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Anti-capitalist front in South Africa
The Democratic Left Front was formed as a non-sectarian and non-authoritarian anti-capitalist front in South Africa .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] It was formed from the Conference for a Democratic Left launched in 2008, at an event held in Johannesburg in January 2011.[ 4] [ 5] It played a role in solidarity campaigns, most notably concerning the Marikana massacre . With the rise of the United Front , and following divisions within the DLF, the formation disappeared.
Debates
The South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement welcomed the DLF as an "historic opportunity".[ 6] The Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front expressed reservations about the entirely middle class nature of the leadership of the DLF[ 7] and internal democracy/[ 8] The leadership of the DLF included notable figures pushed out of the South African Communist Party , like Mazibuko Jara , and the party therefore kept its distance, and has, for several years, proposed instead a "left popular front."[ 9]
Campaigns
The DLF engaged in several public campaigns. These included strong support for the rights of LGTBI people against violence.[ 10] The DLF was actively involved in the Occupy Johannesburg movement in coordination with Taking Back South Africa! on 15 October 2011 as part of the global Occupy movement .[ 11] The DLF supported the Marikana miners' strike in 2012[ 12] and was centrally involved in the Marikana Support Committee.[ 13]
Further reading
Is the SACP Still Relevant? , Mazibuko K. Jara, The Times , July 2011
Reclaiming the South African dream , Vishwas Satgar, Red Pepper , December 2011
Comments on the Democratic Left Front , Mail & Guardian , February 2012
Mazibuko Jara: Advocate of the New Left Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , Reconciliation Barometer , February 2013
Left wing dips into ocean of irrelevance , Imraan Buccus, Mail & Guardian , May 2014
See also
External links
Notes and references
^ Call to the 1st National Conference of the Democratic Left
^ It’s time for new left politics , Mazibuko K. Jara, Mail & Guardian , 2009
^ New Left would expand political debate in SA Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine , Imraan Buccus, 2010
^ Declaration of the Democratic Left Front
^ Emergence of the new struggle , KWANELE SOSIBO, The Mail & Guardian , Jan 28 2011
^ The Rebellion of the Poor Comes to Grahamstown , Unemployed People's Movement, February 2011
^ The “Democratic Left”: A Small Step Towards United Working Class Struggle , Anarkismo
^ Towards a Truly Democratic Left , Jonathan Payn, December 2011
^ South African Communist Party Central Committee, 21 September 2018, "Building a left popular front: Central Committee political report", online at http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/building-a-left-popular-front--sacp-cc
^ Democratic Left: Call for Support of 18 July 2012 Picket Against Homophobic Violence & Killings
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Occupying the JSE" . YouTube .
^ Marikana a spark for a new South Africa - DLF , by Trevor Ngwane, Politicsweb , 10 November 2012
^ Interview: South Africa after Marikana , Peter Alexander, International Socialism , 8 January 2013
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