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Remember Africa, Remember Sobukwe
For a month the Robbin Island Museum in South Africa has commemorated one of Africa’s most forgotten freedom fighters, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.
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Extractivism and dispossession in Mozambique
Gediminas Lesutis discusses his new book, The Politics of Precarity, on the experiences of extractivism, dispossession, and resettlement in
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An irreparable loss – murder and revolution in Guyana
As the popular rebellion, workers strikes and action in Guyana went into retreat in 1979, the Working People’s Alliance and Walter Rodney fought
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‘Let the capitalists know that their properties will be trashed’ – an interview with Andreas Malm
In a wide-ranging discussion with ROAPE’s Peter Dwyer, Andreas Malm engages with African political economy, the climate emergency, anti-capitalist
Building a revolutionary party
In 1979, the small revolutionary group, the Working People’s Alliance, transformed itself into a party and launched a major rebellion. Thousands
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The birth of the Working People’s Alliance in Guyana
In 1974 the Working People’s Alliance emerged as an anti-racist and anti-imperialist formation that fought for socialism from below. To start with
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The birth of the Working People’s Alliance in Guyana
In 1974 the Working People’s Alliance emerged as an anti-racist and anti-imperialist formation that fought for socialism from below. To start with
Rosa Speaks – beyond, and against, the conventional
Heike Becker reviews a book, Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg, which speaks to a generation of anti-colonial activists, from Cape Town to Cairo, London and
A difficult return – race, class, and politics in Rodney’s Guyana
In 1974 Walter Rodney and his family returned to Guyana. Rodney immediately faced a country divided between the Indian and African working class, and
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Kenya’s struggle heroes today – the social justice movement
Gathanga Ndung’u commemorates activists whose lives were snatched away by Kenya’s brutal capitalism. Activists who launched a war against a
The horrors of the global gulag archipelago
ROAPE’s Graham Harrison examines Britain’s deal with Rwanda which he argues shows Western states are constructing a vast international network of
Socialism from above or below – Rodney’s politics and activism
Chinedu Chukwudinma describes Walter Rodney’s initial enthusiasm for Tanzanian socialism, and how he participated in projects to build an
The Mecca of African Liberation: Walter Rodney in Tanzania
Walter Rodney moved to Tanzania in 1969. As a lecturer in history at the university, he threw himself into radical, political debates in the country,
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Imperialism and GMOs in Kenya: A perspective from social movements
Noosim Naimasiah interviews Irene Asuwa and Cidi Otieno about food sovereignty, ecologically appropriate production, distribution and consumption,
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The Rodney rebellion: Black Power in Jamaica
In 1968 Walter Rodney was teaching in Jamacia. There were important changes taking place on the island with the growth of radical politics and Black