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Forty years of inequality
14 Feb 2019
The US administration preferred Islamists to leftists, says Yassamine Mather
Heading for another victory
31 Jan 2019
With the ANC consolidating its position, there is a huge vacuum to its left, observes Peter Manson. But who will attempt to fill it?
Dashed hopes
11 Oct 2018
Despite retreats and prevarication, writes Peter Manson, the objective conditions for working class advance remain
Demanding a consensus
26 Jul 2018
What will result from the SACP’s call for a ‘reconfigured alliance’ with the ANC? Peter Manson reports on the party’s continuing divisions
Break with multimillionaires
15 Feb 2018
Peter Manson reports on the resignation of Jacob Zuma
Parallel dead ends
25 Jan 2018
Peter Manson reviews: Ronnie Kasrils, A simple man: Kasrils and the Zuma enigma Auckland Park 2017, pp283, £16.19 and Dale McKinley, South Africa’s corporatised liberation Auckland Park 2017, pp198, £14.95
Crisis set to continue
14 Dec 2017
Peter Manson anticipates a fractious and bitter ANC congress, as candidates vie for power
Disintegrating alliance
02 Nov 2017
The SACP is calling for a ‘reconfigured alliance’ with the ANC in a desperate attempt to stave off the pressure from below, writes Peter Manson
Where next for the ANC?
14 Sep 2017
Are there hopeful signs amidst the poverty and corruption? South African socialist, author and journalist Terry Bell addressed a London Communist Forum on September 10
Supplement: The birth of a new system
10 Aug 2017
As well as celebrating the Russian Revolution, says Jack Conrad, we should never forget the counterrevolution
Under pressure to stand
20 Jul 2017
While the SACP has finally agreed to contest elections independently, writes Peter Manson, its leadership is still fully committed to class collaboration
Collaboration that haunts Zionism
01 Jun 2017
Tony Greenstein reviews: Paul Bogdanor, 'Kasztner’s crimes', Routledge, 2016, pp335, £61.59
Israel and the Messiah’s ass
01 Jun 2017
On the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War Moshé Machover looks at the background and consequences
Unplanning delusions
11 May 2017
The collapse of the Soviet Union does not prove that planning is impossible, argues Mike Macnair
Split in the offing
06 Apr 2017
Following the cabinet reshuffle, Peter Manson looks at the rival factions within the ANC