Richard Pithouse, Department of Political and International
Studies, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
Abstract
Popular protest is occurring on a remarkable scale in South
Africa. Nonetheless, there is a significant degree to which it tends to be
organized and articulated through the local. This contribution argues that
while the political limitations of purely local modes of organization are
clear, it should not be assumed that local struggles are some sort of misguided
distraction from building a broader progressive movement. It is suggested that,
on the contrary, the best prospects for the emergence of a broader popular
struggle lie in building, sustaining and linking local struggles.
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