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Systems and symptoms
14 Jan 2016
While millions live in dire poverty, the SACP wants us to believe that the main problem is still ‘racism’. Peter Manson reports
Splits and divisions continue
03 Dec 2015
With Cosatu tied body and soul to the ANC, writes Peter Manson, it looks like it will soon be faced with yet another rival federation
Students force ANC retreat
29 Oct 2015
The climbdown on university fees has left the SACP general secretary looking thoroughly compromised, reports Peter Manson
Opposition in limbo
30 Jul 2015
The SACP grip over the workers’ movement remains strong, writes Peter Manson
Confusion, contradiction and irony
23 Jul 2015
South African socialist Terry Bell comments on the divisions within Cosatu
Solidarity targeted by IS bomber
23 Jul 2015
The Suruç massacre marks a change in Turkish politics, writes Esen Uslu
Two congresses and a rigged victory
16 Jul 2015
Peter Manson examines the bureaucratic manoeuvring of the SACP
Loyalists defend whitewash
02 Jul 2015
Peter Manson reports on the willingness of ‘official communists’ to excuse the slaughter of workers
Another blow against the loyalists
11 Jun 2015
The grip of the SACP over the unions continues to weaken. Peter Manson comments on the congress of South Africa’s NUM
Split that need not have happened
09 Apr 2015
The criminal actions of the South African Communist Party have severely weakened Cosatu, writes Peter Manson
SACP splits unions down the middle
11 Dec 2014
Peter Manson reports on the expulsion of Cosatu’s biggest affiliate
ANC hold on unions weakens
11 Jul 2014
The metalworkers are seeking to emulate the success of the platinum strikers, writes Peter Manson
From Seattle to London
09 Dec 1999
What kind of ‘anti-capitalism’?