In this Edition – KC JOURNAL NO 22 July 2009
A Focus on the Global Capitalist Crisis And Responses to It This edition of the Khanya Journal explores the nature of the current global capitalist […]
Month: July 2009
The Economy in a World of Trouble
In this article based on an interview with Seongjin Jeong for Hankyoreh, Korea’s leading daily newspaper, Robert Brenner provindes a wide ranging analysis on the nature, sources and character of the current crisis
Working Class Responses to the Crisis
In this article Ighsaan Schroeder identifies trends and tendencies within working class responses to the global capitalist crisis
Staying the neoliberal course: the South African state’s response to the global economic crisis
In this article Oupa Lehulere examines the specific response of the South African ruling class to the crisis
Cosatu’s response to the crisis and the challenges facing the SA working class
Ishmael Lesufi examines Cosatu’s response to the crisis and argues that the federation is setting up the South African working class for more defeats
Open Mic Section: Passive voting or Active Boycott
Jonathan Payn and James Pendlebury reflect on the various positions in debates on socialist approaches to elections and advance a case for active absention
Open Mic Section: The Social grants And Black Women In South Africa
Maria van Driel argues that government’s neoliberal approach to social grants has seen an increase in poverty, with women suffering the most, in spite of increases in government spending on the grants in the past few years
Open Mic Section: Reflection on the Southern African Social forum held in Swaziland
Molefi Pilane reflects on the regional Social Forum, focusing on some of the key discussions and outcomes
EDUCATION SECTION: Capitalism as a system of crises
Oupa Lehulere explains how the capitalist system works, and how the search for profits within this system causes crises.
EDUCATION SECTION: GIWUSA’s Approach To The CRISIS And our Response
On the 31st March and 1st April 2009, the Shop Stewards Council of the WITS BRANCH of GIWUSA met and discussed the prevailing economic crisis […]