Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Corporate collaboration lets Mugabe continue abuses
Corporate cash continues to feed Mugabe's rule.
By
Patrick Bond, Zimbabwe
The contradictions of Ronnie Kasrils: The leftist spy who came in from cold Pretoria
Ronnie Kasrils speaks out against Israel's apartheid policies, March 5
International solidarity helps keep the ‘Zimbabwe 6’ out of jail
Johannesburg protest in support of the "Zimbabwe 6", March 20, 2012.
By Lisa Macdonald
March 22, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/Green Left Weekly -- Six Zimbabwean activists who were convicted for watching a video of the Arab Spring in February 2011 won a partial victory on March 21 when they were given suspended jail sentences of two years, ordered to each do 420 hours of community service and pay a fine of US$500 each.
The six activists were convicted in the Harare Magistrates Court on March 19 of trumped-up charges of “conspiracy to commit public violence”. They had faced up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a sentence demanded by the state prosecutor, Edmore Nyazamba.
Zimbabwe: Activists found 'guilty' on trumped-up charges -- protests keep them out of jail!
Munyaradzi Gwisai, a political activist and former member of parliament, left court in Harare on March 19 after
Zimbabwe activists in danger of unlawful prison sentences – Solidarity needed!
Supporters of the activists facing unlawful imprisonment.
The following statement was issued by the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU). Readers of Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal are urged to phone, email or send protest messages demanding the release of the six Zimbabwe activists to the Zimbabwe embassy or consulate in their countries. Solidarity actions are being organised in South Africa. Please send copies of protest messages sent to socialismfrombelow@gmail.com (copy to ashley_fataar@yahoo.co.uk and shanthabloemen@gmail.com).
Text messages can be sent to:
Home affairs (police) minister Kembo Mohadi: +263 712 605 424 (mobile)
State security (C.I.O.) minister Didymus Mutasa: +263 0712 200 532 (mobile)
Police spokesperson Wayne Bvudzijena +263 712 801 172
Letter from Zimbabwe: Court dismisses acquittal application by the '6 Egyptians'
Action is support of the charged Zimbabwean activists, Frema
Zimbabwe: Petition to drop false charges against political activists
August 14, 2011 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The following petition is being circulated in Australia.
Zimbabwe socialists facing treason charges call for solidarity! Trial now August 22, 2011
Action in solidarity with the Zimbabwe socialists, July 18, 2011.
By the National Coordinating Committee, International Socialist Organisation Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Treason charges dropped, but trial to go on
June 7, 2011 – The Zimbabwean state has dropped the most serious charges against six activists who faced the death penalty for treason.
Prisoners now released on bail!
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By Ashley Fataar
The ‘mubaraking’ of Gaddafi, Maliki, Mugabe and others
By Patrick Bond
February 27, 2011 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The late South African anti-apartheid poet-activist Dennis Brutus occasionally used “Seattle”, the name of a city in the northwestern United States, as a verb. We should “seattle Copenhagen”, he said in late 2009, to prevent the global North from doing a climate deal in their interests, against Africa’s.