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Hamba kahle comrade Bobo Makhoba (1975-2016) Oct 03 16 Sud Africa: il sindacalista rivoluzionario indiano Bernard Sigamoney d... Dec 24 14 Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist Dec 12 14 Launch of the online Southern African Anarchist and Syndicalist History Archive (SAASHA)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 May 2014: launch of the online Southern African Anarchist and Syndicalist History Archive (SAASHA) Launch of the online Southern African Anarchist and Syndicalist History Archive (SAASHA)1 May 2014: launch of the online Southern African Anarchist and Syndicalist History Archive (SAASHA) http://saasha.net/ The online Southern African Anarchist and Syndicalist History Archive (SAASHA) site is focused on collecting primary documents, source materials and publications related to the anarchist and syndicalist movement in southern Africa. It is building a digital archive of written materials and images from the anarchist and revolutionary syndicalist organisations from the 1880s to the present. It also collects analyses and studies of the anarchist and syndicalist current in southern Africa. This movement emerged from the 1880s in the Cape Colony, and grew rapidly from the early twentieth century. Its key impact was in South Africa, but it had some influence in Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Decline from the mid-1920s was marked, although not total. The 1990s, as elsewhere, saw an important revival in South Africa, with subsequent connections in Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. At present there are around 200 posts, and we have substantial amounts of additional materials to scan and post. We are always looking for new materials: we do not have everything. Please contact us at http://saasha.net/contact/ if you have any material by, about or relating to southern African anarchism and syndicalism. If you can send us a PDF it will be greatly appreciated; alternatively, if we can borrow what you have, we will scan and return it. We reserve the right to select which materials and comments appear on this site. |
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This paper examines the development of anarchism and syndicalism in early twentieth century Cape Town, South Africa, drawing attention to a crucial but neglected chapter of labor and left history.
A global movement, the anarchist and syndicalist tradition has influenced people from all walks of life. A notable figure was Bernard L.E. Sigamoney, born in 1888. The grandson of indentured Indian labourers, who arrived in South Africa in the 1870s, he became a school teacher with a working class outlook. [Italiano]
The first installation in the Zabalaza's new series on Black Stars of Anarchism: The son of a Wesleyan minister, Thibedi William Thibedi was one of the most important black African revolutionary syndicalists in South African history. Thibedi was a leading figure in the International Socialist League (ISL) and in the Industrial Workers of Africa syndicalist union. Later he played an important role in the early Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), particularly its union work. He was active in all of the key black unions from the 1910s to the 1940s.
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were the South African Wobblies? This article looks at three key figures. From Industrial Worker, May 2011, no. 1735.
One of the lesser-known heroes of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921 was Shalom (Samuel) Schwartzbard, whose name is alternately given as Sholem Shvartsbard. Schwartzbard assassinated Petliur in Paris in 1926 because of his alleged anti-semetic pograms.
This paper examines the development of anarchism and syndicalism in early twentieth century Cape Town, South Africa, drawing attention to a crucial but neglected chapter of labor and left history. |