Author: SAFTU

Germany and its return to facism?

SAFTU NEC POLITICAL EDUCATION BRIEFING 1. THE SHIFT TO THE HARD RIGHT IN GERMANY IS PART OF A MUCH BIGGER INTERNATIONAL WARNING The far right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has surged in the Saxony-Anhalt state election in Germany. We should not read this as an isolated German development. It belongs to a much wider international political shift. […]

Media Statement 15 February 2026

SAFTU STATEMENT CONDEMNS THE ASSASSINATION OF ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO LEADER ZWELI “KHABAZELA” MKHIZE The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) expresses its deepest shock, outrage, and anger at the barbaric assassination of Comrade Zweli “Khabazela” Mkhize, the Treasurer of the eNkanini branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo, who was gunned down on the evening of Thursday, 12 […]

When Movements Become Cults

When Desperation Produces Strongmen Why “Messianic” leaders always turn against workers A SAFTU Political Education Pamphlet Why do Strongmen rise? Strongmen do not rise because societies are “stupid”. They rise because societies are desperately trying to find a way out of a deep crisis. They emerge when people experience: In these moments, people start saying: […]

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