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Opposing Decolonization Means White Supremacy? Hold Your Horses, Social Justice Warriors!
"Social justice writer and blogger" Luke Waltham recently wrote an article for The Daily Vox titled, "Those who are against decolonisation are white supremacists". The average reader whose mind is…
Our individuality comes before our blackness
The worst mistake you can make is thinking that because you are black, and black people are in the overwhelming majority, then democracy will always align to your interests. Firstly,…
Altruism for the Basis of Left-Wing Thought
Political thought in the West today is broadly divided into two camps – the left-wing and the right-wing. Each of these represents a very different worldview, and in order to…
An Introduction to Private Property
In South Africa, private property is often demonized as an apparent product of Western colonialism which only ensures the oppressed masses are kept down, without being able to access the wealth…
The Virtue of Being #Colourblind
In response to much of the racialist tension on South African university campuses, a group of students at the University of Pretoria founded a #ColourBlind campaign, which, as expected, has…
Why Liberal Feminism Is More Progressive Than Radical Feminism
Written by: Zolani Nkomo To better understand the liberal and radical theoretical approaches to feminism, I will compare and contrast the manner in which liberal and Marxist theorists approach feminism. Understanding…
I am me: Why Collectivism is Hate
I am not white. I am not male. I happen to be white and male, but that does not make them my identity. My only identity is me, and the…
The DA may be Many Things, but ‘Liberal’ it is Not
The Democratic Alliance, in its many previous forms, has a rich history of opposing Afrikaner national socialism and its desire to prop up one ethnic group over all the rest.…
Xenophobia: We are the Individualists
This was originally posted on the African Students For Liberty blog at The last few weeks have seen the second significant wave of xenophobic attacks by citizens on foreign nationals,…