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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 […]

Argentina: Mass demonstrations across the country

G20 From Below21 September 2026

A protest march in Plaza de Mayo: tens of thousands gathered to celebrate the defeat of Milei, his plan, and his accomplices with the general strike. This Saturday’s massive mobilization must be the starting point for a cycle of protests and struggles capable of bringing down the perpetual adjustment agenda of big business, Milei and […]

Be Vigilant

Vashna Jagarnath17 September 2026

What the Murder of Women Reveals About the World We Have Made Eight women’s bodies have now been found in Ekurhuleni, and the police have told women to ‘be vigilant’. Women keep returning to those words because they are an assault on the value of our personhood. We hardly need to be taught vigilance. Most […]

PI Briefing | No. 26 | Fortress Europe

Progressive International1 September 2026

From Mauritania to Libya, Europe is externalizing its border: funding detention, surveillance and armed violence against people on the move — giving even greater ground to the extreme right back at home. In the Progressive International’s twenty-sixth Briefing of 2026, we draw on new Reactionary International research to map Fortress Europe: a border regime stretching […]

Massive flood in Nepal is a warning of climate change’s consequences

Martin Empson31 August 2026

Martin Empson explains how changing water levels threaten life as we know it The horrific flood on the border of Nepal has killed hundreds—probably thousands—of people. While we do not yet know the exact cause, it seems likely a glacier collapse was responsible. New Scientist magazine reported that melting snow had weakened a massive glacier […]

From xenophobia to authoritarian politics

Koketso Moeti31 August 2026

This year marks 50 years since the 1976 youth uprising, a turning point in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. While triggered by the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in schools, it would result in the creation of a new social force that birthed new movements of resistance and emancipatory politics. The anniversary serves as […]

Whatever Happened to the ‘Enough Is Enough’ Campaign?

Joe Todd27 August 2026

‘The biggest political fumble of my life.’ On Wednesday 7 September 2022, Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket was packed out. Hundreds of people had queued around the block for the city’s biggest leftwing rally in years. Mark Thomas, a local homelessness worker, remembered being excited. “It was absolutely massive… It was something new,” he told Novara Media. […]

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 […]

FROM HUMANITARIANISM TO ORGANISED SOLIDARITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AFROPHOBIA

Keep Left20 August 2026

Claire Ceruti and Luke Sinwell Families sleep outside embassies and consulates wrapped in blankets against the winter cold. Beside them are plastic bags, suitcases and the few possessions they managed to carry from homes they may never return to. They are commonly described as people “returning home” or being “repatriated”. But these phrases conceal a […]

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 […]

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