Proletarian Organisations Comment on the Budget

The five statements linked below were all issued within a few hours of the Budget Speech, before the evening of the same day.

As such, none can have the benefit of a full collective discussion. Each one is the product of a few minds, working fast.

You will see that there are clear differences between the statements. None of them can be treated as “cast in stone” but nevertheless they are all instructive.

Reading these quick products of the working class’s own organisations is probably the best way to get into a critical examination of the budget, and even to begin to answer questions like: “What is the Budget?” or “Who needs it?"

The picture is a 1919 poster celebrating the 1st Comintern Congress (1CCI) it shows a worker smashing off the chains from the world, especially Africa and Asia.

Click on these links:

SACP Statement on 2008-9 Budget, 20 February 2008 (415 words)

People’s Budget Response to Budget Speech (1562 words)

SAMWU statement on the budget (888 words)

Response to the 2008 Budget Speech, NEHAWU Media Release (674 words)

Response to the 2008 Budget Speech, YCL Media Release (415 words)

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