Olofsson, Malin
- University of Amsterdam
Abstract
This chapter demonstrates how since the 2010s there has been an expansion and convergence in social mobilization for LFFU across South Africa, including labour movements, feminist movements and environmental and social movements. This is particularly impressive, considering the deep and widespread social and economic deprivations the country faces. While the arguments, approaches and strategies employed by the different actors are diverse, many have managed to unite in broad coalitions for climate justice. Beyond the work done around fighting single-issue cases, through the successful partnerships between community-based, national and international organisations, significant arguments engage with the politics of the possible and shift beyond a just transition to transformative ideas for a post-capitalist world focused on eco-socialist and feminist alternatives. This chapter illuminates important developments for advancing the energy transition in a just and inclusive manner in South Africa, but also some controversies and challenges that prevent the movement from gaining more traction.
Keywords
fossil fuels; resistance; social movements; politics of ideas; South Africa
Published in
Liveable Futures
2024, pages: 159-182
Title: Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground : Actors, Arguments and Approaches in the Global South and Global North
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Sociology (excluding Social work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048560370_ch06
- ISBN: 9789048560370
- eISBN: 9789048560387
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/143512