Summary of The ANC’s Double Bind
Summary of The ANC’s Double Bind
During apartheid, a neoliberal hegemonic bloc merged at the summit of power. That era ended somewhere around 2014, during the reign of Jacob Zuma. Many on the Left think an ANC-DA agreement heralds a giant lurch deeper into neoliberalism.
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quoting nevent1q…x04rThe ANC’s Double Bind
Politics during apartheid had a certain straight-line simplicity. It was always pretty clear who the main enemy was. Things got scrambled with democratization. But a measure of simplicity was soon returned — at least for the outsider left. A neoliberal
hegemonic bloc merged at the summit of power, binding old white business elites to an emergent “corporate black bourgeoisie” as Roger Southall put it. The battle lines were clear once again.
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During apartheid, a neoliberal hegemonic bloc merged at the summit of power. That era ended somewhere around 2014, during the reign of Jacob Zuma. Many on the Left think an ANC-DA agreement heralds a giant lurch deeper into neoliberalism.
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