Perspectives – Zabalaza for Socialism

High school mobilization: popular neighborhoods at the forefront

Ulysses Rabaté8 October 2026

Ulysse Rabaté, a political science researcher at the University of Paris-8 and co-founder of the Quidam association for popular education, considers that high school mobilization already represents a tipping point in contemporary French political life. Let’s say it right away: the movement of high school students that has crossed the country in recent days is impressive. Its […]

Meet the billionaires praying for a fascist apocalypse

Judy Cox8 October 2026

Judy Cox reviews End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor and finds much to fear. But, she says, the authors’ strategy for resistance is far too meagre. What do you see when you look at the ruins of Gaza? A catastrophe? A mass grave? Donald Trump and his cronies see Gaza as a real […]

popED: Dinga Sikwebu

My Vote Counts ZA1 October 2026

When the left confronts a political crisis, the answer is often the same: form another political party. Veteran trade unionist and political educator Dinga Sikwebu has a name for this obsession: party mania. Drawing on his experience in NUMSA and the United Front, Dinga asks whether the constant search for a new electoral vehicle has […]

On the Mood of the Masses and the Anatomy of Truth

Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlovi28 September 2026

A Letter to Tony Sithembiso Yengeni Mr Yengeni, Respectful salutations to you and your generation for the sacrifice you paid in the liberation of our people. I do this to underscore that the sharp disagreement that follows in these pages, is grounded in that respect and not its suspension. You would probably appreciate that I […]

Black Dog Spirits

Botsotso23 September 2026

ABOUT THE COLLECTION Consisting of poems and flash fiction, this collection cuts deep as it exposes the swollen propaganda personas of a techno-feudal society exhibiting extreme inequality in terms of wealth and power. The seamless transition from genre to genre, and back again, is striking in that the taut, stripped style of the writer offers […]

Germany and its return to facism?

SAFTU14 September 2026

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. […]

Adam Habib and the Politics of Opportunism

Ziyad Motala21 August 2026

There is something almost touching about Adam Habib’s faith in Helen Zille. https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2026-08-18-only-zille-can-save-joburg-ex-wits-vc-habib-says-da-mayoral-candidate-perfect-for-the-job/ Johannesburg, he tells us, can apparently be rescued by one woman. If Zille does not secure an overall majority, he warns, not merely Johannesburg but “the city and South Africa are doomed.” For the job of mayor, he pronounces her “perfect.” Perfect […]

Is Afrophobia a simplistic framing?

Socialist Voice Newsletter of the Marxist Group of Namibia18 August 2026

A left-wing view does not say xenophobia in South Africa is “naturally” Africanist or that “black” people are inherently united. It says xenophobia is a product of racial capitalism, township political economy, state rhetoric, and social fragmentation — and its racialised pattern of targets reflects material conditions, not essential identities. The term “Afrophobia” is analytically […]

Lessons of 1976: ‘Be united to face the common enemy’

Noor Nieftagodien10 July 2026

On 30 June 2026, a few hundred people marched through Soweto as part of the broader campaign of xenophobia that in recent weeks has swept across some parts of the country. In the same month, the country marked the 50th anniversary of the historic 1976 uprising, when tens of thousands of Black students nationally mobilised against […]

INPUT BY SAFTU GENERAL SECRETARY ZWELINZIMA VAVI AT THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION SEMINAR

Zwelinzima Vavi7 July 2026

THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: A WORKING-CLASS ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION Comrades, colleagues, leaders of the movement, intellectuals, veterans of the struggle, and fellow South Africans,I must begin by locating myself.I am not speaking here as a neutral observer.I am not speaking as an academic standing outside the battle.I speak as a trade unionist.I […]

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