Tag: Africa
South Africa: an “amazing country-wide revolt” is fighting student fee increases
Not enough has changed since the end of apartheid, say South African students, as fee increases threaten to stop many black students from going to university.
Protests continue across South African universities against plans to raise...
Miners Shot Down – remembering the Marikana Massacre
Miners Shot Down, an award-winning documentary, brilliantly reveals how government, police and big business work hand-in-glove to suppress class struggle, writes Colin Revolting.
Burkina Faso: African workers fighting neoliberalism
Drew Povey, a British socialist working in sub-Saharan Africa, currently in Nigeria, looks at the background to the recent ousting of Burkina Faso's dictator Blaise Compaoré. This article was originally published on Pambazuka News.
In...
Ebola: protests, profits and the role of Big Pharma
Sophie Williams writes on the politics behind a deadly virus that has infected thousands. Sophie is a medical student and health activist based in London
The outbreak
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has...
Estonians sent to shoot Africans for French business
Estonian troops in Afghanistan. Picture via balticreports.com
The nets of empire are catching more and more countries. Estonia and the Central African Republic are a case in point. William Cleary reports.
Western powers are invading more...
Patrice Lumumba’s legacy
Last Friday marked the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Miriyam Aouragh looks at his legacy and western complicity in his murder.
In Une Saison au Congo (A Season in the Congo) from...