Chief Receive revolutionary greetings, I welcome your input with regards to the upcoming soccer tournament that will hosted by our country.
When one looks into the issue you are raising with valid points its genuinely true, for if one considers how much money is being utilized for this month long event. Billions have been spent by the government for the world cup, for stadiums, road construction and many other things but then one has to ask how poor destitude poor will benefit from a 1.5 billion stadium, and roads constructed. Chief, I value very much what came with. Aluta continua On Mar 25, 5:16 pm, Sithembewena tsembeyi <[email protected]> wrote: > Comrades Here within is the brief discussion inputs on the Political Economy > of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and its implications to the working class as > presented in the last Siyakhuluma > > Hasta seimpre la comandante > > Socialismo o muerte > > Dear Cdes > As Hope said in the > last Siyakhuluma, Soccer is the opium of the masses? The central message > of this article is whether we have our priorities right as a > country. Together with the arms deal, hosting Ms World pageants etc etc > we spend a huge amount of money on projects like these. Serious questions > are being asked by the working class in the country. > > Enjoy > > Selling South Africa: > Poverty, Politics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup > Chris > Webb > Why is it > that governments can find billions of dollars for global sporting events and > little to deal with the grinding poverty that affects impoverished > populations? Canada applauded itself for > the $135-million in aid and disaster relief it sent to an earthquake ravaged > Haiti while > spending nearly $6-billion on the two-week long Vancouver Olympics. A similar > contradiction is revealing itself in South Africa , where massive amounts > of public and private spending on the upcoming 2010 Soccer World Cup are > expected to salve a faltering economy and crippling poverty. Most South > Africans, however, will see little direct or sustained economic benefit from > the games let alone muster the funds to even purchase a ticket. > What is > trumpeted as a branding and investment remedy to South Africa ’s economic woes > may very well become another Greek tragedy – where the legacy of the 2004 > Athens Olympics has contributed to an economic meltdown. These global games > offer dual incentives to both local and foreign business elites and little to > a > frustrated local population. On the one hand, investment, sponsorship and > tourism opens new markets to foreign capital while local business elites > profit > from a heightened global image. At least, this is the story sold by both the > state and World Cup planners. Central to this strategy is selling South > Africa as > a marketable and consumable brand. > The > transition from apartheid to democratic rule in South Africa has been well > documented. During this period, the pressures of both domestic and foreign > capital forced the emergent African National Congress (ANC) government to > follow the economic paradigms of the past and encourage foreign investment. > The > sanctions that once crippled the economy gave way to a period of increasing > investment and relatively stable economic growth. Promoting a comfortable and > gentrified image of South Africa perfectly serves the ruling African > National Congress’s redistribution through growth policy that is intended > to drum up foreign investment while selling off government owned assets. The > Soccer World Cup effectively opens these economic and political spaces > necessary to further neoliberal policies and development. > Click here to > continue reading -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to yclsa-eom-forum+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
