Middle East

1510 – 1906 / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / National Democratic Revolution / National Trade Union Leaders / SA Liberation Struggle / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

140th Anniversary of International Workers’ Day

140th Anniversary of International Workers’ Day The 1st of May 2026 marks the 140th anniversary of International Workers’ Day, commemorating the historic labour struggles in Chicago that began in 1886…

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May 1, 2026

1943-1960 / 1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / Israel / National Democratic Revolution / Palestine / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo – The Spirit of Bandung

Oliver Tambo – The Spirit of Bandung (On 18 – 24 April 1955, the first large-scale Afro–Asian Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, which was a meeting of Asian…

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April 18, 2026

1964-1967 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Biographies and Obituaries / Liberation Arts Culture and Heritage / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Leonid Brezhnev: The World Revolutionary Movement

Leonid Brezhnev: The World Revolutionary Movement After the Second World War, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev served his country and people with edifying devotion first as second Secretary and later First Secretary…

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February 19, 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

1976 – 1978 / African liberation movement / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Pan Africanism / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s)

Houari Boumédiène: A Great African Departs

Houari Boumédiène: A Great African Departs On 27 December 1978, Houari Boumédiène passed on in Algiers, Algeria, after an unsuccessful treatment for a rare form of blood cancer. Boumédiène was…

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December 27, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Oliver Tambo: The Spirit of Bandung

Oliver Tambo: The Spirit of Bandung (Extracts of an Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States…

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October 28, 2025

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Front Line States / National Democratic Revolution / Pan Africanism

Oliver Tambo: Bitter Battles to Come

Oliver Tambo: Bitter Battles to Come (Extracts from a Message of Support from Oliver Tambo, Acting President of the ANC, to the AAPSO – Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation – Council…

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October 11, 2025

1969-1974 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Anti-Imperialism / Armed Struggle / Battles / Biographies and Obituaries / Israel / National Democratic Revolution / Palestine / Pan Africanism / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

Remembering Gamal Abdel Nasser 55 Years On

Remembering Gamal Abdel Nasser 55 Years On On this day, 28 September 1970, Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second President of…

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September 28, 2025

1979-1983 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Armed Struggle / Battles / FRELIMO / Israel / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Palestine / Pan Africanism / Sanctions / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

The Spirit of Bandung: O.R. Tambo’s Reflections on the Bandung Conference

The Spirit of Bandung: O.R. Tambo’s Reflections on the Bandung Conference Extracts from the Speech of the then African National Congress (ANC) President O.R. Tambo on the Bandung Conference, which…

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April 26, 2025

1984-1990 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / FRELIMO / Israel / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Pan Africanism / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF) / SWAPO / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) / Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

Frontline States under Pressure

Frontline States under Pressure On 23 February 1985, Botswana Foreign Minister, G.K.T. Chiepe, was present when African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki met Botswana President Masire,…

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February 23, 2025