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The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a socialist journal & website providing radical analysis of capitalist exploitation, oppression & resistance.

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🚨 New Episode 🚨 How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson [REMASTERED] As mentioned in our thread today, we have fully remastered our classic conversation about the 1920 Syrian-Arab Congress and it’s ramifications💥 Ep is here👉guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/how-the-west-s…

🚨 New Episode 🚨

How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson [REMASTERED]

As mentioned in our thread today, we have fully remastered our classic conversation about the 1920 Syrian-Arab Congress and it’s ramifications💥

Ep is here👉guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/how-the-west-s…
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Hamza Hamouchene defends his co-edited book from critics he describes as "Western ‘anti-imperialists par excellence’, who parade their apparent intellectual superiority and condemn everyone else for failing to be genuinely radical and socialist” buff.ly/qKBDL2c

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In this piece Pedro Mzileni urges us to recognise Africa’s contribution to International Workers’ Day by celebrating slain South African #Communist leader Chris Hani, who saw working-class internationalism as the only path to ending #Black oppression. buff.ly/BjFC5Vh

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We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at the age 87. His words shaped and reshaped our grasp of African resistance and decolonisation under colonialism and the postcolonial era. Rest in power. #NgugiWaThiongo buff.ly/08Dt8tC

We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at the age 87. His words shaped and reshaped our grasp of African resistance and decolonisation under colonialism and the postcolonial era. Rest in power. #NgugiWaThiongo 
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ROAPE's Julie Hearn offers a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Gĩkũyũ storyteller and revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who passed away on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, at the age of 87. #NgugiwaThiongo #RIP buff.ly/D81Pa3c

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Writing for ROAPE on recent developments between Israel and Eswatini, Ruehl Muller argues that Israel’s growing presence in Southern Africa poses a direct threat to regional stability and the region’s ongoing democratic project. roape.net/2025/05/30/bor…

Writing for ROAPE on recent developments between Israel and Eswatini, Ruehl Muller argues that Israel’s growing presence in Southern Africa poses a direct threat to regional stability and the region’s ongoing democratic project.

roape.net/2025/05/30/bor…
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Mohammed Abdishukri discusses Transnational state repression in #EastAfrica highlighting the mistreatment of activists expressing solidarity with Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu, now facing treason charges. He calls for unconventional resistance! buff.ly/L5ac1Mm

Mohammed Abdishukri discusses Transnational state repression in #EastAfrica highlighting the mistreatment of activists expressing solidarity with Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu, now facing treason charges. He calls for unconventional resistance!
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Tyranny is unoriginal. In this piece I compare what’s been happening in East Africa to what happened in South America in the 70s. Conventional activism won’t be enough to counter this level of authoritarianism. We need more radical responses. ROAPE journal roape.net/2025/06/02/the…

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In this short excerpt from the conclusion to his recently published book - Military #Marxism: Africa’s Contribution to Revolutionary Theory, 1957-2023 - Adam Mayer urges the importance of returning to and learning from #Africa’s Military Marxists. roape.net/2025/06/04/the…

In this short excerpt from the conclusion to his recently published book - Military #Marxism: Africa’s Contribution to Revolutionary Theory, 1957-2023 - Adam Mayer urges the importance of returning to and learning from #Africa’s Military Marxists.

roape.net/2025/06/04/the…
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We share Laureen Snider’s Afterword from #ROAPE’s collection Capitalism and Economic Crime in Africa (2024). She situates economic crime within global neoliberal capitalism as profit-hungry firms invade Africa with no regard for its people. Jorg Wiegratz buff.ly/5Qe5nDW

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'Chinese capital and economic transformation in Africa: what has changed after Covid-19?' - a new ROAPE journal article on #ScienceOpen: scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

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From Sussex activism with Thabo Mbeki to teaching under Nyerere's Ujamaa—ROAPE's founding editor Peter Lawrence reflects on a lifetime of socialist struggle in #Africa. Thabo Mbeki Foundation Stay tuned for part 2. buff.ly/5i09wig