Political – Zabalaza for Socialism

Returning to Biko: Black Consciousness in a Time of Tribalism and Xenophobia

Tshezi Azania Soxujwa7 April 2026

We are living in a dangerous time in our occupied Azania. Across townships and communities, we are seeing the rise of tribalism and xenophobia. People are turning against each other South African against “foreigner,” one tribe against another while claiming that others are stealing jobs or bringing drugs.But if we return to Steve Biko, we […]

Back to the Stone Ages

Charlie Kimber7 April 2026

In his book, Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost, Joe Allen analyses why President Lyndon Johnson decided on all-out war in Vietnam rather than make a deal that was on offer with nationalist forces.He writes, “The Johnson administration chose war because anything less than a total victory of U.S. imperialism would be seen as […]

The death of politics in South Africa.

Zwelinzima Vavi11 February 2026

We are underestimating the devastating impact of the death of politics in South Africa. Not politics as elections, conferences or speeches, but politics as the conscious, organised participation of ordinary people in shaping their collective future. We have never honestly analysed how the “big man” phenomenon hollowed out our democratic culture. The towering moral authority […]

The New World Order

Roger Silverman28 January 2026

The world today is in a more disturbed state than at any time in the last eight decades. The global structure that came into being after the Second World War had divided the world into three sharply defined sectors: the industrially developed capitalist countries (“the West” plus Japan); the Stalinist states (the USSR and its […]

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 […]

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.

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