Capitalism creates societies which are held hostage by the whims and wishes of corporate investors, while trapping the state into a structural dependence on capital.
The state under capitalism
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Operation Vulindlela
The state of the nation’s economy
Economic liberation is essential to begin addressing South Africa’s social crisis.
Mass unemployment by design: rethinking South Africa’s manufactured economic consensus
South Africa’s ongoing and worsening mass unemployment stems from a deliberate, market-friendly, and pro-business economic consensus that has proven ineffective over the past 30 years.
Load reduction is load shedding for the poor
Load reduction is not a technical adjustment. It is a political statement about whose lives matter.
Investment in the public sector should be used as an anti-inflationary tool
The announcements in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) about a lower inflation target and cuts to public expenditure in real terms will exacerbate material insecurity and worsen developmental outcomes.
Stop Gender-based violence!
This issue focuses on the scourge of gender-based violence that continues to increase in South Africa.
Treasury’s Operation Vulindlela is privatisation of the South African state
Today’s fight over the fiscal framework and revenue proposals is not a technical disagreement—it is a battle over the soul of the post-apartheid state.
Unemployment is killing SA
Amandla! Issue #94 is out! ✊🏾
Load-reduction: capitalism’s electric shock therapy
When we experience load reduction, we are also at the mercy of capitalism’s conditioning of the South African working class, which extends back to the early days of European colonial expansion.