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… John Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession … John Gomas …

… John Stephen Gomas was born on 8th April 1901 near Malmesbury in the …  (SANNC) later the African National Congress (ANC).In 1920 Gomas moved to Cape Town and within three years was a … who had shot dead an African in Paarl for having no pass,Gomas served three months in jail under the "hostility …

… Letter from C. F. Glass to John Gomas, 7 June 1927 …

… Review: Johnny Gomas as I knew him …

… Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South …

… Drew Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956 In the train Patrick Duncan 3 October … Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956 …

… of the first generation of revolutionary fighters, Johnny Gomas has left deep imprints on the national liberation … heard of him? With hardly any formal schooling, Johnny Gomas learned his lessons in the struggle and in the broad … Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by …

… . The pamphlet was sold for 3d.; Written: by John Gomas District Organiser of Communist Party Cape Town Branch. … 100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa …

… Allison Drew Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956 Botany Dept University Johannesburg 23 … Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956 …

… Document 41 - John Gomas, Separate Representation —— Our Damnation [1958] …

… Document 14 - Letter from C. F. Glass to John Gomas, 7 June 1927 …

… - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South …             JOHN GOMAS … Document 35 - Letter from John Gomas to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South …

… In 1935, she joined with Communist Party members Johnny Gomas and James La Guma in founding the multiracial National …

… Document 18 - Letter from C. I. R. Fortein to John Gomas, 29 April 1950 …

… John Stephen Gomas, trade unionist and political activist, dies in Cape …

… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, … John Stephen Gomas, trade unionist and political activist, dies in Cape …

… Document 27 - Letter from John Gomas to The Editor, New Age, 15 October 1956 …

… Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South …

… Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 91 - John Gomas, "The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must … Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must …

… Document 111 - Letters from Moses Kotane to John Gomas, 14, 17, 18 and 23 December 1937 …

… 1929, after meeting Cissie Gool and lifelong friend John Gomas , she joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) …

… It was in the ICU of the early 1920s that la Guma met John Gomas who was to become a close associate throughout his … the Soviet Union (USSR) in the company of ANC president, J. T. Gumede. Later that year he returned to the USSR at the …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … to the white Labour Party and the dormancy of the ANC, Gomas and other activists in and outside the CPSA discussed … debates and alternative strategies became a priority. For Gomas, the CPSA had become too openly liberal and reformist …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two … order hanging over his head. Neither in life nor death did Gomas receive any rewards. Throughout his whole life he had …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … determination to make CPSA the vanguard party which led Gomas largely to ignore the anti-black attitudes and social … at the time of the strike. Appearing in court before Mr. J H Hotson, Gomas was singled m for the sharp tongue of the …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Although out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen interest the sharp ideological … to other struggles in Africa much more than the ANC did. Gomas identified himself with the basic tenets of Africanism. …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … by organised workers concretely proved the correctness of Gomas's perseverance in trying to build trade unionism. Since … the labours of such commuinists as Ray Alexander and John Gomas in the Cape." Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed to have found his niche: organising workers … of the struggle against exploitation and colour bars that Gomas (and others) preferred solutions to the ills of South …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … out for South Africa, black members of the Party such as Gomas and La Guma, as well as the young Communist League, was … Another delegate was Gumede from the ANC, in whose place Gomas was then acting as president of the ANC (Western Cape). …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by … of a surprise to many, people when Elizabeth married David Gomas, about whose past people at Abbotsdale knew little. … the ANC to the war were not uniform. While people such as J L Dube supported the inclusion of blacks as soldiers, …