By Farah Jasmine Griffin This article was originally published on The Nation website. Aretha Franklin is a singular figure in American culture. Her musical gifts were monumental. A child prodigy, she seemed to have emerged, like Athena, fully formed at birth, her talent already developed. Smokey Robinson recalled first hearing her sing when she was …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) reaffirms its unwavering support for Comrade Hlaudi Motsoeneng – a proponent of radical transformation and the only pro-black activist who managed the South African Broadcasting Corporation …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) continues to stand with Mme Olivia Makete, our comrade, our leader and a dedicated activist of radical transfromation. Mme Olivia Makete was violently attacked by Cyril …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Racism has taken a new dynamic. Racists continue to improvise even under a Constitutional dispensation that seeks to safeguard and protect the rights of everyone. The new dynamic is well encapsulated …
The following letter was first published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Mônica Valente International Relations Secretary Workers’ Party (PT) Email: [email protected] And to: Romênio Pereira National Secretáry General Email: [email protected] 13 August 2018 Comrades BLF STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH LULA AND THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE Black First …
By BO Staff Writer Julius Malema never wanted to remove the mayor of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay. Solid evidence has emerged that shows that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of Julius Malema not only agreed that Marlon Daniels of Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance (PA) must be elevated to the …
The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: The recent fuel price hikes and the many more that are predicted to occur in the months to come serves to promote even further the landlessness, poverty and unemployment of the country’s majority who are …
By BO Staff Writer The following article was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: BLF invites you to Black Women’s Assemblies Black First Land First (BLF) will be commemorating the fighting spirit of black women in the struggle, historically and presently, throughout the country by …
By Visvin Reddy The entire world looked on with bated breath as South Africa navigated its way from the dreadful and horrendous Apartheid to democracy. Doomsayers predicted a bloodbath and genocide, as has happened in other African countries, but they were proved wrong. Decades of White minority rule ended with the release of Mandela and …
By BO Staff Writer The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were last night instructed by London to keep the Democratic Alliance (DA) in power in Nelson Mandela Bay. This new inteference comes after the majority of opposition parties had agreed to remove the DA mayor Athol Trollip and elect the Patriotic Alliance (PA) councillor Marlon Daniels …
