[lbo-talk] New party launched in South Africa

[Patrick Bond]

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> [WS:] So, given the highly proportional representation nature of the SA electoral system, this will not change much (i.e. split the vote, as it is the cease in the backward US electoral system).  The center right will still command roughly the same number of seats, with or without COPE, no?

Right... and the overall discourse may well shift slightly rightward in 
the process, though Cosatu activists and leaders think they can take the 
SA state much more into 'developmental' (not neoliberal) territory. I 
hope they're correct but fear they're wrong.

There's no significant party to the left of the ANC contesting elections 
right now, though a debate rages in the radical social movements about 
forming one.

Come back for a visit, soonest; it's the most interesting country in the 
world.