July 6 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm PDT (7.30pm UK BST) FREE 12:30 PM CST/1:30 PM EST 7:30 PM SOUTH AFRICA/NAMIBIA/UK BST The destruction of workers in Southern African including in South Africa and Namibia is escalating. Workers are being forced into contract labor which was the type of labor under apartheid conditions. These panelists will report on the fight against union busting and also the … [Read more...]
Kenya: A significant victory of the people that will be secured by not abandoning the streets
Statement of the Revolutionary Socialist League – Kenya“…we warn that we can only secure the effective withdrawal of the law if we do not abandon the streets. If Ruto does not sign the bill, but is not withdrawn, it will come into law 21 days after its parliamentary approval.” from Asian Marxist Review The people of Kenya have achieved a very significant victory this Wednesday, June 26, … [Read more...]
MASS REBELLION IN KENYA
By Revolutionary Socialist League – Kenya (Asian Marxist Review) After a week of mass protests, millions of Kenyans took to the streets this Tuesday, June 25, against the Finance Bill 2024, storming the national parliament and setting fire to it. State repression killed at least 17 protestors, injured at least 86 and abducted and disappeared at least 20 activists. The bill, designed … [Read more...]
“THIS IS TIME IT’S DIFFERENT!” The coming election in South Africa
Listen to the discussion HERE. The 7th election on 28th May, after 30 years of African National Congress rule. A WIN discussion May 2024. Thirty years ago the world celebrated democracy and the coming to power of the ANC, a liberation movement. The hope then was that freedom would end brutal poverty and bring jobs, free health care, free higher education, housing, and real equality. These hopes … [Read more...]
REVOLUTION COMES TO SENEGAL
Located in one of the most turbulent regions in the world – currently the scene of violent military coups and civil wars in eight neighbouring countries – Senegal on the West African coast has been a rare haven of relative stability ever since it gained independence from France in 1960, with a matchless record of mostly peaceful transfers of power. Now, however, after decades of disappointment … [Read more...]
Nigeria in Crisis
A WIN discussion, March 2024. Watch HERE Nigeria, with a population of approximately 200 million, holds the title of the largest country in Africa. It ranks as the sixth-largest oil-exporting nation globally. However, despite its size and resources, it is the poverty capital of the world since 2018. This pervasive poverty is due to the effects of neoliberalism and capitalism. While the majority … [Read more...]
NAMIBIA: FOCUSED SOLIDARITY THROUGH A LABOUR TRIBUNAL
NAMIBIA: FOCUSED SOLIDARITY THROUGH A LABOUR TRIBUNAL - YouTube A WIN Discussion October 1923. How can workers in isolated countries such as Namibia defend union rights and union agreements and resist contract labour? This is the challenge which the Labour Tribunal investigation into working conditions in Namibia is working to resolve. This tribunal is hearing cases of victimisation and … [Read more...]
WIN’s message of solidarity to the sacked Namibian Rossing Mineworkers
FROM WIN - Dear Comrade George Martin. I am writing on behalf of the Organising Committee of the Workers' International Network, to send you our solidarity and support for your heroic struggle. We condemn the action of the China National Uranium Corporation Limited in dismissing the Rossing branch executive committee of the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia, and its record of … [Read more...]
A SPECIAL APPEAL – SUPPORT THE SOUTH AFRICAN DOCKERS’ STRIKE WITH RESOLUTIONS, MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND A DONATION!
Comrades, in a historic development all docker unions in South Africa are now on strike against a miserable wage offer and in disgust with the corruption and mismanagement of state owned entities such as Transnet which has been bankrupted: now the workers are forced to make up these losses with no real wage increases. Urgent: please send personal and union resolutions and financial support to … [Read more...]
GET UP, STAND UP! UNITING THE WORKING CLASS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
A WIN Youtube Discussion, October 2022 (3) GET UP, STAND UP! UNITING THE WORKING CLASS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. WIN Discussion October 2022 - YouTube Following the heroic struggles of workers in Namibia, South Africa, eSwatini, Zimbabwe and elsewhere for independence, the results have been disastrous. Rather than workers’ democracy and social progress, neo-liberal policies and repression have … [Read more...]