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A code of conduct for activists
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A code of conduct for activists
27 August 2019
United Democratic Front lecture aimed at helping activists develop their understanding of the ideas of 'discipline' and ...
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The United Front: Why did we form it?And how appropriate is it today?
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The United Front: Why did we form it?And how appropriate is it today?
27 August 2019
Article by the United Democratic Front discussing the background and the future plans of the organisation.
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Africa puts the West on trial
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Africa puts the West on trial
27 August 2019
Article on the United Nations Security Council's debate on South Africa and the Anglo-American accord influence on this ...
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The socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system
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The socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system
27 August 2019
ANC paper on the socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system, prepared for the regional and national pre...
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The role of Parliament and Parliamentary Opposition
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The role of Parliament and Parliamentary Opposition
27 August 2019
ANC paper that outlines the organisation's view of the apartheid era Tricameral Parliament.
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The foreign policy of a future South Africa
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The foreign policy of a future South Africa
27 August 2019
Paper on a foreign policy for a future South Africa. Examines the racist government and the international community, the...
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Populism without Robin Hood? Forms of ownership and control in a post-apartheid South Africa: Summary and some proposals
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Populism without Robin Hood? Forms of ownership and control in a post-apartheid South Africa: Summary and some proposals
27 August 2019
Paper by Ben Fine on ownership and control in post-apartheid South Africa. Covers the economy and privatisation, public ...
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The advent of capitalism in South Africa
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The advent of capitalism in South Africa
27 August 2019
Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early socie...
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Wars of resistance
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Wars of resistance
27 August 2019
Paper by Jack Simons on wars of resistance. Covers the Khoikhoi and San resistance, the Xhosa wars against dispossession...
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South Africas racist state and the national
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South Africas racist state and the national
27 August 2019
Paper by Jack Simons on apartheid and the democratic revolution. Examines the history of political systems in South Afri...
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Religion and the struggle against apartheid
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Religion and the struggle against apartheid
27 August 2019
Paper on religion and the struggle against apartheid, prepared for an African National Congress seminar which provides a...
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Suggested tactics and strategy in the mobilisation and organisation of Africans for the Revolution
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Suggested tactics and strategy in the mobilisation and organisation of Africans for the Revolution
27 August 2019
Unauthored paper on mobilising and organising Africans for a revolution. Examines the African working class, churches an...
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Negotiations - what room for compromise?
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Negotiations - what room for compromise?
27 August 2019
Response by Sam Shilowa to Joe Slovo's paper on negotiations. Argues against compromising on issues for the sake of the ...
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Views on a constitution making body
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Views on a constitution making body
27 August 2019
Views on a constitution making body tabled by the South African Government at a Codesa Working Group 2.
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Internal position
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Internal position
27 August 2019
Unauthored paper reconsidering broad strategy and tactics within the African National Congress.
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