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30 June 2026 Keep Left/Socialism from Below There is no migration crisis. There is a crisis of capitalism. The violent events of 30 June remind us that xenophobia is a weapon used to divide the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]