Campaign news archive - December 2013

Special Financial Appeal - brother Keith Henderson

Special Financial Appeal - brother Keith Henderson As you will be aware the GMB union was found to have discriminated against LRC member Keith Henderson for his philosophical beliefs in left wing democratic socialism. This had played a significant part in his dismissal. [continue...]

Mandela’s contested legacy

Mandela’s contested legacy Mike Phipps collates some of the less mainstream assessments of the leader of South Africa’s liberation struggle. [continue...]

Mandela’s economic legacy

Mandela’s economic legacy By Michael Roberts The death of Nelson Mandela reminds us of the great victory that the black masses of South Africa achieved over the vicious, cruel and regressive apartheid system first encouraged by British imperialism and then adopted by a reactionary and racist white South African ruling class to preserve the privileges of a tiny few. Mandela spent 27 years in prison and the people he represented fought a long and hard battle to overthrow a grotesque regime, backed by the major imperialist powers, including the US, for decades. [continue...]