Description
窶榔opular Struggles or One Struggle?窶� Originally published in 1988 shortly after the miners窶� strike in South Africa of 1987, this book begins with a strongly argued and seminal discussion of this question by William Cobbett and Robin Cohen. The book had an urgency and relevance at its time of original publication, but many of the themes it discusses remain as relevant today. Nearly all the contributors were close to the sites of encounter and resistance they described, but at the same time they and the editors place the individual cases within the historical context.
Table of Contents
Introduction Robin Cohen and William Cobbett. Popular Struggles or One Struggle: Dilemmas of Liberation 1. The Re-Emergence of Political Unionism in Contemporary South Africa? Rob Lambert and Eddie Webster 2. Lessons from the Sarmcol Strike Debbie Bonnin and Ari Sitas 3. The Origins of Political Mobilisation in the PWV Townships, 1980-84 Jeremy Seekings 4. The Flight of the Herschelites: Ethnic Nationalism and Land Dispossession William Cobbett and Brian Nakedi 5. The United Democratic Front and Township Revolt Mark Swilling 6. Kwandebele 窶� The Struggle Against 窶露ndependence窶� Transvaal Rural Action Committee 7. Counter-Revolution as Reform: Struggle in the Bantustans Jeremy Keenan 8. From Bantu Education to People窶冱 Education Eric Molobi 9. State Control, Student Politics and the Crisis on Black Universities Nkosinathi Gwala 10. School Student Movements and State Education Policy: 1972-87 Jonathan Hyslop 11. Class, Race and the Future of Socialism John Saul.
