Polarising ideological polemics, which shed more heat than light, should be avoided at all costs.
ELECTIONS 2024: IT’S TIME FOR THE LEFT TO TALK
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PERSPECTIVES FOR THE LEFT
There have been moments when opportunities for a revival of the socialist Left looked promising. The late 1990s saw the flourishing of a range of social justice struggles, which began to pose a challenge to the ANC government’s shift to neoliberalism.
Editorial | Towards the fire next time
A key element of the crisis of politics in South Africa lies in the great levels of disillusionment and apathy toward politics of millions of working class people. The “protagonists of the revolution” don’t believe politics is for them. Many believe today that “all...
LEFT ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND THE STATE
We should make a serious effort to understand the reasons behind the public disinterest in supporting progressive economic ideas.
ESKOM, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE JUST TRANSITION
The coal-dependent electricity sector is responsible for almost 60% of total greenhouse gas emissions. South Africa has become, per capita, one of the most carbon intensive polluters in the world.
RAMAPHOSA: THE HONEYMOON WON’T LAST
Ramaphosa has made it clear that he is firmly committed to the same old, same old – Minerals Energy Finance complex.
Earn dollars from digging minerals from the ground and getting them out of the country.
GETTING OUT OF THE MESS
A Ramaphosa ANC will have to base its strategy on a continuation of the neoliberal strategy of the Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma governments.
The Crisis of the Left in Contemporary South Africa
Harsh Realities The ideological, political, organizational, and socioeconomic realities of contemporary South Africa do not paint a flattering picture for the left:* The neoliberal variant of capitalism is not only practically dominant but generally in a phase of...
The Impact of the Global Recession on South Africa
Theme: This paper examines the impact of the global economic recession on South Africa’s economy and society, the ways in which the country’s government has chosen to respond to that crisis, and its likely social and political fall-out. Summary: Despite initial...