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… the world. By the late 1980s the UK’s Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) had unleashed a wide range of campaigns and … of the most powerful international solidarity movements in history, a model that has subsequently been used to weaken or … the movement. The AAM then went on a drive to cultivate a mass base among students, unions and churches. The AAM had …

… the Second World War and the rise of apartheid, football's mass popularity brought it into close contact with formal … the end of apartheid.) Politically, the sport boycott movement that played an important role in the fall of … force. Reference: Article written for South African History Online by Peter Alegi, 2004 …

… marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the Organisation's existence up to that time. The … the White government, it now became a militant liberation movement. The Programme of Action called on the ANC to embark on mass action, involving civil disobedience, strikes, boycotts …

… with a commitment to militant African nationalism and mass action and to tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil … defiers who began the campaign did so with a sense that history was being made. For the first time Africans and … These years were crucial as the Defiance Campaign saw the movement of the ANC from moderation to militancy. The …

… launched into a state of emergency. The entire democratic movement was under vicious attack. Worker leaders were … unleashed their own attacks on workers, including mass dismissal of striking workers, and collaboration with … and mass retrenchments of workers. COSATU has in its short history grown nearly four times, from 460 000 to over 1,6 …

… marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the organisation's existence up to that time. The … The Programme of Action called on the ANC to embark on mass action, involving civil disobedience, strikes, boycotts … in the 1950s; it now became a more militant liberation movement. The Defiance Campaign Part of the large crowd that …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally", The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958 … Coloured Affairs Department, but to build the Anti-C.A.D. Movement of the in the struggle for full citizenship rights. …

… Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … witnessed an increase in the armed struggle combined with mass politicisation of the oppressed peoples. The 1983 … organisations such as the Mozambican National Resistance Movement (RENAMO) in Mozambique and the National Union for …

… Remaking the Past: New Perspectives on South African History . Cape Town, UCT Press, 1986. Callinicos, Luli. We are not Alone: The Making of a Mass Movement, 1950-1960. Staffrider , Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 4 - … have been vague. The strike is undoubtedly an instinctive mass revolt against their whole status and pig level of … The Native Congress has had very little to with the movement, other than to hold a watching brief. The strike is …

… into existence the first modern national liberation movement in Africa. Over the years the mood and thinking of … combination, form a mosaic of a large slab of a people's history of South Africa. The 200th anniversary of the birth … both the pide and the continuity of the phase of militant mass non-armed defiance and the inevitable evolvement of a …

… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some … indicated anger and frustration at having their freedom of movement restricted by the hated official passes. The bravery … Land Act (1913), so tensions were high. On 28 May 1913 a mass meeting of women was held in Waaihoek and it was decided …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 38 - "How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive … inhumanly exploited, and to crush the rising revolutionary movement. S.A.P. Smoke Screen The present role of the South …

… the organisational and social bases of the Congress movement, and formulating and clarifying its political … experienced rapid growth and expansion, in teems of both mass membership and organisation. In the three years mat … was that it attempted to do what was never done in the history of South Africa, that is, to allow ordinary people, …

… certain elements in South Africa were behind the rise of a movement similar to that of Renamo which had caused enormous … held since October last year have never been seen in the history of the country. We have held a number of mass actions which have had a very important impact.... We …

… In the aftermath of the events of 21 March, there was a mass strike in the Peninsula for the abolition of passes and … has been seen by some as a critical point in South African history. Kgosana agreed to disperse the protestors in return … (NLF) was formed by the Trotskyist Non European Unity Movement (Subsequent to that, the armed wing of the NEUM …

… focus on the Zulu communities in Durban. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the … the destruction of the Zulu Kingdom and the simultaneous movement into the city of Indian workers who had completed … rampant. The 1913 Land Act gave legal sanction to the mass enclosures of land for the purpose of setting up a fully …

… 1. Introduction ↵ The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors … a source of power. The significance of the ‘Cattle Killing Movement’ of 1856-7 lies beyond just its periodical … were bellowing also, and oxen too, and a distant black mass constantly went backwards and forwards, until it again …

… the African National Congress." [16] The assumption of a mass character by the "national organisations" was, as has … had an singly influential position within the Congress movement. But what did the CP leadership see as the role of … party was essential," asserts the official history of the SACP, "both to fulfil its  long-term  mission …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The African … recent session. It must mark the beginning of a permanent movement for liberation from all oppressive laws and … from whom, they sprang. They cannot be free while the mass of the Natives are oppressed. To free the Native means …

… From:  South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 13 … hoped to broaden the relatively narrow struggle into a mass struggle of an all-embracing nature. In the "T.A.R.C. … such a move would be foolhardy, and ineffective and the movement may suffer a severe setback. We could, of course, …

… as and when possible. At the same time, however, mass "violence" alone - unorganised, sporadic, isolated in … able to contain the far more powerful force of the mass movement? In their own ranks, the MK and Communist Party … George Santayana wrote: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Just as the defeat of the …

… and activists who have occupied the front ranks of our movement for 60 years. Together, they established the ANC … the powers that be, by mobilising the people to engage in mass action for their liberation. They broadened the movement … of the biggest internationalist solidarity movements in history, the world anti-apartheid movement, involving …

… take over the trade union. Finally, the ICU’s class-based mass organisation transformed black radicalism beyond the … on African and Asian trade unions and the politics of free movement in the British empire during the interwar period. … Peter Limb Historians have largely neglected the history of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a battery of discriminatory … Indians joined hands with Africans in a national political movement. Part two of the S.A.I.C. secretarial report, July …

… March-May 1984 Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC When the mass movement recovered at the end of the 1940s, the vacuum left … [10]  Quoted in  From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1964 , …

… This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the Non-European Unity Movement? The Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) was launched … to the police and any other step would have led to the mass arrest of all members, whether open or secret. To …

… "calls for the organisation, launching, and development of mass struggles on the widest scale”¦The most vital task facing the democratic movement in this country is to unleash such struggles and to … involve violence. There have been plenty of examples in history where a combination of factors have been compelling …

… our own, to listen to our own, and to speak to our own. History has determined this concrete reality and so shall it … one of the most remarkable characteristics of the congress movement - the deep and unambiguous historical ties that … remain in the front ranks, and as an integral part of the mass army of revolution that is today shaking the apartheid …