Many African liberation movements, especially those on the left, such as Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF, Namibia's Swapo and Algeria's FLN are in fact leftist populist parties, combining leftist economic policies with conservative Africanist political and social stances.Īfrican countries, with large populations that have suffered from the violence of colonialism and apartheid, and large numbers of illiterate citizens, stripped of their land and property and marginalised from opportunities because of their colour, are rich pickings for post-colonial leftist populism.
Before the rise of the EFF, left-wing populists in the ANC tripartite alliance were curtailed by communists and socialists in the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), social democratic components at the centre, and conservative African traditionalists on the right flank of the ANC.Īfrican populism, unlike those in industrial or other developing countries which have been associated with the politics of the right, has since the end of formal colonialism been on the left of the political spectrum. In the past, left and right-wing populism within black politics co-existed within the broad church of the ANC. Populism is generally leaders and parties tailoring their policies to what people want, to get elected, often with very little regard for whether the policies are evidence-based, rational or practical. The rise of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the election, has ushered in the arrival of black leftist populism as a standalone strand, with strong popular appeal within South African politics. The Zuma wing of the ANC and the EFF have pushed black electoral politics towards left-wing populism.Ĭyril Ramaphosa's problem is that the Zuma-ites will continue attempt to shift the party into the space currently occupied by the EFF. Although they label themselves with good people, they are often the most unstable and dangerous people to ever debate an issue.How the EFF has shifted SA politics to the left Originally started as the working mans pony of racism and oppression, evolved into a force of good for the society of America Sect 2: Extremists: The extremists are a 'blanket' of people on the scale. Divided into 2 sects Sect 1: Dems- The Dems, or Democrats, are people that usually believe in hard work and equality. It draws many similarities to Islam, as their are some of the Greatest people to ever be in a political spotlight, and there are also some terrible people that should just stop trying. The Political Left is a side of the political spectrum on the scale of political beliefs, they usually tend to be more towards freedoms in the market, the economy, the social structure of the world and other social issues. Washington, which also laid the foundations for the civil rights movement,).
However, it should be noted that there have been occasionally conservatives supporting those as well (e.g.: the ÖDP party in Germany is a green conservative party, conservative monarchist Otto von Bismarck privately opposing criminalization of gay activity, conservative fiscal conservatives opposed the Iraq War, and some conservatives such as Booker T. Moreover, the political left is chiefly associated with the civil rights movement, feminist movement, LGBT movement, environmentalism and anti-war movement and responsible for much of the shape of modern society. "No, so far they've only got as far as the bit about the Twentieth CPSU Congress."), anarchism (fun fact: ancaps are about as anarchist as the DPR Korea is a democratic republic or Donald Trump a Christian) and socialism (like Obama, jk, more like George Orwell, Martin Luther King Jr. "She must really cook well by now," says the second man. The political left supports and strives for social equality and egalitarianism and exists in many forms such as republicanism (small r, y'all, think of Ireland & France), social democracy (capitalism with benefits), communism ("My wife has been going to the Party’s cooking school for three years," says one Soviet man to another.
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