South Africa
COP31: Beyond the negotiating rooms — Organising to adapt and survive
As UN climate negotiations continue to be stalled by petrostates and corporate interests, climate and social justice movements must reorient toward adaptation and building community resilience, writes Brian Ashley.
Two blue waves upend ruling parties: US flows left, South Africa drifts right
Two recent elections generated opposite ideological results: while the Democrat’s blue tsunami saw it take over US Congress, South Africans voted in rising numbers for blue-led centre-right and far-right xenophobes, writes Patrick Bond.
South Africa’s shifting political terrain
The arrival of uMkhonto weSizwe, March and March and allied groups on the political stage is not just a matter of new forces emerging — it is part of an ongoing and rapid reconfiguration of the field, argues Richard Pithouse.
March separately, strike together: Xenophobia, working-class fragmentation and strategic crossroads
The fight against xenophobia cannot be separated from rebuilding working-class organisation, write Rehad Desai and Luke Sinwell.
South Africa’s morass of unemployment: Causes, consequences and the need for communes
Shawn Hattingh — South Africa faces a staggering unemployment crisis. In the face of this, some community-based movements are experimenting with projects such as communes.
Zabalaza for Socialism — We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger.
(Video) Meeting the challenge of the far right & challenges for the left
A public forum featuring British socialist Zarah Sultana, UK-based author Joseph Choonara, Brazilian socialist Vivi Reis, and Dr Daniel Chavez.
Why are the BRICS countries not condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza?
Eric Toussaint analyses the practical policies of the BRICS countries and the institutions they have established towards Israel and its genocide in Gaza.
South Africa: Can the SACP help rebuild a democratic, militant left?
Brian Ashley — The South African Communist Party’s decision to stand candidates represents a potential step in re-conquering working-class independence.
Trump tariffs and US imperialism
Gillian Hart — Beneath the turmoil of Trump’s tariff blitz lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape, or destroy, US global power.
The state of Africa in the new world (dis)order
Will Shoki — Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order.
This changes everything: The threat of Trumpism for South Africa
Amandla! Collective — The second coming of Trump has started to reconfigure the international political architecture that emerged after World War II. This has profound implications for countries both in the global North and South.