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SAA Workers Victorious in Wage Battle – But War Continues

SAA Workers Victorious in Wage Battle – But War Continues

The outcome of the SAA strike is a victory. SACCA and Numsa deserve the applause of all workers. What are the lessons of the strike? [...]

For Workers’ Control of SAA. Restructure in the Interests of SAA Workers & Passengers NOT Moody’s

For Workers’ Control of SAA. Restructure in the Interests of SAA Workers & Passengers NOT Moody’s

Sack the board! End outsourcing! The Marxist Workers Party stands in full solidarity with SAA workers!! [...]

PART TWO: For Mass Working Class Struggle & a Bold Socialist Programme to Break with Capitalism

PART TWO: For Mass Working Class Struggle & a Bold Socialist Programme to Break with Capitalism

One working class – one struggle. For a trade union united front against job losses, privatisation and austerity. What role should Saftu play? [...]

PART ONE: SA’s Economic Crisis – No Way Out for the Working Class Under Capitalism

PART ONE: SA’s Economic Crisis – No Way Out for the Working Class Under Capitalism

South Africa is going through its most serious economic crisis of the democratic era. What characterises this crisis, probably more than any other before it, is that there is no solution on a capitalist basis [...]

CWI STATEMENT: A World of Explosive Social Upheavals and Inter-Imperialist Turmoil

CWI STATEMENT: A World of Explosive Social Upheavals and Inter-Imperialist Turmoil

The following statement was agreed at a meeting of European CWI sections and supporters, along with visitors from the USA and Nigeria, which was held earlier this week, in London [...]

INTERVIEW: EPWP Workers’ Struggle for Permanent Jobs

INTERVIEW: EPWP Workers’ Struggle for Permanent Jobs

A planned meeting between the the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development and the workers’ leaders, set for Friday, 1 November is mentioned. At the last minute the meeting was “postponed until further notice”. Workers are mobilising for mass meetings to discuss the way forward [...]

Mugabe – body laid to rest as contested legacy finds new life

Mugabe – body laid to rest as contested legacy finds new life

The circumstances of Mugabe’s death were symbolic. This alleged hero of the liberation struggle died in Singapore from cancer, as Zimbabwean doctors were striking for higher wages in hospitals that cannot fund even paracetamol [...]

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – How should organised workers respond?

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – How should organised workers respond?

A mass working class movement can lay the real social foundations upon which gender equality can be built. The struggle for women’s liberation needs to be re-written on the banner of the workers movement [...]

Only Workers Unity Can Overcome Xenophobia

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 [...]

2019 Election Results

2019 Election Results

The 2019 general elections will be seen, in time, as the most important since the advent of democracy. For the first time since 1994, less than half of the voting age population cast their ballots. There are 35.8 million eligible voters. Of these 26.8 million are on the voters roll. In other words approximately 9 million are not registered. Only 65.9% of registered voters went to the polls [...]

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