Stop Blaming Colonialism?

There’s a new wave of people of African descent being given platforms to say stuff some White people want to say but won’t, for fear of being called racist. And here’s a perfect example. Senegal-born entrepreneur, Magatte Wade, reckons Africans should stop blaming their economic struggles on their colonial past. And she was happy to…

Steps to a Socialist Pan-African Movement

Nicholas Mwangi A recently published book by Vita books publishers Essays on Pan-Africanismedited by Shiraz Durrani & Noosim Naimasiah contains essays on Pan-Africanism written by Pan-Africanist intellectuals at various times. In its preface, Prof. Issa Shivji says writings on Pan-Africanism never become dated for the desire of Africans globally for freedom continues burning, sometimes dimming into…

There is No Such Thing as Black Capitalism

Nicholas Mwangi 51 years ago on 4th Dec 1969, Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr then chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and deputy chairman of the national BPP was assassinated by the Chicago County police in an unlawful raid. Hampton was only 21 years old when he was killed alongside Marl Clark another…

#OmaliTaughtMe Sunday Study: Colonialism – the Origin of Capitalism

This week, we’re kicking off a series on “Colonialism as a mode of production.” We begin with episode one, showing how the advent of capitalism came to be. Chairman Omali Yeshitela is joined by Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist International (ASI) for this important discussion.

Anti-Imperialism is Inseparable from Anti-Capitalism: A Socialist Feminist Perspective

Madeleine Freeman and Sou Mi This article is the third in a Left Voice series on the situation of women in Afghanistan and the tasks of the international feminist movement in the fight against gender oppression. The return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan promises, and in many areas has already imposed, a rollback of women’s…

Part II: Feminist Struggle is at the Heart of Class Struggle in Afghanistan

Sou Mi and Madeleine Freeman This article is the second in a Left Voice series on the situation of women in Afghanistan and the tasks of the international feminist movement in the fight against gender oppression. The return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan promises, and in many areas has already imposed, a rollback of women’s…