Browsing All posts tagged under »state capitalism«

Evidence of a real alternative

October 6, 2018

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It is estimated that automation could soon cost some 4.5 million more South Africans their jobs. “Soon” could mean 2020 or very shorty after. And the number of jobless could be very much higher if, as seems likely, the global economic crisis becomes more severe.

Seeking a definition of socialism

May 11, 2012

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Is North Korea socialist? That question was put on the South African labour movement agenda by SA Communist Party general secretary, Blade Nzimande when he urged the union movement to affiliate to the North Korean backed WFTU as a oute to "socialism".

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