YACOOB ABBA OMAR: Why the fixation with national democratic revolution?
Ramaphosa has said the formation of the unity government was a tactical decision
In the recent quarrel between the ANC and SACP over the latter’s critique of the government of national unity (GNU), the term national democratic revolution (NDR) was bandied about like confetti at a wedding. What is the NDR and why does it matter in the relationship between the SACP and ANC?
To appreciate the NDR we have to start way back in history at about the time of the 1848 revolutions, when the Austro-Hungarian and other European empires were breaking up into smaller entities. In that context the national question emerged, referring to the rights of nations to self-determination, which had been suppressed by these empires. This raised other questions, especially for the left: how did such self-determination relate to the question of moving towards socialism? ..
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