IWD 2021 | Women’s Struggles in a time of Covid Crisis
There is no absence of struggles, even in the time of Covid, which display elements of revolution. Again and again working class women are at the forefront.
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IWD 2021 | Women, Covid-19 and the Struggle Against Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
A campaign led by women trade unionists will fill the struggle against GBV with the class content it lacked in the pre-pandemic protests. A conscious turn must be made to that layer of women workers already in the forefront of struggle.
FEB 24 STRIKE | Let the Working Class Counter-Offensive Begin!
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will embark on a Section 77 ‘general’ strike on Wednesday 24 February, the day that the budget is tabled in parliament. Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the strike will overwhelmingly take the form of a ‘stay away’, with workers asked to remain at home. The Marxist Workers Party fully supports the strike.
ANNIVERSARY | One Year Since EPWP and CHW Union Buildings Slave Revolt
The Marxist Workers Party is marking the one year anniversary of the Gauteng Community Health Workers and EPWP workers’ march and sleep-over at Union Buildings. This took place on 12 and 13 February last year, during Ramaphosa’s 2020 “State of the Nation Address”. The action at Union Buildings last February was, we believe, the most significant workers’ movement event of 2020.
SSA | Zuma’s Parallel State & ‘Dirty Tricks’ Campaign Against the Workers’ Movement
Of all the new revelations at the Zondo Commission, it is crucial for the working class to register and digest the exposure of the ‘dirty tricks’ being used against the workers’ movement and other protest movements.
Testimony at the Zondo Commission has again confirmed that the SSA was responsible for the creation of the Workers Association Union on the platinum belt in 2014, following the Marikana Massacre.
UGANDA | 2021 Election & the Rise of Bobi Wine
The Museveni-regime singled-out Bobi Wine, a young, popular musician, contesting the presidency for the first-time and his ‘People Power Movement’ as a threat and emerging focal-point for opposition.
ANC Government’s Vaccine Fiasco
Building on last year’s PPE-corruption scandal, the ANC government has made a complete fiasco of vaccine procurement and roll-out. In general, South African capitalism is proving itself incapable of dealing with the second-wave of the pandemic.
Pro-Trump Supporters’ Attacks on Capitol Hill – A Socialist Response
Protestors entering the Capitol building, resulting in police shooting at least one person, are certainly serious. This was not a military coup—it was a riot that illustrated the US’s polarisation.
2020 – A Turning Point: An Explosive and Uncertain Decade has Begun
The year has been a turning point in history, affecting every aspect of society. Commentators and historians will henceforth reference what was ‘pre-COVID’ and what was ‘post-COVID’.
ANC’s MTBPS | Working Class Must OPPOSE Sovereign-Debt Repayment
Every political party takes it for granted that the debt must be paid. To those parties that posture as ‘radical’, ‘left’, or even ‘socialist’ the question must be put to them: should the debt be paid? The same question must be posed to the leaders of the trade unions. This one question can expose which side of the class barricades anyone they will stand upon in the class struggles that lie ahead.
