki and the ANC’s deputy (…)
, by HLATSHWAYO Mondli
Dear comrades As an attempt at deepening the debate on the challenges and tasks facing social movements in South Africa, I have decided to circulate the paper I presented at the recent National Meeting of the Social Movements Indaba. Held in Cape Town from 2 – 5 December 2007, the meeting was (…)
, by SATGAR Vishwas
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla!.
INTRODUCTION
This reflection on the Left project and post-national liberation politics is an expression of dilemmas about post-apartheid South Africa; it is about imminent (…)
, par NGWANE Trevor
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla !.
In a situation of social and political turmoil, the question whither the social movements is critical for the left.
Can they build broader working-class unity ? Can they (…)
, by BELL Terry
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla!.
The June public sector strike badly rattled the government. Not only because some 700 000 workers, from cleaners and clerks to teachers and nurses, held out for 28 days, but (…)
, by RYKLIEF Sahra
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla!.
This year’s increased level of industrial action – with close to a million workers involved in strike action, some over an extended period of time – would seem to indicate a (…)
, by McKINLEY Dale T.
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla!.
The SACP and COSATU have been fiddling with the same strategic and political choice for over 15 years now. First choice: to be junior partners in an Alliance they will never (…)
, by People’s Parliament
Comrades,
Hassan Indusa was cleared of all charges and released unconditionally on Saturday evening, after spending almost 24 hours in police custody.
On Friday evening Hassan was arrested and booked in custody on a charge of “stealing from a person”. The charges were latter amended to (…)
, by SACHS Michael
This contribution is part of a dossier —“Discussing Left Strategies”— published by the South-African magazine Amandla !.
International delegates to the 12th National Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP) (held in Port Elizabeth fro 11 to 15 July 2007) were visibly moved by the (…)
, by Committee of LGBT African immigrants residing in U.S., Less AIDS Lesotho
We are very sad and outraged to hear about the death of Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Masooa, two South African lesbian activists who were executed on Sunday July 8th, 2007. This barbaric act was meant to paralyze our community with fear so as to eradicate the wonderful work that is being done to (…)
, by BOND Patrick, DADA Rehana
Internationally-known environmental activist Sajida Khan passed away on Sunday night, July 15, in her Durban home. Aged 55, she was suffering her second bout of debilitating cancer, and chemotherapy had evacuated her beautiful long hair.
Before slipping into a coma last Thursday, she watched (…)
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