South Africa: #blacklivesmatter - From Marikana to Ferguson

8 January 2015
opinion

The protest movement arising from Ferguson has captured the world's attention, heralding a new generation of radical Black organizers. A similar scenario is unfolding in South Africa. This movement needs support.

South Africa and the United States are presently in the early stages of a militant mass Black movement. In South Africa, MPs affiliated with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a self described revolutionary organization, disrupted parliament chanting 'pay back the money' to senior officials in the ruling ANC government accused of corruption.

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