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Informationen zum Autor Baruch Hirson (1921–1999) was a lifelong activist who spent nine-and-a-half years in South African prisons as a result of his opposition to the apartheid regime. Following his release in 1973 he left for England, where he lectured in history at several universities and produced eight finely written, passionately argued books on the history of the left in South Africa. These include Year of Fire, Year of Ash (1984), The Cape Town Intellectuals (2000) and his autobiography, Revolutions in My Life (1995). He also founded the controversial critical journal Searchlight South Africa.A collection of Baruch Hirson's writings producing a comprehensive picture which includes the role of trade unions, the Communist Party, and Trotyskist groups. This book provides an insight into the influences which helped to guide the South African resistance movement. It is aimed at those interested in the political career of Nelson Mandela. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acronyms and abbreviations – viForeword by Shula Marks – ixIntroduction by Tom Lodge – xiiiAcknowledgements – xx1. Syndicalists in South Africa: 1907-23 – 12. The IWA and the ICU: 1917-20 – 93. The general strike of 1922 – 184. Entryism and the CPSA: 1923-25 – 445. The 1925 Bloemfontein riots: a study in community culture and class-consciousness – 536. Tuskegee: the JCENs and the AAC – 657. The reorganization of African trade unions in Johannesburg: 1936-42 – 758. The early Trotskyist groups in South Africa – 889. Spark ant the ‘red nun’ – 10610. The black republic slogan: the response of the Trotskyists – 12311. The defiance campaign, 1952: social struggle or party stratagem? – 13412. A short history of the NEUM: an insider’s view – 15613. Daniel Koza: a working-class leader – 18014. A trade union organizer in Durban: M. B. Yengwa, 1943-4415. A question of class: the writings of Kenneth A Jordaan – 22016. The dualism of I. B. Tabata – 232Notes – 237References – 255Index – 261...
