We need to begin any analysis with the realisation that capitalism has few winners
We live in a system doing the exact opposite of what it was designed for
Deepening economic democracy through human rights-centred economic and social policy frameworks
Ethics of protest are called into question as union’s action sees the lives of sick people put at risk and women in labour turned away from hospitals
Economic war rages on as global power dynamics shift.
Capitalism’s aim is to maximise profit, even when it is exploitative, so unions have a crucial role but must ensure their slates are clean
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This cannot be rectified without redistributing wealth and property – and therefore power
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To reimagine a better South Africa, capitalism and its unequal class structure have to be challenged
The class structure and capitalism have to be challenged to reimagine a viable and just country
The forms of capitalism adopted in the West and in economies such as China are influenced by how early or late those polities were in coming to the game
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Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism
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South Africans’ behaviour and attitudes show that poor black working-class people, and black women in particular, are denied
their innate humanity
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A vision for the future needs to take the long view
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