At its centenary celebrations at the weekend, the SACP pledged its commitment to system to end exploitation
The history of SA dating back to the mid-1600s is the history of centuries of colonisation driven by capitalist expansion from Europe. It is the history of colonial and apartheid rule underpinned by capitalist separate and uneven development as its foundation. This is the history of the wealthy enjoying the proceeds of social labour.
For there can be no capitalism without class inequality. This is the social context in which the richest man on earth, Jeff Bezos in the US, his brother Mark, and others enjoyed in July literally a few minutes’ return trip to space, in the first crewed flight of the rocket ship New Shepard. It is impossible to understand this in isolation from the political economy of labour exploitation and the conditions of the downtrodden at Amazon, the US-based transnational corporation that Bezos controls.
What was achieved through direct colonialism in the past is now achieved through the instruments of economic domination and military aggression. As evidenced by the imperialist aggression of the US against Cuba, illegal economic blockades are used to attack other countries, with far-reaching extraterritorial implications. Similarly, as evidenced by the destruction of Libya by the US and its North Atlantic allies, militarism is used.
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