Advancing Social Transformation in the Era of Globalisation

Item

Title

Advancing Social Transformation in the Era of Globalisation

Creator

COSATU

Date Issued

Jul-00

Description

The COSATU Central Executive Committee Lekgotla endorsed this document in May 2000. It aims to initiate a discussion in COSATU and the democratic movement as a whole on the state of the transformation and our progress in taking forward the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). This process should inform the development of resolutions for COSATU's Seventh National Congress. The years since the transition to democracy in 1994 have seen fundamental shifts in the political economy of South Africa. These shifts present new challenges for COSATU and the democratic movement as a whole. To address them requires reflection on the basic trends in society and our strategies for pursuing the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). This document first reviews progress and setbacks in achieving these goals since the transition to democracy in 1994. In that context, it explores current attempts to rewrite the aims of the NDR. Above all, some groups want to redefine the NDR merely to provide equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race. This tendency would stop the NDR before it achieves more fundamental reconstruction and development toward a non-racial, nonsexist society on the basis of democ- ratisation of the state and the economy. After considering these issues, the document explores changes in the balance of power, in terms of the political arena, the nature of capital, international developments, the state and the Alliance. Finally, it points to some implications for the development of transformatory programmes by COSATU and the Alliance.

Subject

COSATU

CheckCat

Format

pdf

Language

English

Type

text

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137600

Archive

Cory Library for Humanitites Research

Provenance

The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service

Extent

33 pages

Rights

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Rights Holder

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Use/re-use

The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.

Publisher

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

Item sets

General Materials

Media

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