By BO Staff Writer The following article by Black First Land First (BLF) President, Andile Mngxitama, was previously published on the BLF website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: The script of parliamentary coups against recalcitrant leaders is written in London and certified in Washington DC. The laboratory of this post cold war, ‘cold …
by Gregary Elich Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the government and state media. The coup was led by Commander of Zimbabwe Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga, who is closely aligned with former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Emboldened by President Robert Mugabe’s declining mental …
By BO Staff Writer The following article was previously published on 20 October 2017 on the BLF website and is reissued by BO. Black First Land First (BLF) is appalled by the reports that the United States and British imperialism have now decided to interfere directly in the affairs of South Africa. The reports that …
By BO Staff Writer The following article was previously published on the BLF website on 8 September 2017 and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) notes that the imperialist, racist, rating agency, Moody’s, has come out against Radical Economic Transformation. Moody’s is the economic hitman of imperialism to terrorise nations …
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 Sthembiso KaShandu This article was submitted for the Think For Yourself competition. The question, who is the enemy of black liberation in South Africa between Jacob Zuma , the Guptas and/or White Monopoly Capital/those who stole land of blacks is tricky but rather we must seek to understand who is the enemy of the …
By Yerushka Chetty All important decisions relating to governing South Africa (S.A.) to exploit our labour as well as our mineral and natural resources, take place in London under the guise of #LondonRoadShows. This is evident from the fact that all of our politicians are called to London just before important political and economic decisions …
By Ignacio Ramonet In early 2016,Venezuela’s authorities had very difficult problems to solve. Namely, 1) the neoliberal opposition had won the legislative elections of 2015 and controlled the National Assembly, 2) the price of oil, the main export of Venezuela, had fallen to its lowest point in decades, and 3) US President Barack Obama had …
By Andile Mngxitama On the 10th of November 2016, the fifth “Motion of No Confidence” against President Jacob Zuma was debated in the National Assembly. In this intervention we shall seek to critically examine one of the most important speeches which was given by Minister Malusi Gigaba in defense of President Zuma. The motion was …
By BO Staff Writer On 12 December 2016 the National Convener of the black conscious movement Black First Land First (BLF), Andile Mngxitama, officially opened the movement’s first National Strategic Planning (NSP) meeting by delivering this political report. The speech provides political insight on everything from the USA elections, imperialism to the Fees Must Fall …
