Racism is at the root of Swedish far right gains
Racists celebrated in Sweden after elections saw a vicious anti-immigrant party make a breakthrough with a record number of votes Far-right Sweden Democrats managed to pull 17.6 percent, up from [...]
International Socialist Tendency statement on the racist drive in Europe
1. The European Council meeting on 28 June marked a potentially very dangerous turning point in the racist drive against migrants in Europe. After Donald Trump’s election in November 2016 the [...]
Understanding Steve Biko: Race, Class and Struggle in South Africa – an interview with Mosa Phadi
Black consciousness is an idea that works best in a racist white-supremacy capitalist setting. However, its interpretation today is very neo-liberal. You hear talk of ‘black excellence’ for [...]
The Zuma Must Fall Movement.
How should socialists relate? The first thing that we must realise is that Zuma and his faction are attempting a repeat of what Mugabe and ZANU did in Zimbabwe – appear radical but in reality [...]
The Politics of Amilcar Cabral
“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.” – Amilcar Cabral. Cabral [...]
Strike shuts down Zimbabwe
By Ashley Fataar (Keep Left) and comrades in ISO Zimbabwe The underlying causes of the 6th July stay-away strike that shut down Zimbabwe are the worsening living conditions of Zimbabwe’s masses. [...]
The Life and Times of Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba was murdered in January 1961 When his death was finally announced the following month there was uproar. Protests swept cities and towns across the globe. Malcolm X described [...]
What is privilege theory and why is it wrong?
Those with differing views who are committed to a world without oppression, unite to defend those under attack because of their race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and so on. People [...]
Interview with James Nichol
James Nichol is a criminal lawyer based in London. During the Farlam Commission, he has represented families of many of the miners killed in the Marikana massacre. This is an edited version of [...]
ISIS: a product of imperialism and dictatorship
As The Socialist was being produced, Isis, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, was seizing towns across Iraq and threatening to overthrow the Iraqi government. It’s actions have horrified many. [...]
