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Jockeys without horses: Let’s all learn to be constructive

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Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct
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Frida Kahlo’s communist ideas revisited and rejected

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The artist’s dedication to the communist party is obvious in paintings such as Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick
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What Bolsonaro’s election victory means

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Jair Bolsonaro is the embodiment of the most hardline faction military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for twenty-one years
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Poland consigns communist-era monuments to dustbin of history

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The country's governing rightwing party is bent on removing all vestiges of the communist system as part of a series of controversial reforms
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The journey into the heart of redness

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A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the politics of the left so easily slip into the right
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​How far Castro’s revolution had come

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He outlived his great comrade and compañero Che Guevara by a little over 49 years, but now Fidel Castro is dead.
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Ukraine says ‘nyet’ to Soviet bubbly in commie purge

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Kiev's new law on decommunisation draws critique.
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Numsa’s Front: United only in opposition

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Numsa's umbrella entity, the United Front, not so united as delegates disagree on internal structure and what role the party should play in elections.
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On your Marx, get set, go

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The role and relevance of Marxism to a wide variety of issues – ranging from democracy to the environment – is explored in a new book.
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​Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown – 25 years on

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As Beijing seeks to quell discussion of the 1989 event, three protesters and an expert on politics discuss how the massacre has shaped today's China.
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Was Madiba co-opted into communism?

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Nelson Mandela may have served briefly on the SACP's central committee, but that didn't make him a member, writes Hugh Macmillan.
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‘I am not a Marxist,’ Mandela said. Did he lie?

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As questions are raised about Madiba's SACP membership, the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Verne Harris finds answers in the former president's words.
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Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct

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