By Kufa Magwaza During the days of the cold war, in fact the very reasons why there was cold war in the first place, was because of the influence of the Soviet bloc which exerted an Eastern influence, and later to Western influence, giving effect to an alternative. Russia led this Eastern ideological push through …
By Patrick Matabeni The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s protracted political onslaught on President Jacob Zuma continues unabated, albeit without any grounding on proper theoretical foundations, except distorted facts and moribund analyses concocted to protect white capital. Ndlozi wrote two opinion pieces for the white-liberal/right-wing publication, Daily Maverick, titled Dispelling some myths of …
By Jeffrey Frank We republish the MST’s (Landless Worker’s Movement) reflections on the criminalization of the movement after the coup against President Dilma Rousseff. This article was originally published on the Friends of MST website. Greetings! After the congressional coup that removed Dilma Rousseff from the presidency of Brazil and installed Michel Temer, the coup government …
By James Petras Introduction Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office through a well-organized, carefully planned operation among the corrupt Brazilian political elite, closely linked to the stock-market, financial institutions and foreign energy companies. This ‘legislative coup d’état’ eliminated the democratically-elected ‘political intermediaries’ and installed a regime directly controlled by the CEO’s of leading …
Media Statement: It has transpired that a handful of politicians and businessmen in the pocket of white monopoly capital, under the leadership of Johann Rupert, have resolved to stage a coup. This is not surprising at all. Black First Land First (BLF) has been warning the nation about the anti-BRICS regime change scheme. There are …
By BO Staff Writer Senior leaders and Members of Parliament of the African National Congress (ANC) were shocked to discover a plan to illegally remove President Jacob Zuma this Thursday, 10 November 2016. The coup was planned along the same modus operandi as the one carried out against the democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff of …
By BO Staff Writer The first direct open call by white capital for Zuma to go was made by Johann Rupert, the second wealthiest man in South Africa. Johann Rupert is also known as the Stellenbosch Mafia. This call has now been joined by the Oppenheimer family through its proxy, Sipho Pityana, who is Chairperson …
By Zanele Lwana and Lindsay Maasdorp We join our voices with the progressive peoples of the world in denouncing the imperialist coup in Brazil. President Dilma Rousseff was democratically elected but removed by a bunch of thugs serving their imperialist masters to destroy the BRICS process. We urge South African patriots to be aware because …
By BO Editorial It’s by design that President Dilma Rousseff was impeached yesterday and her replacement by imperialism’s favoured candidate, Vice President Michel Tremer, who will soon plunge Brazil into a bottomless pit of austerity in support of the pro-imperialist agenda of New York, Brussels, London, against the BRICS process is being concluded. As pointed …
By BO Staff Writer Below is a pamphlet written by Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement – Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) on the coup in Brazil. – The removal of a president is only constitutional if he or she has committed a crime – The authors of the request for impeachment of President Dilma …
