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Between Two Evils

Jun 19, 2024 | theelephant.info | Niall Reddy

Log into your member account to listen to this article. Not a member? Join the herd. 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.
Between Two Evils

Jun 14, 2024 | amandla.org.za | Niall Reddy

This article was first published on the Africa is a Country website. We are publishing a variety of views on the results of the election in order to stimulate debate. Politics during apartheid had a certain straight-line simplicity. It was always pretty clear who the main enemy was. Things got scrambled with democratisation. But a measure of simplicity was soon returned—at least for the outsider Left.
The ANC’s Double Bind

Jun 10, 2024 | jacobin.com | Niall Reddy

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.
Between two evils

Jun 10, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Niall Reddy |Dan Mafora |William Shoki |Murray Hunter

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.
South Africa: Way forward for the left (plus: Zabalaza for Socialism - Building Towards a Movement for Socialism

Apr 25, 2024 | links.org.au | Niall Reddy

[Editor’s note: South African human rights activist Salim Vally will be speaking at Ecosocialism 2024, June 28–30, Boorloo/Perth, Australia. For more information on the conference visit ecosocialism.org.au.]First published at Amandla!. This is an edited version of a presentation to the Extended National Committee of Zabalaza for Socialism (ZASO). The founding document of ZASO can be read below.
Elections: WAY FORWARD FOR THE LEFT

Apr 10, 2024 | amandla.org.za | Busi Mtabane |Niall Reddy

WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT is the profound effect this election is going to have on shaping the medium-term political landscape in the country. That means that it’s going to have a profound effect on how to go about trying to construct a Left party. And there are major strategic issues to discuss in relation to that. And I want to talk about the kind of principles that will have to underpin how such a party operates, as an exercise in imagining some distant future we want to see.
Shareholder value orientation, corporate cash piles and the myth of financial accumulation

Mar 6, 2023 | wiredspace.wits.ac.za | Niall Reddy

Shareholder value orientation, corporate cash piles and the myth of financial accumulation Financialisation scholars argue that the growing financial balance sheets of non-financial corporations indicate a “financial turn in accumulation” driven by the rise of shareholder value orientation (SVO).