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Baruch Hirson - historian and political scientist - was a towering figure of the intellectual Left in South Africa for much of the 20th century. Yael Hirson has collected and edited his writings to produce a comprehensive picture which includes the role of trade unions, the Communist Party, Trotyskist groups, aspects of workers's resistance to oppression by the state and big business - so often closely linked - and the vital questions of race, colour and class in the struggle against the apartheid state. This book provides a unique insight into the formative influences which helped to guide the South African resistance movement and will prove an essential reference point to those interested in the early political career of Nelson Mandela.

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Author:   Baruch Hirson ,  Yael Hirson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781350176324

ISBN 10:   135017632
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   20 August 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acronyms and abbreviations - vi Foreword by Shula Marks - ix Introduction by Tom Lodge - xiii Acknowledgements - xx 1. Syndicalists in South Africa: 1907-23 - 1 2. The IWA and the ICU: 1917-20 - 9 3. The general strike of 1922 - 18 4. Entryism and the CPSA: 1923-25 - 44 5. The 1925 Bloemfontein riots: a study in community culture and class-consciousness - 53 6. Tuskegee: the JCENs and the AAC - 65 7. The reorganization of African trade unions in Johannesburg: 1936-42 - 75 8. The early Trotskyist groups in South Africa - 88 9. Spark ant the 'red nun' - 106 10. The black republic slogan: the response of the Trotskyists - 123 11. The defiance campaign, 1952: social struggle or party stratagem? - 134 12. A short history of the NEUM: an insider's view - 156 13. Daniel Koza: a working-class leader - 180 14. A trade union organizer in Durban: M. B. Yengwa, 1943-44 15. A question of class: the writings of Kenneth A Jordaan - 220 16. The dualism of I. B. Tabata - 232 Notes - 237 References - 255 Index - 261

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Yael Hirson is a historian who had edited her late husband's writings.

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