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Honouring Comrade Joe Slovo on his centennial birth anniversary: SACP
Joe Slovo with Nelson Mandela SACP pays tribute to Comrade Joe Slovo on his centennial birth anniversary Saturday, 23 May 2026: The South African Communist Party (SACP) takes this moment to honour the revolutionary life and enduring contribution of Comrade Joe Slovo on his centennial birth anniversary. From Joe Slovo’s contribution to the liberation struggle, we draw lessons and courage for the struggles that confront us in the present. Joe Slovo was a communist, a commander

The Left Chapter
May 253 min read


"Slovo affirmed the superiority of socialism over the barbarism of capitalism" - Solly Mapaila, SACP
Solly Mapaila speaks, January 6, 2024 -- image via video screenshot South African Communist Party: Statement on the 30th annual...
Michael Laxer
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Remembering Ruth First, assassinated August 17, 1982
Ruth First was born in 1925 to parents Julius First and Matilda Levetan who emigrated to South Africa from Latvia in 1906 and became...
Michael Laxer
Aug 17, 20241 min read


Joe Slovo b. May 23, 1926
Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo at the Communist Party's first public meeting in South Africa in 1990, after being banned...
Michael Laxer
May 23, 20241 min read


Joe Slovo: Internationalist and Communist
South African Communist Party on the legacy and internationalism of Joe Slovo Joe Slovo with Winnie Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson...
Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20243 min read


"Eternal glory to all those who fell in the fight against colonialism, racism and apartheid!"
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, was in...
Michael Laxer
Aug 25, 20238 min read


Daily LIFT #948
Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo at the Communist Party's first public meeting in South Africa in 1990, after being banned...
Michael Laxer
May 23, 20231 min read


Red Review #39: International Left and Labour News
The thirty-ninth edition of our weekly review of international left and labour news with stories from the USA, South Africa, Kazakhstan,...
Michael Laxer
Jan 9, 20229 min read


Joe Slovo, South African Communist & anti-Apartheid icon, d. Jan 6, 1995
Today is the anniversary of the death of Joe Slovo, an iconic hero in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa. Slovo was the General...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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