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Category: Africa
Nigeria: Protester shot, socialist arrested – Lagos police attack rally against demolition and eviction
Hassan Taiwo Soweto, a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM, CWI in Nigeria) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, was arrested today at the Lagos State House of…
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Part 1 – Xenophobia – the new “swart gevaar”
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DR CONGO | Major Escalation in Decades-Old Conflict
By Sean Figg, CWI On 27 January, the March 23 Movement, backed by the Rwandan government, announced the capture of the Congolese city of Goma and on 17 February of…
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Sudan | Revolutionary masses must end generals’ counter-revolutionary violence
A brutal power struggle is under way in Sudan. On 15 April, heavy fighting erupted between different factions of the armed forces. Civilians have abruptly found themselves in war zones,…
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ESWATINI | A Discussion on Strategy, Tactics and Programme in the emaSwati Revolution
In recent months the MWP has taken part in a series of discussions with activists from eSwatini. We publish below an edited version of a letter written following discussions we were honoured to recently host in person. In making the letter more widely available we offer it as a contribution to the discussions on strategy,…
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BURKINA FASO | “Popular” Coup Marks New Turn in Revolutionary Process
On Monday 24 January 2022, a group of military officers toppled the government in Burkina Faso. The new junta has suspended the constitution and the National Assembly and placed President Kabore in detention. No doubt, this development marks a new turn in the revolutionary process which began nine years ago when a two-day mass uprising…
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ESWATINI | The Struggle Must be for Democracy AND Socialism
Over the last several months protests have rocked eSwatini. The masses have taken to the streets to end the dictatorship of King Mswati III with greater militancy than ever before. We salute the heroism of the emaSwati workers and youth. The key task facing revolutionaries in eSwatini is to place the working class in the…
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MOZAMBIQUE | Military Intervention Will Solve Nothing
A disaster is unfolding in Cabo Delgado. In 2020 alone there were 570 “violent incidents”. Nearly 3,000 have died so far and over 700,000 have been displaced. Atrocities against the local population are being committed by both the insurgents and the Mozambican army and security forces. For many the SADC intervention may seem necessary to…
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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.
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The Garissa Massacre, Al-Shabaab and US imperialism
by Shaun Arendse On 2 April, the Somali based al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab carried out a horrific massacre of 148 university students in Garissa, Kenya. The 15 hours of carnage saw…
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