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SACP / African Communist documents

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Kind union or movement records
Producer SACP
Coverage 1962-1993
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining 1
Resistance and liberation movements 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Cronin (1994) ANC/SACP/COSATU 1993, 'Lessons from E.Tvl Consumer Boycott', Tripartite report, Umsebenzi vol.9 no.2 May-June 1993 Extended quotation used as a case showing mass action and negotiations combining at the local and regional level.
Cronin (1994) Joe Slovo 1992, 'What room for compromise?'; Pallo Jordan 1992, 'Strategic debate in the ANC'; Blade Nzimande 1992 (African Communist nos.130-131) 1992 Treated as texts for discourse analysis of the national liberation paradigm and the 'culminating point' idea.
Cronin (1994) Raymond Suttner 1992, 'The Bisho massacre: an assessment', The African Communist no.130 September 1992 Participant testimony used to show insurrectionist expectations and strategic confusion in the alliance before the Bisho march.
Cronin (1994) SACP 1981, South African Communists Speak (1962 programme 'The Road to South African Freedom') 1962 programme; published 1981 Cited as evidence of teleological 'African Revolution' thinking in liberation theory.
Cronin (1994) Theo Molaba, 'Letter of resignation', May 1993, in The African Communist no.135 1993 Testimony that activists wanted insurrection at Chris Hani's funeral vigil.