The coronavirus will be used by the bosses to excuse a thousand sins against workers in the coming weeks and months. This is the real class content of “a united nation”. It is an appeal to unite behind the capitalist class and accept their leadership in the crisis.
The biggest one-day fall in stock markets since the financial crisis; an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia; and the fastest drop in the cost of oil for 30 years. The impact of coronavirus on an already fragile world…
China is a vast country, with the biggest population in the world, but one in which a multi-million state machine stifles initiative and fears the voice of the people. A small but very rich capitalist elite rules in the name of ‘communism’ but generally operates according to the laws of the market.
On 9 and 10 March EPWP workers protested in Johannesburg and Pretoria outside offices of the Department of Infrastructure Development. In Johannesburg workers refused to leave until they got clear answers from management…
Women’s oppression is not new. It is as old as history and the division of society into classes. It takes many forms and so does the fight against it. It is significant that women who feel the urgent need for change have been to the fore in all the recent uprisings against dictatorial rule and for genuine democracy – be they in Algeria, Hong Kong, Chile or Lebanon.
The budget announced by Tito Mboweni, signifies the most serious attack on the working class since the ANC came to power. The capitalist class, backed by the opposition parties, including the EFF ‘radical economic transformation’ posturers, welcomed the budget.
The first MWP Day School took place on 22 February 2020. This podcast is a recording of the introduction at that workshop.
The factional struggle in the ANC is an inevitable outcome of the class interests the ANC has served historically – those of the black aspirant capitalist class. We sketch-out how this mission developed historically, including the role of Nelson Mandela and the 1994 negotiated settlement that ended apartheid.
Interview with Weizmann Hamilton, General Secretary of the Marxist Workers Party.
In 2018 a 24 year campaign for the reinstatement of Johannesburg municipal workers ended in an agreement for their reinstatement.
We spoke with STENA MOLEPO, convenor of the Midrand Workers, for an update.
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