Mzala Nxumalo, Leftist Thought and Contemporary South Africa

Acronyms and abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction: Mzala Nxumalo's ideas in post-apartheid South Africa

PART 1: MZALA AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION

1. Radical Left Thought Revival: Mzala's Views and Their Applicability in Contemporary South Africa

2. The National Question and Exile: Remembering Mzala in London

3. Socialism is the Future: Comrade Mzala's Thoughts on the National Question

4. The First and Second Transitions and the National Question in South Africa

5. The EFF's Perspective on 'What is the Future of the Left in South Africa in a Global Context?'

6. The Dilemma of the Post-1994 Democratic Breakthrough: A Broad Survey of Community Struggles in South Africa

PART 2: COMMUNITY, STATE AND GLOBE: ISSUES, STRUGGLES AND THE POLITICS OF WORK

7. The Challenges of Economic and Social Development in South Africa: Left Perspectives

8. Global Economic Imperialism and the Politics of (Under) Development: Street Traders, Domestic Workers and Sex Workers

9. Social and Economic Challenges from a Left Perspective

10. After Revisionist Marxism: Reanimating the Critique of Capitalism in South Africa

11. Emerging Powers and the Polycentric World

12. Ecocide or Socialism: Ecological Challenges and Neoliberal Capitalist Constrains on Radical Transformation

Conclusion: The Future of Leftist Thought in a New Century

About the Contributors

Index