There have been several articles on this list that amount to a discussion on the state of the working class movement in general and the left in particular. Now, as if by divine intervention, this article from South Africa appears. It covers a "left" conference in that country.
"If last weekend’s Conference of the “Left” was any indication of what progressive forces have to offer, the Democratic Alliance (DA, South Africa’s main center-right opposition party) should rest easy. The scare quotes are needed because the biggest parties to the gathering cannot in any sensible way be defined as left. Theirs were the loudest voices in the hall, and it gave a ringing hollowness to the entire proceeding. "For a party that can’t seem to retain any senior leader for longer than two months, the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) delegation appeared surprisingly well organized. MK was the ANC’s armed wing during apartheid; the name was revived by former president Jacob Zuma in 2023 to launch his own breakaway party after the ANC moved to prosecute him for corruption. Tony “Mercedes <https://www.news24.com/yengeni-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-20030213>” Yengeni—a former ANC chief whip jailed for fraud after accepting a discounted Mercedes-Benz from an arms company during a government procurement deal—addressed the gathering on their behalf on the first day. On the second, they tried to maneuver Jacob Zuma onto the podium, thankfully without success....." Read more: Nothing Left <https://africasacountry.com/2026/06/nothing-left?fbclid=IwY2xjawSTpadleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEefRAk8_J1RFuShSqsGovpA1RRMARPItZ6ROPb8oEf_y9OP8Wd_XRfxYFr6e0_aem_0dJUUqCb0A-7tqWpLTXaiA> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41969): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41969 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119706500/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
