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Title:The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Post-Apartheid Period
Author:Thomas, David P.ISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:34
Issue:111
Period:March
Pages:123-138
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:South African Communist Party
economic policy
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240701340456
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4D95BC361423DB254DBE
Abstract:This article examines the South African Communist Party (SACP) and its role in contesting the hegemonic project of neoliberalism in the postapartheid period (1994-2004). It discusses the Party's written attacks on neoliberalism, support for the Congress of South African Trade Union's (COSATU's) campaigns against privatization, the formation of the Young Communist League (YCL), and the current campaigns surrounding cooperatives and financial sector reform. As the SACP is embedded within the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the Party's attempts to critique and fight neoliberalism have remained rhetorical and ineffective. Rather than directly confronting the neoliberal policies of the ANC, the SACP has instead cooperated with the ANC, hoping to pull it more to the 'left'. The SACP's dedication to influencing the ANC has come at the expense of building a mass base of support that opposes neoliberalism. This approach has ultimately resulted in an accommodation to neoliberalism, and exposes many difficult contradictions for the SACP. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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