I dont quite agree that the EFF or Malema is fascist; nor that - TopicsExpress



          

I dont quite agree that the EFF or Malema is fascist; nor that they broke the rules of parliament, but the authoritarian signals are certainly there..... When there is corruption and the state is struggling to deal with pressing social issues a strong figure can become attractive to many people. It was Xolela Mangcu who wrote that a fascist fire burns inside Julius Malema. A number of other leading left-wing intellectuals, people like Gillian Hart and Jane Duncan, have also directly stated or implied that they dont see Malema as a genuinely left-wing figure. As I have noted before, fascism always has a social agenda. And, as a number of commentators have noted, we should keep in mind that the Nazi partys first manifesto included a demand for radical land reform. So we shouldnt assume that a social agenda automatically makes a political project progressive.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:26:12 +0000

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