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“Manifesto of the Mine Workers” - Council of Action, Johannesburg, 1921

Source: The Workers’ Dreadnought, 18 February 1922

“Where WE Stand” - Industrial Socialist League, Cape Town, February 1920

Source: The Bolshevik, February 1920

“Ba Sebetsi Ba Afrika” - Industrial Workers of Africa, Johannesburg, 1917

Source: translation by Wilfred Jali attached to report on meeting of 1 November 1917, Department of Justice, "The ISL and Coloured Workers”, JD 3/527/17, National Archives, Pretoria

“International Socialism and the Native: no labour movement without the black proletariat” - International Socialist League, Johannesburg, 1917

Source: The International, 7 December 1917

“Revolutionary Industrial Unionism” - International Socialist League, Johannesburg, 1917

Source: The International, 1 June 1917

“WAR!” - Wilfred Harrison, War on War League, Cape Town, 1914

Source: Simons Papers, Manuscript and Archives section, African Studies Centre, University of Cape Town, Fragile Papers section

“Industrial Unionism in South Africa” - IWW, Johannesburg, 1910

Source: Industrial Solidarity, 1 October 1910

“Fight for Africa, which you deserve” - Written for the Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin (Britain) 2001

The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921. A historical look at early revolutionary syndicalist unions in South Africa.

We are building up a union - Old Poem of the I.C.U.

We are building up a union,
With which we hope to save the land
I.C.U. are its initials,
In its ranks we take our stand.

Manifesto of the Industrial Socialist League - The Bolshevik, Cape Town, February 1920

The interests of the Working Class and of the Employing Class are diametrically opposed.

Pamphlet of The Industrial Workers of Africa - Johannesberg, 1918

Friend are you not a worker?
Is it not true that we Black People do every work in the country?
If so why do you not become a member of the Industrial Workers of Africa?

Revolutionary Syndicalism and Anti-Racism in South Africa - Between racial capitalism and revolutionary socialism

Lucien van der Walt, Johannesburg 2001

Paper presented at: The Burden of race? "Whiteness" And "Blackness" in modern South Africa History Workshop and Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - 5 July to 8 July 2001
A well researched and detailed study highlighting the much distorted history of Revolutionary Syndicalism in South Africa in the 1920's


	*Southern Africa's Fighting History* On the Outside Looking In - Colliding with Apartheid and Other Authorities - by Alan Lipman Auto-biography of veteran communist-turned-anarchist Alan Lipman. From his early life growing up during the brutal apartheid years, to battles in the desert in Israel, through his dissillusionment with the Communist Party and his move to Anarchism. “Manifesto of the Mine Workers” - Council of Action, Johannesburg, 1921 Source: The Workers’ Dreadnought, 18 February 1922 “Where WE Stand” - Industrial Socialist League, Cape Town, February 1920 Source: The Bolshevik, February 1920 “Ba Sebetsi Ba Afrika” - Industrial Workers of Africa, Johannesburg, 1917 Source: translation by Wilfred Jali attached to report on meeting of 1 November 1917, Department of Justice, "The ISL and Coloured Workers”, JD 3/527/17, National Archives, Pretoria “International Socialism and the Native: no labour movement without the black proletariat” - International Socialist League, Johannesburg, 1917 Source: The International, 7 December 1917 “Revolutionary Industrial Unionism” - International Socialist League, Johannesburg, 1917 Source: The International, 1 June 1917 “WAR!” - Wilfred Harrison, War on War League, Cape Town, 1914 Source: Simons Papers, Manuscript and Archives section, African Studies Centre, University of Cape Town, Fragile Papers section “Industrial Unionism in South Africa” - IWW, Johannesburg, 1910 Source: Industrial Solidarity, 1 October 1910 “Fight for Africa, which you deserve” - Written for the Kate Sharpley Library Bulletin (Britain) 2001 The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921. A historical look at early revolutionary syndicalist unions in South Africa. We are building up a union - Old Poem of the I.C.U. We are building up a union, With which we hope to save the land I.C.U. are its initials, In its ranks we take our stand. Manifesto of the Industrial Socialist League - The Bolshevik, Cape Town, February 1920 The interests of the Working Class and of the Employing Class are diametrically opposed. Pamphlet of The Industrial Workers of Africa - Johannesberg, 1918 Friend are you not a worker? Is it not true that we Black People do every work in the country? If so why do you not become a member of the Industrial Workers of Africa? Revolutionary Syndicalism and Anti-Racism in South Africa - Between racial capitalism and revolutionary socialism Lucien van der Walt, Johannesburg 2001 Paper presented at: The Burden of race? "Whiteness" And "Blackness" in modern South Africa History Workshop and Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - 5 July to 8 July 2001 A well researched and detailed study highlighting the much distorted history of Revolutionary Syndicalism in South Africa in the 1920's