Lessons of Struggle: South African Internal Opposition, 1960-1990

Lessons of Struggle: South African Internal Opposition, 1960-1990 Book Description

Providing an in-depth analysis of thirty years of South African opposition, this work focuses on the development of the Black Consciousness movement founded by Steve Biko, the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front, and the burgeoning trade unions, and examines how each group's ideology, in
regards to racial assertiveness, national unity, and class organization, influenced each other's and shaped popular activism. Presenting the South African conflict in the context of general theoretical debates on the role of ideas in shaping social change and theories of race, nation, class, and
revolution, Marx assesses the lessons learned in the process of the South African struggle and not only explains recent events in South Africa, but also suggests the likely implications of these past patterns of conflict on future developments. Based on unique interviews and previously undisclosed
or undigested internal organizational documents, Lessons of Struggle will be invaluable to all those interested in the South African conflict.

Anthony W Marx has contributed to Lessons of Struggle: South African Internal Opposition, 1960-1990 as an author. Anthony Marx is the 18th President of Amherst College. Previously, he was Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for Historical Social Science at Columbia University. He is the author of Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil,
winner of the Barrington Moore Prize, and co-winner of the Ralph Bunche Award.

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