Image credit: MyCampusMag By Andile Mngxitama Julius Malema is a shrewd and brutal businessman. He behaves like a true capitalist whose only consideration is the profit margin. In this quest for accumulation, no consideration for the well-being of others is entertained. This is how capital reproduces itself and ensures profits. Karl Marx, who Malema ostensibly …
By BO Staff Writer “A newspaper is not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, it is also a collective organiser” – V.I Lenin By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion (BO) humbly walks in the footsteps of its revolutionary forebears. It was established on 10 April 2016 – at a time when the imperialist …
By BO Staff Writer Introduction It must be said at the outset that Lincoln was no socialist. Neither was he a communist, nor a Marxist, However he and Marx were contemporaries – a nine years age difference between the two. They had many mutual friends, had read each other’s writings and, exchanged missives in 1865. …
By Arminio Savioli Former Cuban President and leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, passed away on 26 November 2019 at the age of 90 years. The following interview was conducted in February 1961 in Cuba. Havana, January — “Do you really want to write that this is socialist revolution? All right, write it. We …
By BO Staff Writer What is “State Capture?” There is an assumption that we all know what these words mean. We all repeat these words and the media uses them as short hand to refer to the controversial relationship between the State President, Preasident Jacob Zuma, and the Gupta family. It has come to pass that, “State …
