A History of the Left in South Africa

Yael Hirson is a historian who had edited her late husband's writings.

Acronyms and abbreviations – vi
Foreword by Shula Marks – ix
Introduction by Tom Lodge – xiii
Acknowledgements – xx
1. Syndicalists in South Africa: 1907-23 – 1
2. The IWA and the ICU: 1917-20 – 9
3. The general strike of 1922 – 18
4. Entryism and the CPSA: 1923-25 – 44
5. The 1925 Bloemfontein riots: a study in community culture and class-consciousness – 53
6. Tuskegee: the JCENs and the AAC – 65
7. The reorganization of African trade unions in Johannesburg: 1936-42 – 75
8. The early Trotskyist groups in South Africa – 88
9. Spark ant the ‘red nun’ – 106
10. The black republic slogan: the response of the Trotskyists – 123
11. The defiance campaign, 1952: social struggle or party stratagem? – 134
12. A short history of the NEUM: an insider’s view – 156
13. Daniel Koza: a working-class leader – 180
14. A trade union organizer in Durban: M. B. Yengwa, 1943-44
15. A question of class: the writings of Kenneth A Jordaan – 220
16. The dualism of I. B. Tabata – 232
Notes – 237
References – 255
Index – 261