Capitalism’s Crises: Class struggles in South Africa and the world

William K. Carroll; Leah Hunt-Hendrix; Isham Christie; Andreas Bieler; Jamie Jordan; Hilary Wainwright; Alfredo Saad-Filho; Sumsngala Damodaran; Niall Reddy; Mark Heywood

The contributors to this volume draw on a non-dogmatic Marxist approach to explain the systemic and conjunctural dynamics of crisis inherent in global capitalism. Their analysis asks what is historically specific to capitalism's crises while avoiding catastrophic or defeatist claims. At the same time the volume situates left agency within actual patterns of resistance and class struggle to clarify the potential for transformative change.The cycle of resistance strengthened by the World Socal Forum and transnational activism is now punctuated by the experience of the Arab Spring, the agency of anti-systemic movements, left think tanks, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, labour unions, left parties in Europe such as Syrizia and Podemos and peoples' budgeting in Kerala, India. On the down side, we are witnessing the waning of the Workers Party in Brazil and serious challenges for South Africa's once powerful labour movement and still formative social justice activism. All these developments are assessed in this volume.This is the second volume in the Democratic Marxism series. It elaborates on crucial themes introduced in the first volume, Marxism in the 21st Century: Crisis, Critique and Struggle (edited by Michelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar).

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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Tables and Figures
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Introduction
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- By Vishwas Satgar, senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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PART ONE - CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDINGS OF CAPITALISM'S CRISES AND CLASS STRUGGLE
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Chapter 1 - From Marx to the systemic crises of capitalist civilisation
pp 20-49
- By Vishwas Satgar, senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Chapter 2 - Activist understandings of the crisis
pp 50-76
- By William K Carroll, Sociology Department at the University of Victoria
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PART TWO - CAPITALIST CRISIS AND LEFT RESPONSES IN THE GLOBAL NORTH
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Chapter 3 - Occupy and the dialectics of the Left in the United States
pp 78-96
- By Leah Hunt-Hendrix, associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies., Isham Christie, currently a labour organiser with the Writers Guild of America East.
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Chapter 4 - Austerity and resistance: The politics of labour in the Eurozone crisis
pp 97-122
- By Andreas Bieler, professor of Political Economy and fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK., Jamie Jordan, PhD candidate and fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice in the School
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Chapter 5 - Beyond social-democratic and communist parties: Left political organisation in transition in Western Europe
pp 123-164
- By Hilary Wainwright, fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam
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PART THREE - CAPITALIST CRISIS AND LEFT RESPONSES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
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Chapter 6 - Brazil: From neoliberal democracy to the end of the ‘Lula moment’
pp 166-188
- By Alfredo Saad-Filho, professor of Political Economy at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Chapter 7 - The global financial crisis and ‘resilience’: The case of India
pp 189-210
- By Sumangala Damodaran, economist in the School of Development Studies at Ambedkar University Delhi.
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Chapter 8 - Understanding the labour crisis in South Africa: Real wage trends and the minerals–energy complex economy
pp 211-244
- By Niall Reddy, research affiliate of the Alternative Information Development Centre and a post-graduate researcher at the Centre for Civil Society
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Chapter 9 - Seize power! The role of the constitution in uniting a struggle for social justice in South Africa
pp 245-276
- By Mark Heywood, the director of SECTION27, a human rights and public interest law organisation
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Conclusion
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- By Vishwas Satgar, senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Contributors
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Tables and Figures
pp xi-xi

Acronyms and Abbreviations
pp xii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-18

PART ONE - CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDINGS OF CAPITALISM'S CRISES AND CLASS STRUGGLE
pp 19-19

Chapter 1 - From Marx to the systemic crises of capitalist civilisation
pp 20-49

Chapter 2 - Activist understandings of the crisis
pp 50-76

PART TWO - CAPITALIST CRISIS AND LEFT RESPONSES IN THE GLOBAL NORTH
pp 77-77

Chapter 3 - Occupy and the dialectics of the Left in the United States
pp 78-96

Chapter 4 - Austerity and resistance: The politics of labour in the Eurozone crisis
pp 97-122

Chapter 5 - Beyond social-democratic and communist parties: Left political organisation in transition in Western Europe
pp 123-164

PART THREE - CAPITALIST CRISIS AND LEFT RESPONSES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
pp 165-165

Chapter 6 - Brazil: From neoliberal democracy to the end of the ‘Lula moment’
pp 166-188

Chapter 7 - The global financial crisis and ‘resilience’: The case of India
pp 189-210

Chapter 8 - Understanding the labour crisis in South Africa: Real wage trends and the minerals–energy complex economy
pp 211-244

Chapter 9 - Seize power! The role of the constitution in uniting a struggle for social justice in South Africa
pp 245-276

Conclusion
pp 277-283

Contributors
pp 284-286

Index
pp 287-298

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