Articles
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Ikhwezi Lomso |
Leading article introducing a new independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, The Rising Star, dedicated to advancing the cause of liberation. |
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The national situation or the real tasks of the liberatory movement |
Draft of an article published in the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso on the liberation movement. |
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The real problems of the liberatory movement |
Draft of an article for independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, on the liberation movement. |
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Divine Right |
Draft of editorial by I B Tabata for the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, following the death of Strydom and his replacement by Dr Verwoerd. |
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Taxing destitution |
Editorial for the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso by I B Tabata, regarding the Budget Speech. |
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Wars of resistance |
Paper by Jack Simons on wars of resistance. Covers the Khoikhoi and San resistance, the Xhosa wars against dispossession, the Zulu opposition. |
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The advent of capitalism in South Africa |
Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early societies in South Africa, primitive Communalism, Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British and the advent of capitalism in South Africa. |
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Populism without Robin Hood? Forms of ownership and control in a post-apartheid South Africa: Summary and some proposals |
Paper by Ben Fine on ownership and control in post-apartheid South Africa. Covers the economy and privatisation, public ownership and the state and private capital. |
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The foreign policy of a future South Africa |
Paper on a foreign policy for a future South Africa. Examines the racist government and the international community, the perspectives of the National Liberation Movement, regional and international governmental organisations. |
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South Africa's racist state and the national democratic revolution |
Paper by Jack Simons on apartheid and the democratic revolution. Examines the history of political systems in South Africa, looks at the Constitution, racial segregation, white supremacy, exclusions of Africans and the racist government. |
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The Pan Africanist Congress exists to subvert the South African liberation struggle |
African National Congress document produced by their provisional headquarters in Morogoro, Tanzania, regarding the subversion of the struggle by the Pan Africanist Congress. |
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Religion and the struggle against apartheid |
Paper on religion and the struggle against apartheid, prepared for an African National Congress seminar which provides a brief history of the ANC, examines the role of the church, and challenges the church to participate in the struggle for liberation. |
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Suggested tactics and strategy in the mobilisation and organisation of Africans for the Revolution |
Unauthored paper on mobilising and organising Africans for a revolution. Examines the African working class, churches and the Bantustans. |
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Negotiations - what room for compromise? |
Response by Sam Shilowa to Joe Slovo's paper on negotiations. Argues against compromising on issues for the sake of the government. |
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Views on a constitution making body |
Views on a constitution making body tabled by the South African Government at a Codesa Working Group 2. |
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Internal position |
Unauthored paper reconsidering broad strategy and tactics within the African National Congress. |
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The struggle in perspective: some ideas |
Article by the United Democratic Front in which the Front looks at the crisis facing the ruling party as a result of contradictions in South African capitalism. |
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The role of Parliament and Parliamentary Opposition |
ANC paper that outlines the organisation's view of the apartheid era Tricameral Parliament. |
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The socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system |
ANC paper on the socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system, prepared for the regional and national preparatory committees. Covers the enemy's strategy for survival, the total strategy and its application, and how to out-manoeuvre the enemy. |
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Africa puts the West on trial |
Article on the United Nations Security Council's debate on South Africa and the Anglo-American accord influence on this debate |