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Brazen theft: When a political formation that played no role in the armed struggle adopts the MK name and symbols, it is more than confusion, argues the writer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The ANC’s heritage under siege

Others go as far as attempting to steal the very names and symbols that belong to the ANC and its fallen heroes

SACP  general secretary Solly Mapaila dismissed the notion of any alignment with MK. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Korner Talk | Solly Mapaila still riding his high horse

The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government

The tide is slowly turning on uncritical pro-West reporting on issues such as Russia’s war on Ukraine (above) or Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Photo: Bulent Kilic/AFP

Prelude to an apocalyptic, dystopian scenario: Russia’s war on Ukraine

Will the West be able to summon the fortitude to oppose Tsar Putin?

Ben Turok. (Screen grab from Ian Landsberg YouTube)

Democracy and the left in post-apartheid South Africa — An interview with Ben Turok

A veteran ANC stalwart and member of parliament speaks about the party, Parliament and the dearth of left politics in South Africa

Better red: It’s the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, which got rid of the monarchy. (Kirill Kudravtsev/AFP)

Tenants of the ITB, unite

You have nothing to lose but your leases, whose legitimacy is being tested in court

The outlook is not rosy: Ebrahim Harvey says that the leadership of the left

The Russian Revolution: a reflection on the role of women revolutionaries

Recollections often revolve around images of powerful men but women have always been key participants in the Communist movement.

The optimism often associated with liberalism after the collapse of the Soviet Union is now also lost (John McCann/M&G)

The journey into the heart of redness

A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the politics of the left so easily slip into the right

The outlook is not rosy: Ebrahim Harvey says that the leadership of the left

Ukraine says ‘nyet’ to Soviet bubbly in commie purge

Kiev’s new law on decommunisation draws critique.

Violent strikes stem from workers’ exasperation

The wave of violent strikes that has engulfed South Africa is a clear indication of the deep class discontent felt by the working masses.

Lenin and Soviet past not yet history in Russia

Lenin and Soviet past not yet history in Russia

Twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, the Soviet past is still very present in Russia.