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Selective Bombs and Selective Grief: Empire, Muslim Suffering and the Imperial Logic of War in Nigeria

Lawan Musa Danlami (Baba Lawan)23 January 2026

If the United States were truly motivated by the protection of Nigerian Christians, its actions would follow the geography of human suffering. But they do not. Instead, what we see is a familiar imperial pattern: war waged selectively, morality applied unevenly, and suffering acknowledged only when it aligns with strategic interest. Numerically, most victims of […]

Iran, Imperialism and the Left: Why We Must Stand With Struggle From Below

Admin15 January 2026

Please note the following opinion piece has been written prior to the likely US military intervention in Iran. We must be absolutely clear that US military intervention has nothing to do with support for the oppressed masses in Iran. The US has been and is intent on making Iran a client state of US imperialism […]

No to US – Israeli Intervention in Iran – yes to the people’s struggle for democracy, justice and Equality!

ZASO15 January 2026

Statement of Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO) on the situation in Iran Please note the following statement has been drafted prior to the likely US military intervention in Iran. We must be absolutely clear that US military intervention has nothing to do with support for the oppressed masses in Iran. The US has been and is […]

Op-Ed: Kidnapping or Capture?

Ali Ridha Khan9 January 2026

Sovereignty in the Age of the Raid There is a reason the argument has stalled on a single word. Not missiles. Not explosions. Not the extraordinary claim that a sitting head of state has been seized and flown out of his country by a foreign power. The word is ‘capture’ – and its rival is […]

Not a Rockhill to die on

John Rees6 January 2026

A lot of the spat on social media has to do with the pre-publication assessments of Rockhill’s work, but that has now widened out into a debate on his central contention that Western Marxism was to a significant degree a CIA-funded intellectual trend dedicated to smearing ‘actually existing communism’.

Build solidarity with the people of Venezuela. Reject US imperialist aggression

ZASO5 January 2026

ZASO unequivocally condemns the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro. We call on the South African government to denounce this violation of the UN Charter and to demand the release of the kidnapped president and his wife immediately. The South African government must use every diplomatic avenue to isolate […]

BRICS and Israel: Who’s Arming the Genocide?Who is Cutting Ties?

Dr. Karim Bettache11 November 2025

We are witnessing something unprecedented in human history—not merely another genocide, but the complete paralysis of global civilization in the face of mass slaughter. Every nation condemns the systematic extermination of Palestinians. Every leader speaks of international law and human rights. Yet not a single country—neither the imperial powers nor their supposed opposition—has managed to stop contributing to the killing machine grinding through Gaza.

Rage as Refusal: What punk can teach SA about resisting polite authoritarianism

Ali Ridha Khan6 November 2025

From Rage Against the Machine’s Hall of Fame speech to Bob Vylan, Hyphen and Mudrat, a new grammar of protest is traveling the globe. South Africa—where struggle soundtracks have long carried politics—should listen for its beat again. South Africa knows the sound of refusal. It’s in the toyi-toyi, the chant, the ululation at the picket […]

World Food or World Hunger Day (16 October)

Mercia Andrews29 October 2025

16 October is officially known as World Food Day because it marks the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945. Each year, countries around the world observe this day to talk about food security and the right to food. The FAO consistently reminds governments that the Right to Food is a universal human right, not a privilege. Yet, despite these yearly reminders, growing numbers of poor and working-class people continue to go hungry, facing the indignity of begging for food, joining soup kitchens, or going without entirely.

Metamorphosis of the revolutionary intellectual

Admin28 October 2025

Without repeating the cliché, let me sincerely say that that this is a great opportunity for me to converse with my fellow intellectuals in honour of Harold Wolpe. May I thank Wolpe posthumously for giving us an excuse for self-reflection.

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