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Saying "won't someone think of the white people" is a complete misunderstanding of the situation. The "ethno-nationalism" that should be talked about is not about being anti white, Zuma's MK party is explicitly based on Zulu ethno-nationalism. The EFF joining an opposition coalition called the Progressive Caucus, in which the MK party is the leading member as they have the most votes and seats in the national assembly of all the coalition members, is not a good move. And yes, both the EFF and MK are based on the personalities of their leadership over policy, and yes the MK party is socially conservative, and despite the EFF having a socially progressive manifesto, the EFF have invited supporters of Uganda's anti gay laws to speak at key party events. The majority of the parties that make up the Progressive Caucus are socially conservative. And yes, the attempts by the EFF to appeal to Zuma's support base before the MK party existed (it's only 6 months old), including meeting with the Zulu king and exempting all land owned by the Zulu King's trust from land reform policies can be described as chauvinistic. What kind of communist wants to entrench the power of a monarchy?
The online left that watched a clip of Julius Malema saying cool things on YouTube, and then decided that they like him, obviously have no understanding of any of this. There's a reason the EFF only got 9.5% of the vote, and lost all of the projected support that they were predicted to gain to Zuma's MK party.
All in all, I think allying with Jacob Zuma, after all the corruption allegations, and the sexual assault allegations which are forgotten too often when Zuma is mentioned, is not a move a Marxist party should make. It makes the EFF's campaign to try have Zuma join the EFF as a member in 2023 (before the MK party existed), and this capitulation look even worse in hindsight. 10 years ago the EFF were demanding Zuma pay back the money he stole and disrupting Zuma's state of the nation addresses. Now the EFF is working with Zuma. How does this inspire trust?
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