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John,
Right now, you might be hearing a lot about South Africa and the so-called “oppression” of a small minority (a.k.a. white South Africans). But what’s really happening is a fight for economic justice—one that the U.S. government and Western corporations don’t want you to understand or support.
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is rallying tens of thousands of people across South Africa with a clear demand: land and wealth must be returned to the Black majority. This is much overdue and much-needed reparations after decades of oppression and discrimination against Black South Africans.
That’s why U.S. politicians like Marco Rubio are suddenly so concerned. Not because of “human rights” but because the EFF is threatening the same colonial economic order that kept South Africa’s resources in the hands of European settlers and multinational corporations long after apartheid “ended.”
There are clear parallels between returning land and wealth to Black people in South Africa and the fight for reparations for African Americans in the U.S.
If it happens in South Africa, this shows that reparations are possible (which we already know) and will help fan the flames of the fight for reparations globally.
The fight that’s taking place in South Africa isn’t new. When Nelson Mandela was freed, he had plans to redistribute land and nationalize key industries—until white South African landowners and their Western allies blocked him at every turn. Today, nearly 30 years later, South Africa’s economy is still controlled by a small white minority that makes up only 7–10% of the population. Apartheid laws may be gone, but the wealth of apartheid remains.
Now that Malema and the EFF are reviving the call for economic justice, the media is painting him as a dangerous radical. But this is the same playbook they used against every Black leader who fought for redistribution. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t assassinated when he spoke about civil rights—he was assassinated when he started talking about wealth and economic power.
Let’s be clear: The people of South Africa are not carrying out a white genocide. What’s really happening is a movement to take back what was stolen. And the world’s elites are terrified.
BLM stands in solidarity with all movements fighting for Black economic liberation—because we know that real freedom isn’t just about legal rights, it’s about power.
Sign on to show your support for the freedom fighters in South Africa and our global fight for reparations for Black oppressed people across the diaspora.
— Black Lives Matter
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