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Taking up the Spear, the account of Sharack Maphumulo’s struggles against apartheid in South Africa, is being launched in Edmonton on 8 November at 6:30 pm at Paper Birch Books. substack.com/profile/1508672…
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Reflections on Cabral and Culture as a Tool for Liberation darajapress.substack.com/p/r…
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“I applaud Lababidi for using his platform as a writer to amplify the voices of his people.”
Grateful to Palestinian writer Nada Hodali for her generous reading of #IfYouCannotSayGENOCIDE in @arablit :
arablit.org/2026/11/02/yahya… #Palestine @newvillagepress
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“We are calling on workers around the world to join the dockworkers,” says S’bu Zikode, President of Abahlali baseMjondolo (@abahlalibM) 🇿🇦 in support of today’s coordinated strike action against the war machine.
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Canada's unions passed a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel.
We stand with Palestinian workers in their fight for peace, justice, and respect for international law.
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Small little foot soldiers fought apartheid: union activists building solidarity, churchgoers driving boycotts, students forcing divestment, individuals keeping safe houses… and a student radio show. Five episodes, Mondays from Nov 9. Trailer out now.
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Xenophobic violence in South Africa is not a spontaneous eruption of anger. It is a political project, systematically constructed across the post-apartheid period by the state, the media and organised political forces.
Richard Pithouse's book documents how. A thread.
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Scholarship in the service of struggle. Pithouse is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies.
Foreword by Michael Neocosmos. Afterword by S'bu Zikode, founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo.
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A person is a person wherever they may find themselves. Against organised cruelty, that is the ground to stand on.
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Thomas Sankara : 39 ans après son assassinat, quel héritage ? youtube.com/shorts/1hr6_1vY6… via @YouTube
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When a man is stoned to death in front of a police station, & the killer says I killed one Muslim today & will kill more, what does this say about our society?
My @karwanemohabbat comrade Omair asks in anguish when he investigates this hate crime in Alwar
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I just took action with @theactionnet: Join us to protect the right to strike. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join…
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ricochet.media/indigenous/fo… Settler colonial perspectives of Ontario continue
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Earthkeepers Convening - Short Film youtu.be/1el5jRoUhhM?si=sOY8… via @YouTube
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Descent into Authoritarianism? Undermining the Role of Defence Lawyers: ... youtu.be/bq4tAe3Au_c?si=9C1C… via @YouTube
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Joe Pillay talks to Doug Miller about Taking Up the Spear, Shadrach Mufumulo's Struggle Against Apartheid. darajapress.com/joe-pillay-t… Don't miss this great interview
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