Legacies and meanings of the United Democratic Front (UDF) period for contemporary South Africa This essay by Raymond Suttner, former UDF militant and political prisoner, examines…
The Workers' Struggle - where does Fosatu stand? This is the text of a famous speech given by Joe Foster, a workerist militant in FOSATU.
Towards a People's Democracy: The UDF View This is the text of a speech given by UDF militant Murphy Morobe in 1987.
The Intellectual Foundations of the Black Consciousness Movement The essay, by Mabogo More, is an examination of the philosophical foundations of the Black…
The Third Day of September (The Sebokeng Rebellion of 1984) An eyewitness account, by Johannes Rantete, of the 1984 uprising in the township of Sebokeng.
New Report on Repression of the Landless People's Movement in Johannesburg This statement, from the Landless People's Movement (LPM), welcomes the new report and links to a…
Class Contradictions and Class Alliances: The Social Nature of ICU Leadership, 1924-1929 An examination of the class character of the leadership of the ICU by Helen…
The capacities of the people versus a predominant, militarist, ethno-nationalist elite: democratisation in South Africa c. 1973 - 1997 From the early 1970s until the end of apartheid there was a major popular…
Rethinking “Workerism” and the FOSATU Tradition, 1979-1985 This essay, by Sian Byrne, argues that “workerism” was a distinctive, mass-based and coherent…
From Class Room to Class Struggle: Radical Academics and the Rebirth of Trade Unionism in the 1970s This essay, by Steven Friedman, explores the role of Rick Turner, and others, in…
'The Future is in the Hands of the Workers': A History of FOSATU This booklet is a history of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) in South Africa. …
Richard Turner & the Politics of Emancipation This is the text of the first Richard Turner Memorial Lecture delivered at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, on 12th August, 1987, by…
