The accumulation of capital in Southern Africa : Rosa Luxemburg's contemporary relevance : proceedings of the Rosa Luxemburg Seminar 2006 and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society's Colloquium on Economy, Society and Nature

Pt. 1. The Accumulation Of Capital In Theory And History. Excerpts From The Accumulation Of Capital / Rosa Luxemburg -- The Accumulation Of Capital In Historical Perspective / Arndt Hopfmann -- No Eyes, No Interest, No Frame Of Reference : Rosa Luxemburg, Southern African Historiography, And Pre-capitalist Of Modes Of Production / Jeff Guy -- Unlocking The Present? Two Theories Of Primitive Accumulation / Ahmed Veriava -- Enclosures, Commons And The Outside / Massimo De Angelis -- Pt. 2. Contemporary Accumulation Of Capital. Imperialism And New Commodity Forms / Elmar Altvater -- South African Subimperial Accumulation / Patrick Bond -- Two Economies? A Critique Of Recent South African Policy Debates / Caroline Skinner And Imraan Valodia -- New Faces Of Privatisation : From Comrades To Customers / Greg Ruiters -- Black Economic Empowerment And The South African Social Formation / Leonard Gentle. -- Pt. 3. Social Struggles. Property For People, Not For Profit / Ulrich Duchrow -- Challenges For The Regional Labour Movement / Ntwala Mwilima -- The Shackdwellers Movement Of Durban / S'bu Zikode -- Against The Commodification Of Education / Salim Vally -- Challenging Municipal Policies And Global Capital / Trevor Ngwane. Edited By Patrick Bond, Horman Chitonge And Arndt Hopfmann. The 3rd Rosa Luxemburg Political Education Seminar, Jointly Organised By The Centre Of Civil Society At The University Of Kwazulu- Natal In Durban And The Southern African Regional Office Of The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation In Johannesburg, Was Held On March 2nd-4th 2006 In Durban--pref. Includes Bibliographical References. PART ONE: THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL IN THEORY AND HISTORY. Excerpts from The Accumulation of Capital / Rosa Luxemburg The Accumulation of Capital in Historical Perspective / Arndt Hopfmann No eyes, no interest, no frame of reference : Rosa Luxemburg, Southern African historiography, and pre-capitalist of modes of production / Jeff Guy Unlocking the present? Two theories of primitive accumulation / Ahmed Veriava Enclosures, commons and the outside / Massimo De Angelis. -PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL. Imperialism and new commodity forms / Elmar Altvater South African subimperial accumulation / Patrick Bond Two economies? A critique of recent South African policy debates / Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia New faces of privatisation: From comrades to customers / Greg Ruiters Black Economic Empowerment and the South African social formation / Leonard Gentle. - PART THREE: SOCIAL STRUGGLES. Property for people, not for profit / Ulrich Duchrow Challenges for the regional labour movement / Ntwala Mwilima The shackdwellers movement of Durban/ S'Bu Zikode Against the commodification of education / Salim Vally Challenging municipal policies and global capital / Trevor Ngwane Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 PARTONE......Page 18 Excerpts fromThe Accumulation of Capital......Page 20 The Accumulation of Capitalin Historical Perspective......Page 30 ‘No eyes, no interest, noframe of reference’......Page 39 Unlocking the present?......Page 59 Enclosures, commonsand the ‘outside’......Page 76 PARTTWO......Page 90 Imperialism and newcommodity forms......Page 92 South African subimperialaccumulation......Page 103 Two economies?......Page 120 New faces of privatisation......Page 132 Black EconomicEmpowerment......Page 140 PARTTHREE......Page 150 Property for people,not for profit......Page 152 Challenges for theregional labour movement......Page 171 The ShackdwellersMovement of Durban......Page 176 Against thecommodificationof education......Page 179 Challenging municipalpolicies and global capital......Page 186