What Is In The African Communist?

28 May 2001

The South African Communist Party (SACP) publishes the African Communist (AC). as a forum for Marxist-Leninist thought and analysis of contemporary political developments. The AC has been published for the last 40 years.

The SACP invites you to access the first quarter issue of the AC for 2001 from our website (www.sacp.org.za/ac) and SACP offices throughout the country.

This issue of the AC contains the following articles:

• Draft theses on globalisation: Globalisation is imperialism. Report by Blade Nzimande, SACP General Secretary, to the SACP Central Committee.
• The minimum programme of the ANC-SACP-COSATU Alliance in the current phase. SACP submission to the ANC/SACP bilateral meeting held in March 2001
• Challenges of the new local government system. By Yunus Carrim, SACP Politburo member and ANC MP in the national parliament
• The Myth of Sound Fundamentals: South Africa and the Global Economic Crisis. By John Pape, socialist activist based in Cape Town
• Worker Owned Co-operatives, Development and Neo-liberal Economic Adjustment. By Vishwas Satgar, SACP activist
• Restructuring in telecommunications. Report done for the Communication
• Workers'- Union by Chris Malikane, Simon Stevens and Gertrude Makhanya of the Economics Department at Wits University
• Towards an Information and Communication Technology Industrial Policy. By Karuna Mohan, SACP activist
• Socialism and Gender Equality: What lessons can be learned? By Liesl Orr, SACP activist

We also invite you to subscribe to the AC and other SACP publications. These publications provide critical analysis and views on current issues from a Marxist-Leninist perspective rooted in South African conditions. Details on how to subscribe are available on the SACP Website.

Mazibuko K. Jara (surname Jara)
Department of Media, Information and Publicity
South African Communist Party
Tel: 27 11 339-3621/2
Fax: 27 11 339-4244
Cell: 083 651 0271
Email: sacp1@wn.apc.org