Communist International (Comintern)

1990 – 1994 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / Negotiations / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

JOE SLOVO: BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE – THE SACP IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

JOE SLOVO: BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE – THE SACP IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (University of Western Cape Conference to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the SACP, 19 July 1991).…

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January 6, 2026

1943-1960 / African liberation movement

Joseph Stalin Passes On

Joseph Stalin Passes On On 5 March 1953, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin died of cerebral haemorrhage in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary, Marxist theoretician, Soviet…

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March 5, 2025

1912 – 1943 / African liberation movement / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

The Comintern and the Concept of a “Native Republic”

The Comintern and the Concept of a “Native Republic” On 2 March 1919, the Communist International (Comintern) was formed. It was also known as the Third International, an international organisation…

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March 2, 2025

1912 – 1943 / African liberation movement / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Lenin Passes On

On 21 January 1924, Lenin fell into a coma and died later that day. His official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels. The…

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January 21, 2025

1961-1964 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism

Josip Broz Tito and the National Liberation Movement in Southern Africa

On 14 January 1953, Josip Broz Tito became the president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, thus becoming the Head of State of that country, concurrently as President of…

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January 14, 2025

1510 – 1906 / African liberation movement / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

The Berlin Conference and the Carve-up of Africa: Part 4

Ruth Nhere The Advent of Neo-Colonialism The intensified activities of the imperialist powers could not, however, prevent an upswing in the national liberation struggle and the birth of Africa’s first…

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December 21, 2024

1510 – 1906 / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

The Berlin Conference and the Carve-up of Africa: Part 3

Ruth Nhere The Communist International These struggles were being waged under new conditions which made possible the beginnings of anti-imperialist unity. The Communist International (Comintern) founded in March 1919 was…

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December 20, 2024