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The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa
Luke Sinwell
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Description for The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa
Paperback. A comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers' movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrative Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
On 16th August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. This attempt to drown independent working-class power in blood backfired and is now recognised as a turning point in the country's history. The Spirit of Marikana tells the story of the uncelebrated leaders at the world's three largest platinum mining companies who survived the barrage of state violence, intimidation, torture and murder which was being perpetrated during this tumultuous period. What began as a ... Read more
On 16th August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. This attempt to drown independent working-class power in blood backfired and is now recognised as a turning point in the country's history. The Spirit of Marikana tells the story of the uncelebrated leaders at the world's three largest platinum mining companies who survived the barrage of state violence, intimidation, torture and murder which was being perpetrated during this tumultuous period. What began as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Wildcat
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336480
SKU
V9780745336480
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About Luke Sinwell
Luke Sinwell is a Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg. He is co-author of The Spirit of Marikana (Pluto, 2016) and Marikana: A View from the Mountain and a Case to Answer (Jacana, 2013), co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First-Century South Africa (Pluto, 2014). He is the General Secretary of the South African Sociological Association (SASA). Siphiwe ... Read more
Reviews for The Spirit of Marikana: The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa
'Exceptionally extraordinary'
CLR Journal 'An incisive yet empathetic account'
African Studies Quarterly 'This book provides a fascinating and unique account of a set of pivotal events in recent South African history, as well as insight that is both locally and comparatively profound'
Dunbar Moodie, Professor of Sociology, Wits University 'The book provides what is currently missing ... Read more
CLR Journal 'An incisive yet empathetic account'
African Studies Quarterly 'This book provides a fascinating and unique account of a set of pivotal events in recent South African history, as well as insight that is both locally and comparatively profound'
Dunbar Moodie, Professor of Sociology, Wits University 'The book provides what is currently missing ... Read more