"We stand with South Africa" – Progressive International

President Trump’s 7 February order halts critical financial aid under the false pretense of protecting Afrikaners from “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.”
In reality, Trump’s order marks a retaliation against South Africa for daring to pursue its self-determination at home and express its solidarities abroad.
South Africa’s proposed land reform is a necessary response to historic inequality: White South Africans  — 8% of the population, control 72% of freehold farmland.
Yet the U.S. now seeks to weaponize aid for South Africa’s pursuit of social and economic justice in its own country.
The humanitarian consequences of Trump’s retaliation are dire: 6 million South Africans on HIV/AIDS treatment risk losing PEPFAR funding, while 350,000 jobs and $7 billion in exports are now under threat.
This order echoes the darkest chapters of U.S. foreign policy, recalling its support for apartheid and its labeling of the African National Congress as a terrorist organisation.
We write today not only in defence of South Africa, but also in defence of the UN Charter that guarantees the sovereign equality of all nations without fear of foreign intervention.
We call on our own governments to take appropriate action, pursuing new mechanisms to support South Africa’s public health programs and to expand new avenues for international trade to bolster its economy against efforts to exclude it.
The struggle for South African democracy did not end with apartheid. This moment demands the renewal of international solidarity with the South African people as they face this assault on their right to self-determination.
Signed:
Abdoul Ahad Ndiaye, Senegal Adnan Hussain, United Kingdom Adrian Ramsay, United Kingdom Águeda Micó, Spain Agustín Santos, Spain Aina Vidal, Spain Alberto Ibañez, Spain Ana Miranda, Spain Andy McDonald, United Kingdom Arnau Le Gall, France Ayoub Khan, United Kingdom Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, Netherlands Berdan Öztürk, Türkiye Brian Leishman, United Kingdom Candela López, Spain Carla Denyer, United Kingdom Carlos Martín, Spain Carola Rackete, Germany Catarina Martins, Portugal Celia Wade-Brown, New Zealand Charlie Angus, Canada Claire Lejeune, France Clara López Obregón, Colombia Clémence Guetté, France Clive Lewis, United Kingdom Coca Ericka Ñanco Vásquez, Chile Dandara Tonantzin, Brazil Daniele Obono, France Don Davies, Canada Ellie Chowns, United Kingdom Eloi Badia, Spain Emmanuel Fernandes, France Engracia Rivera, Spain Enrique de Santiago, Spain Ersilia Soudais, France Esther Gil de Reboleño, Spain Félix Alonso, Spain Francisco Sierra, Spain Gabriel Marcelo Fuks, Argentina Gabrielle Cathala, France George Loukaides, Cyprus Gerardo Pisarello, Spain Grahame Morris, United Kingdom Guy Marius Sagna, Senegal Hadrien Clouet, France Hana Jalloul, Spain Ian Byrne, United Kingdom Ian Lavery, United Kingdom Ione Belarra, Spain Iqbal Mohamed, United Kingdom Javier Sánchez, Spain Jeremy Corbyn, United Kingdom John McDonnell, United Kingdom Jon Trickett, United Kingdom Jorge Pueyo, Spain Juan Antonio Valero, Spain Julie Anne Genter, New Zealand Kemal Bilmez, Belgium Kim Johnson, United Kingdom Lander Martínez, Spain Li Andersson, Finland Lidia Thorpe, Australia Lynn Boylan, Ireland Manuel Lago, Spain Marama Davidson, New Zealand Marc Botenga, Belgium Martina Velarde, Spain Mathilde Panot, France Merja Kyllönen, Finland Nabil Boukili, Belgium Nadia Moscufo, Belgium Nadia Whittome, United Kingdom Nahuel González, Spain Natalie Eggermont, Belgium Neil Duncan-Jordan, United Kingdom Niki Ashton, Canada Noemí Santana, Spain Özgül Saki, Türkiye Peder Hvelplund, Denmark Pedro Uczai, Brazil Pernando Barrena, Spain Peter Mertens, Belgium Pierre-Yves Cadalen, France Rafael Cofiño, Spain
Richard Burgon, United Kingdom Richard Leonard, Scotland Rima Hassan, France Robin Tonniau, Belgium Ross Greer, Scotland Rudi Kennes, Belgium Sevim Dagdelen, Germany Shockat Adam, United Kingdom Siân Berry, United Kingdom Sofie Merckx, Belgium Sophia Chikirou, France Steve Witherden, United Kingdom Teanau Tuiono, New Zealand Tesh Sidi, Spain Thomas Portes, France Txema Guijarro, Spain Verónica Martínez, Spain Vicenç Vidal, Spain Viviane Ogou Corbi, Spain Zarah Sultana, United Kingdom Zuleima Slebi, Colombia

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