By Emma Davis Alexandra Kollontai was a revolutionary socialist who devoted her life to the fight for women’s liberation and human freedom. She played a prominent role in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Kollontai located the struggle for the liberation of women at the centre of the fight for socialism. A committed internationalist, […]
By Benjamin Selwyn The central objective of human development should be to alleviate the condition of the world’s poor. The dominant economic ideas of the last 30 years, Neoliberalism, have failed in this regard. State led development appears as the natural and obvious alternative to neoliberalism. Many socialists think that we should use the state […]
The Nigerian Challenge By Edwin Madunagu To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, socialists have to learn from history. This pamphlet, written nearly 40 years ago provides important insights to Nigerian history and the challenges that socialists faced then and now. How do we grow so that we are better able to influence developments […]
The Economic History of Sub-Saharan Africa By Biodun Olamosu & Drew Povey Sub-Saharan Africa is huge. Its area is larger than that of China, USA and India combined or five times that of the 28 countries of the European Union. Its population, at nearly 900 million, is also getting on for twice as much as […]
By Iris Berger (2016) Cambridge University Press. A book review by Tina Ndi Africa provides examples of some of the most horrific rape, violence and oppression suffered by women. But also of great hope in terms of the collective struggle by women, supported by some men, to build a new society where women and men […]
By Alex Callinicos Millions of people belong to trade unions and they remain the best form of defence for working people. But can we fully realise that strength?The national leadership of the NLC called off the national general strike planned for 28th September 2020 at the last minute. It also suspended the general strike in […]
Struggling Against Neoliberal Hegemony By Femi Aborisade & Drew povey While workers movements have been largely phased out and considered out-dated in most parts of the world during the 1990s, the 21st century has seen a surge in new and unprecedented forms of strikes and workers organisations. One of the most important aspects that will […]
Socialism From Below WHY are so MANY Africans poor? Why do so many die from hunger and disease? Why do so many face a bleak future? The facts are stark. Across Africa, every year, at least 35 million people, including an estimated 17 to 21 million children, face serious food shortages. These crises are not […]
[pl_row] [pl_col col=12] [pl_text] By Tina Ndi statistics on the oppression of women are horrific, but it has not always been like this and recent changes indicate that the future can be much better. But we have to struggle together to make it so. Globally 800 women die daily in child labour, most of them […]
By Anthony Hamilton Malcolm X was an inspirational speaker, an activist and a revolutionary. He was born into poverty in 1925 in the US and his early life was shaped by racist violence: his home was firebombed when he was four and when he was six his father was found dead, probably killed by the […]
