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1966 World Cup
Features / 11 June 2026
11 June 2026

ROGER McKENZIE explains why he can’t support this year’s World Cup

(L to R) Ernesto Che Guevara, Raul Castro and Vilma Espin (Castro’s wife) in July 26 1964; (inset) Castro at the Summit of the Association of Caribbean States in 2016 / Pics (L to R): Ullstein Bild/CC, Pic: Presidencia de El Salvador/CC
Features / 3 June 2026
3 June 2026

Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Features / 1 June 2026
1 June 2026

ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation

PAST INFORMS FUTURE: The kora-playing, London- born Maya Sona Jobarteh is a member of one of the five principal griot practicing families from West Africa / Pic: World Trade Organisation/Jay Louvion
Features / 27 May 2026
27 May 2026

ROGER McKENZIE draws attention to the much-neglected oral traditions of the global South that define the identity – and therefore the liberation – of its custodians

Pic: Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital only hospital in Soweto and the largest in sub Saharan Africa in 2017 / Pic: amanderson2/CC
Features / 22 May 2026
22 May 2026

ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10

me and the party from Manifesto Press with the Bakoena Royal Council in KwaZulu Natal
South Africa / 14 May 2026
14 May 2026

ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa

A man carries wood on his bicycle as he rides past a cemetery in Beni, Congo, July 16, 2019
Central Africa / 11 May 2026
11 May 2026
South Africans protest against illegal migration, in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 29, 2026
South Africa / 12 May 2026
12 May 2026

Over 30 years since apartheid was abolished, nasty anti-migrant rhetoric sweeps the corporate media. The Commnunist Party is ready to fight back, says ROGER McKENZIE

People film a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft as it arrives at the Beijing International Capital Airport ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit, in Beijing, May 11, 2026
East Asia / 11 May 2026
11 May 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 20, 2025
Features / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

ROGER McKENZIE says the ANC needs to respect South Africa’s Communists and their decision to stand independently at elections