One of the great events in global labor history
2023 marks 50 years since the Durban Strikes. It doesn’t fit neatly fit into mainstream accounts of the struggle against South African apartheid.
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Peter Cole
Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University.
Durban gets a new literary festival
What happens when ike’s, a legendary bookstore in Durban, South Africa, creates a literary festival? For one, synergy.
A tribute to Ron Dellums, radical
Former US Congressman and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, who passed away recently, played a leading role in the global fight against South African Apartheid in the 1980s.
Tanzania, Black Power, and the uncertain future of Pan-Africanism
Why did Tanzania and Julius Nyerere become touchstones for Pan Africanism in the 1960s and 1970s?
Wobblies of the World Unite
A new history of a radical union that profoundly impacted Southern African politics.
George Houser: US ally of African liberation struggles
An ally of a who’s who of revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Oliver Tambo, and Kenneth Kaunda.