Progressive politics and crises of urban reproduction in South Africa: The cases of rent and transport
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1985-09-23
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McCarthy, J.
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Abstract
Useful, although not necessary, points of departure for this paper
are some comments that emerged in two recent contributions to progressive
political debate at the University of Natal. These two contributions
are Erwin's address to the University Forum on "Trade Unions and Politics"
and Freund et al's contribution to the South African Labour Bulletin
and the Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Seminar on the "November
Stayaway". In both of these presentations there appeared to be an enhanced
interest, on the part of intellectuals of the progressive labour movement,
in what I shall term as South Africa's urban reproductive crises. We
have become accustomed to hearing from both liberal-reformists and
radical-liberals about such crises in South Africa. These latter
groups, of course, have addressed the issues in a different manner
to Erwin and Freund et al because of their differing political priorities,
but they have persistently addressed them all the same. The fact that
we are now increasingly hearing from trade union-linked intellectuals
on living place issues, however, is a fact that I take as a significant
departure in the course of South Africa's urban and regional politics.
Description
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 23 September 1985
Keywords
Working class. South Africa, Rent. South Africa, Urban transportation. South Africa, Rent strikes. South Africa, Community organization. South Africa