South African Communist Party (SACP) Collection

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Constitution and Rules of The South African Communist Party

50 Fighting Years - A. Lerumo

Fifty Fighting Years by A Lerumo

The History of the SACP 1912-1990

South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980

Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge

Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris

Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris

Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study

Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921

”The Duty of a Communist in the National Liberation Army - Umkhonto we Sizwe”. Internal memo by the SACP Central Committee, 1967

Official or Original Documents

The Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter

Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990

Speeches and Public Statements

The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995

Speeches and Public Statements

Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972

”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973

Review of Neville Alexander’s Book: “One Azania One Nation” by I.B.Tabata, 14 March 1980

Central Committee of South African Communist Party, 1993

Official or Original Documents

Crisis of Conscience in the SACP: A Critical Review of Slovo’s “Has Socialism Failed?”

Official or Original Documents

Manifesto of the Communist Party of South Africa by SACP, 30 July 1921, Cape Town

Speeches and Public Statements

The role of the SACP in the transition to democracy and socialism by Central Committee of South African Communist Party, May 1993, South Africa

Official Document - Conference Paper

How to Master Secret Work by Communist Party of South Africa

Errors of Workerism by ISIZWE (Journal of the UDF), November 1986, South Africa

Fight the New Fascist Bill — Defend the Cape Native Franchise - 1935

For a United Front of the People Against Imperialism by Umsebenzi, 26 October 1935, South Africa

Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee by Moses M Kotane, February 23 1934, South Africa

On the expulsion of Communists from the ICU by The South African Worker, December 24 1926, South Africa

Our Annual Conference — An Inspiring Gathering by The South African Worker, 13 January 1929, South Africa

Official or Original Documents

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