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Category: Community Struggle
The ANC leads GNU partners in reigniting the flames of xenophobia
In Part 3 of our five part-series on Xenophobia we analyse how the ANC and its partners in the GNU have increasingly adopted and promoted xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric and…
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Community Programme of Action
We believe that the time is right to attempt to unite community organisations. We are therefore calling for the creation of a countrywide socialist civic federation and appealing to community organisations to begin working with each other toward that end. In this booklet we outline our analysis of the causes of the crises of poverty,…
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OPERATION DUDULA: CAPITALIST REACTION | How should we understand organised xenophobia and how should the working class respond?
The majority of people have reacted with horror at the violent death of Elvis Nyathi, stoned and burned to death by a murderous mob in Diepsloot. The MWP condemns this act of unbridled barbarism. We express our sympathy and solidarity with his family and indeed the entire Diepsloot community amongst whom he had lived in…
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EYEWITNESS | Community Self-Defence in Katlehong, Zone 3
On 21 July MWP members visited in Zone 3 of Katlehong, Gauteng. We had learned through the media of the brilliant work of residents to defend their community from rioting and looting, in particular the Motse wa Lijane mall.
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CHIEFLY CORRUPTION | In the Grip of Poverty in the Rural Areas
The Eastern Cape, particularly the rural parts thereof, is the epitome of the ANC’s betrayal of the rural people who are unable to breathe as they are daily chocked by poverty, unemployment, lack of clean water, access roads, healthcare facilities, decent sanitation, proper housing, proper school education and functioning transport. All this misery is an…
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ANNIVERSARY | A Tribute to the Marikana Martyrs from the New Generation
The tragic events of the Marikana massacre could have been avoided by acknowledging the Marikana mineworkers’ demand for a R12,500 p/m basic salary. This would have prevented the loss of many lives.
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Return to School: Safety Must be Priority
The decision of when to open and close schools should be under the control of local communities based primarily on health consideration. The SGBs have shown their willingness to toe the government line. We call for the creation of School Safety Committees made up of democratically elected representatives of teachers, parents and learners from grades…
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CAMPAIGN | Organise Against Unemployment
The fragmentation of the working class that is developing as a result of the jobs bloodbath needs to be stopped in its tracks with a programme of action that can unite the working class. The core idea must be that the working class will not be made to endure poverty because of capitalism’s crisis. The…
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Organising Working Class Communities Under Pandemic & Lockdown
Democratic community structures need to be built. The working class needs to take control of the battle against Covid-19. The tradition of community self-organisation remains alive and should be relied upon.
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Only Workers Unity Can Overcome Xenophobia
Full responsibility for the outbreak of xenophobic violence must be laid at the door of the Ramaphosa ANC government.
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