Anarkismo.netLearning from India: Political Parties, Alliances & Trade Union Organising for Counter-Power 05:37 Dec 31 4 comments Reflexiones de un anarquista catalán sobre los sucesos en Venezuela 08:48 Jan 30 0 comments Reinventando las identidades: historia, política y comunidad 16:44 Sep 29 0 comments Dall'anno zero dell'Irpinia 03:03 Nov 28 0 comments The "60's" Semi-Civil War Conditions In the U.S. (and elsewhere too!) With an Anarchistic Flavor 02:55 Jul 30 0 comments più >> |
Articoli recenti su Southern Africa History
The relevance of the ICU of Africa for modern day unions and liberatio... Dec 12 19 Ένωση Βιομηχ ... Dec 08 19 Our History of Struggle: the 1980s “Workerist-Populist” Debate Revisit... Dec 09 14 Bill Andrews and South Africa’s Revolutionary Syndicalists
southern africa |
history |
opinion / analysis
Tuesday April 05, 2016 18:44 by Lucien van der Walt tokologo.aac at gmail dot com
Published in Tokologo: Newsletter of the Tokologo African Anarchist Collective, numbers 5/6, p. 24 If W. H. "Bill" Andrews (1870- 1950) is remembered today, it is usually as a founder and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, today the SACP). In that role, he served as party chair, member of the executive of the Communist International, leading South African trade unionist, visitor to the Soviet Union, and defendant in the trial of communists that followed 1946 black miners' strike. However, in his earlier years, Andrews was a leading figure in the revolutionary syndicalist International Socialist League (ISL). Born in Britain, Andrews was a skilled metal worker and came from the unions. After a brief stint in parliament for the SA Labour Party, Andrews joined other radicals in the newly-founded ISL in 1915. |
Visualizza l'intero commento
save preference
Commenti (1 of 1)