S. African Marxists Eye Future;Communist Party Sees Opportunity for Socialism After Apartheid

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 12, 1990| Author: David B. Ottaway | Copyright information

The South African Communist Party, unfazed by the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe, is emerging from 40 years of clandestine existence arguing that history is still on the side of Marxism and that a revised socialism could flourish in a "new South Africa."

For four decades, the Communists and the black nationalist African National Congress have been closely allied. Their leaderships, political strategies and short-term goals have been largely synonymous in the struggle against...

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