Zimbabwe
LETTERS: Conditions are dangerous inside 'grisly Risley' prison
21 November 2017There have been reports that an explosive device was found inside HM Prison Risley last week.
Endgame in Zimbabwe as army looks to replace Mugabe with neoliberal ‘hardman’
19 November 2017Pressure is mounting on Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe after a coup by the army last Wednesday.
Zimbabwean socialist responds to ‘palace coup’ facing Mugabe’s regime
15 November 2017The Zimbabwean armed forces seized control of the capital Harare and detained president Robert Mugabe early on Wednesday morning. It is the result of a spiralling political crisis facing the regime, with rival factions of the ruling Zanu PF party jostling for power.
Protests sweep Zimbabwe
08 July 2016Protests, strikes and stay-aways have swept Zimbabwe in southern Africa as people revolt against food shortages, unpaid wages, corruption and repression.
Drought in Southern Africa threatens millions with famine
23 February 2016Millions are suffering in Southern Africa but capitalism can’t solve the climate crisis, says Alistair Farrow
Dripping blood from every pore—why Rhodes must fall
29 January 2016Oriel College, part of Oxford University, announced this week that having considered all the arguments—in particular those from its wealthy donors—it had decided not to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes.
Digging the dirt on the diamond trade
06 May 2014In the second of a series on commodities that shaped the world, Simon Basketter looks at how brutal imperialist bosses turned useless rocks into a lucrative market
International Socialist Organisation (Zimbabwe) statement on Zimbabwean elections
07 August 2013For a good part of his 33 years in power, Robert Mugabe has presided over a ruthless dictatorship.
Crackdown and referendum in Zimbabwe
21 March 2013People in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, voted overwhelmingly to accept a new constitution last weekend.
Court victory for Zimbabwe Six
17 April 2012Six Zimbabwean socialists have won a high court appeal against their sentences of community service.
Appeal is rejected for the Zimbabwe Six
03 April 2012The Zimbabwe Six have had their appeal against their sentence of community service rejected.
Britain has played a foul role in Zimbabwe
27 March 2012The mining magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes conquered the land that would become Zimbabwe for the British Empire in 1890.
Mugabe faces electoral test in Zimbabwe
27 March 2012Zimbabwe’s ruler Robert Mugabe is pushing for an election this year.
Zimbabwe: it's the system that's on trial
27 March 2012Tatenda Mombeyarara, ISO activist To us the meeting hadn’t seemed unusual. We regularly gather and have discussions on neoliberalism and what is going on in the world.
Zimbabwe six sentenced to community service and a fine
21 March 2012Six Zimbabwe activists who were convicted for watching a video of the Arab Spring were each sentenced to community service and a fine today (Wednesday).
Defendants were tortured in detention
20 March 2012Police stormed a meeting organised by the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on 19 February last year.
Zimbabwe socialists convicted for watching a video of Arab Spring
20 March 2012Zimbabwe socialists convicted for watching a video of Arab Spring
Disgraceful verdict as Zimbabwe socialists found guilty
19 March 2012A magistrate in Zimbabwe convicted six socialists of "inciting public violence" on Monday. Some 160 supporters in the public gallery showed their outrage.
Zimbabwe prosecutor demands heavy sentences for socialists
13 March 2012A state prosecutor in Zimbabwe has made an incendiary new statement in the trial of six socialists accused of "conspiring to commit public violence".
Zimbabwe socialist tells court 'Mugabe must go!'
06 March 2012Munyaradzi Gwisai, coordinator of Zimbabwe’s International Socialist Organisation (ISO), finally got his day in court on Wednesday of last week. His blunt statement from the dock that "Mugabe must go" stunned prosecutor Michael Reza into silence. But it led to cries of jubilation from the public gallery.
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