Political – Zabalaza for Socialism

“Bombing never leads to positive regime change”

Charlie Kimber5 March 2026

Mediapart, the French leftist website, has an interview with Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and author of the most-referenced book on the effects of air attacks throughout history. He says, “The carpet bombing of Iran will not achieve its goals, even if the regime has been decapitated.” I post a […]

Statement of Zabalaza for Socialism on the US – Israel Assault on Iran

ZASO5 March 2026

Imperialism’s Assault on Iran must be Condemned A Socialist Response to the Attack on Iran As bombs fall on Tehran, as smoke rises over universities, schools, streets and civilian districts, as families scramble for shelter from missiles launched by the United States acting alongside Israel’s air force, the left must speak without hesitation: this war […]

India: 300 million take to the streets in historic national strike

Abdul Rahman23 February 2026

Three hundred million workers, farmers, students and professionals took to the streets across India on February 12, in defence of their rights and to denounce the policies of Narendra Modi’s ultra-right-wing government. Workers went on strike, shutting down thousands of coal fields, refineries and factories, and banking and transportation in remote corners of the country, […]

Documentary film review: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Callum Joyce23 February 2026

Eyewitness to the failed 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez and the popular fightback it provoked Callum Joyce, Socialist Party National Committee On 11 April 2002, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was arrested and removed from power by leading figures in the Venezuelan military with the backing of big business, the private media, and religious leaders. The reforms […]

Whose Growth?

Suliman Rajah23 February 2026

We do not seek to grow the economy. That statement, within the narrow confines of the present, is heresy. It is the ultimate rejection of the gospel according to the economists, the ministers, and the commentators who see only percentages and indices where we see suffering. Their eternal plea is for “growth,” for “investment,” for […]

Beyond the Script: Why the State of the Nation Needs a Rupture, Not Reform

Brian Ashley11 February 2026

As Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver yet another State of the Nation Address, the ritual repeats itself. Big business demands “confidence.” Ratings agencies insist on “discipline.” Trade union federations and NGOs submit carefully worded proposals about what the President “should prioritise.” Once again, we will be told that progress is being made, that stability is […]

VENEZUELA: Redemocratise society and politics to overcome the colonial situation

Luísa Bonilla-Molina11 February 2026

Maduro’s regime not only buried the progressive elements of Chavismo but also destroyed democracy. The events of January 3rd, with the US aggression, represented a profound blow to the Republic and ushered in a colonial situation that clearly demonstrates the historic defeat of the Bolivarian project and the 21st-century socialism embodied by Hugo Chávez Frías. […]

Municipal Bungling, Water Apartheid, and Systemic Failure in Gqeberha’s Water Crisis

Siyabulela Mama11 February 2026

Gqeberha is once again confronting a deepening water crisis that exposes not only infrastructural decay and municipal failure, but also the enduring realities of racial capitalism marked by water apartheid and neoliberal governance in South Africa. While officials continue to frame the crisis as a technical or climatic challenge, lived experiences across the city reveal […]

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 […]

Noam Chomsky, Jeffrey Epstein and the Politics of Betrayal

Chris Hedges11 February 2026

I don’t expect much from politicians, corporate tycoons, the presidents of prestigious universities, billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, royalty or oligarchs. They live in narcissistic and hedonistic bubbles that cater to their self-worship and moral depravity. But I do expect a lot from intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky. The explanation by his wife Valéria – Noam suffered […]

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