Ron Jacobs On The Legacy Of Mandela

If Jacobs is right, and the legacy of Nelson Mandela is not the neoliberal post-apartheid South Africa, but is instead the continuation of Mandela and the ANC's struggle to bring true economic and political and social freedom to Africa and the world, well then I would be over the moon.  Jacob's thesis that the true followers of Mandela have never lost the true focus of the struggle and also never believed that the struggle was concluded with the end of the apartheid laws and the election of Mandela to South Africa's presidency is an attractive one.  We can hope.  The bad guys are very powerful, however, and they are doing everything they can to weaken the legacy of Mandela in which Jacobs has faith.  He's right in saying that we have no one to blame but ourselves now.