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South Africa: Thabo Mbeki set to win election

April 14, 2004 Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement, South Africa

ANC has failed the masses – Time for a new party of the working class

Zimbabwe: Disastrous economic situation

August 10, 2003 A Zimbabwean socialist

The economic situation around here is disasterous. Official figures for inflation are 340% but economic analysts say that the actual figure is over 400%. The government tampers with figures in order to hide the seriousness […]

South Africa: Union leadership attacks workers

July 12, 2003 First published in the April-May edition of Izwi La Basebenzi (Voice of the workers), the newspaper of the Democratic Socialist Movement, affiliated section of the CWI in South Africa.

The entire labour movement should be outraged by the draconian actions of the National Office Bearers (NOBs) of the Chemical Paper, Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union.

South Africa: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

July 9, 2003 First published in the April-May edition of Izwi La Basebenzi (Voice of the workers), the newspaper of the Democratic Socialist Movement, affiliated section of the CWI in South Africa.

In 1996, hardly 2 years after the ANC was elected, the leadership, having long since buried the Freedom Charter, abandoned the Reconstruction and Development Programme, replacing it with the neo-liberal capitalist Growth, Employment and Redistribution […]

Zimbabwe: Mugabe clings to power

July 2, 2003 Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement, South Africa

By brute force, Robert Mugabe’s regime has for the moment survived the longest and most successful stay-away in Zimbabwe’s history. The ‘Final Push’, called by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), did not topple Mugabe, […]

South Africa: Democratic Socialist Movement conference

October 12, 2002 Committee for a Workers’ International, 11 October 2002

Report of Democratic Socialist Movement conference, 5-6 October 2002

Germany: No choice elections

September 27, 2002 Sascha Stanicic, Berlin, 26 September 2002

On 22 September, the Social Democrats and Greens succeeded in defending their government position in the national elections but with a very small majority.

South Africa: Two day general strike set for October

September 25, 2002 Issued by the Democratic Socialist Movement, September 2002

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called a two-day general strike for 1-2 October, to protest against the ANC government’s privatisation programme.

South Africa: Powell’s humiliation closes Earth Summit Fiasco

September 5, 2002 Weizmann Hamilton, Johannesburg, 4 September 2002

The last day of the Earth Summit completed the humiliation of the ANC government in what it had hoped would be its finest hour. ‘Civil society’ delegates walked out in disgust, Colin Powell was shouted down […]

South Africa: Johannesburg Earth Summit

September 3, 2002 Weizmann Hamilton, South Africa

ANC government harassment and sabotage cannot stop 30,000 marching. On Saturday 31 August, anti-globalisation activists were joined by thousands of workers, the unemployed and landless, who marched from the poor township of Alexandra outside Johannesburg […]

South Africa: Cosatu call two day general strike as SAMWU’S mass action breathes life into anti-privatisation campaign.

July 23, 2002 Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement, South Africa, 23 July 2002

Cosatu’s announcement yesterday that it has lifted the suspension on the anti-privatisation programme and will be calling a two-day general strike on the 1st and 2nd October, is a direct result of the impact of […]

South Africa: General strike against privatisation

August 29, 2001 Weizmann Hamilton, CWI South Africa

The struggle against privatisation in SA has entered a qualitatively new stage. At the end of August Cosatu will be holding a two-day general strike to protest against the government’s plan to privatise the Electricity […]