The solidarity economy can free workers to take command of their lives

Abstract

The writer is a postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)-National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI): Community, Adult and Workers’ Education, at the University of Johannesburg. His research focuses on social movements, structural racism, racial capitalism, and the solidarity economy. He is currently writing a book on social movements in post-apartheid South Africa.