Jean de Jager
@jdjwsws.bsky.social
Writer for the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org), focused on South Africa. Provisional Member of the International Committee of the Fourth International.
The ANC’s silence on the US missile strikes on Nigeria exposes its fear of American economic retaliation. As Washington ramps up pressure to sever South Africa’s ties with China, the strikes mark a dangerous escalation in the battle for African resources. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
South Africa’s ANC silent after US-led strikes in Nigeria
The ANC’s “non-alignment” policy is rapidly breaking down as the US seeks to halt China’s expanding influence on the continent, amid its own historic decline.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The ANC’s silence on the US missile strikes on Nigeria exposes its fear of American economic retaliation. As Washington ramps up pressure to sever South Africa’s ties with China, the strikes mark a dangerous escalation in the battle for African resources. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“The ruling class has made clear what they want 2026 to be: a year of unrestrained military violence. The answer must be to make 2026 a year of class struggle and the development of a mass movement for socialism.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Oppose Trump’s criminal invasion of Venezuela! Release Maduro!
The World Socialist Web Site, the Socialist Equality Party in the US and the International Committee of the Fourth International unequivocally denounce the invasion of Venezuela and the criminal abduc...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
“The ruling class has made clear what they want 2026 to be: a year of unrestrained military violence. The answer must be to make 2026 a year of class struggle and the development of a mass movement for socialism.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Over thirty years since taking power, the record of the ANC has vindicated the Trotskyist perspective of Permanent Revolution.
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Two-thirds of South Africa’s population in absolute poverty, with one third unemployed
The African National Congress’s role is the culmination of the class function it performed during the transition from apartheid.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Over thirty years since taking power, the record of the ANC has vindicated the Trotskyist perspective of Permanent Revolution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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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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Only revolution can guarantee the needs of all. Without it, the continent will remain mired in poverty, disease, ignorance and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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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November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Only revolution can guarantee the needs of all. Without it, the continent will remain mired in poverty, disease, ignorance and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#SouthAfrica #Africa #xenophobia #EFF #Dudula
In this report we detail how the ruling ANC's anti-immigrant scapegoating is fueling this-deadly xenophobic climate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#SouthAfrica #Africa #xenophobia #EFF #Dudula
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.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#SouthAfrica #Africa #xenophobia #EFF #Dudula
In this report we detail how the ruling ANC's anti-immigrant scapegoating is fueling this-deadly xenophobic climate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
#SouthAfrica #Africa #xenophobia #EFF #Dudula