Yearly Archives: 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Negotiations / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo Meets with US Secretary of State George Shultz

Oliver Tambo Meets with US Secretary of State George Shultz On 28 January 1987, Oliver Tambo, President of the African National Congress (ANC), met with the United States Secretary of…

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January 28, 2026

1964-1967 / Anti-Imperialism / Quotes of inspiration

Claude M. Lightfoot: The Lessons of History

Claude M. Lightfoot: The Lessons of History “In this regard American policy makers obsessed and possessed by some theory of their superiority have learned nothing from the lessons of history.…

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January 28, 2026

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Front Line States / Israel / Pan Africanism / Sanctions / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)

Simonstown Naval Agreement Momentarily Revitalised

Simonstown Naval Agreement Momentarily Revitalised On 27 January 1961, the Chief of the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF), Commandant General Rudolph Hiemstra, announced the successful conclusion of British-South African…

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January 27, 2026

1994 – Beyond / Anti-Imperialism

Fascism in the United States

Fascism in the United States “The accession to power of fascism is not an ordinary succession of one bourgeois government by another, but a substitution of one state form of…

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January 26, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / FRELIMO / Front Line States / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism

Samora Machel on National Liberation

Samora Machel on National Liberation (Extracted Speech by Samora Machel, “Pretoria is a Cancer”, at the 26th Organisation of African Unity – OAU – Liberation Committee Ordinary Session in Mozambique,…

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January 25, 2026

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Biographies and Obituaries / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / Pan Africanism

The Majestic Paul Robeson: An African Anti-Imperialist

The Majestic Paul Robeson: An African Anti-Imperialist The death of Paul Leroy Robeson on 23 January 1976 removed from the world stage not only one of its outstanding cultural figures,…

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January 23, 2026

1994 – Beyond / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage

Recalling the Legendary Bra Hugh

Recalling the Legendary Bra Hugh Hugh Masekela passed on this day, 23 January 2018, at the age of 78 years. Castro Khwela Good day fellow Compatriots!

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January 23, 2026

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Battles / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Inkinga wena kaNdaba iseSandlwana

Inkinga wena kaNdaba iseSandlwana (The Complication, Son of Ndaba – referring to Cetshwayo – Is What Happened at Isandlwana) “… the Zulus … did what no European army can do.…

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January 22, 2026

1510 – 1906 / 1912 – 1943 / Anti-Imperialism / Biographies and Obituaries / Quotes of inspiration

Antonio Francesco Gramsci: Cultural Hegemony

Antonio Francesco Gramsci: Cultural Hegemony “Cultural Hegemony is the idea that the DOMINANT IDEOLOGY of society – the beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values and morals – reflects that of the ruling…

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January 22, 2026

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

1986 Lesotho Coup D’état: An Analysis

1986 Lesotho Coup D’état: An Analysis Forty years ago, on 20 January 1986, apartheid South Africa’s pressure, which was applied since the beginning of the year, helped to engineer a…

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January 21, 2026