JOHN DLUDLU: The sorry state of SA’s left
Amid a decline in the two largest union federations, there appears to be no strategy to resuscitate the movement
A fortnight ago British voters elected the Labour Party to form a new government after rejecting the Conservative Party. The Tories, who had been in government for 14 years, lacked fresh ideas to dig the UK out of a deepening cost-of-living crisis and the self-inflicted wound caused by the decision to leave the EU.
When it was announced that Labour leader Keir Starmer would form the next government there were celebrations worldwide in left-leaning circles. Starmer’s victory was even sweeter for the fact that it came just two years after the historic return of Luiz Lula da Silva to the presidency of Brazil. ..
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