By Richard Monroe
First published in Inqaba Ya Basebenzi, no. 13, March-May 1984
2002 Introduction by Jordi Martorell
Chapter 1 - The victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The movement in a crucial phase
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
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