Black Neofascism? The Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa.
@article{Satgar2019BlackNT, title={Black Neofascism? The Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa.}, author={Vishwas Satgar}, journal={Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie}, year={2019} }
This article argues that twenty-first century fascism is variegated and shaped by complex socioecological conditions. While enabled by the specific conditions of contemporary capitalist crisis, it is actually different from its antecedents. This requires actual in situ case studies. Hence, this article focuses on the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in South Africa and explores its emergence in the conjuncture of hegemonic crisis faced by the ruling African National Congress. Moreover, the…
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