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Jean de Jager

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Writer for the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org), focused on South Africa.

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Jean de Jager @jdjwsws.bsky.social · 4h

The youth and workers protesting across Africa, must turn towards a study of the Trotskyist movement.

Only revolution can guarantee the needs of all. Without it, the continent will remain mired in poverty, disease, ignorance and war.

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The Gen Z protests and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Africa

The experiences unfolding across Africa brings to the fore the central problem of every revolutionary movement: leadership. The courage of the youth must find conscious political direction in the buil...

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Jean de Jager @jdjwsws.bsky.social · 16d

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As millions march in “No Kings” protests against dictatorship, Democrats focus on escalating the war in Ukraine

The Democrats in fact agree with large portions of Trump’s economic policies and have systematically enabled Trump’s attack on the working class.

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Jean de Jager @jdjwsws.bsky.social · 16d

A 1-year-old baby died after being blocked from a clinic by far-right vigilantes in South Africa.

In this report we detail how the ruling ANC's anti-immigrant scapegoating is fueling this-deadly xenophobic climate.
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Child dies amid far-right anti-immigrant campaign cultivated by South Africa’s ANC

The African National Congress’s scapegoating of foreigners has paved the way for a wave of far-right vigilantism in South Africa.