Everyday Communists in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle: The Lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker de Alan Kirkaldy

Everyday Communists in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle: The Lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

Autor Alan Kirkaldy

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This book explores the role of social movements in the Southern African liberation struggle, through the lens of two ‘everyday communists’. Focusing on the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the author explores the lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker, whose contribution to the party was more clandestine than that of leaders such as Bram Fischer and Joe Slovo. They represent how ‘ordinary’ people could play significant roles based on stances more rooted in common decency and morality than in Marxist theory. The book also sheds light on the interplay between transnational and national tendencies during the liberation movement, particularly between the 1940s and the 1960s. The Schermbruckers changed their views in response to the shifting national and international political landscape, the rise of Stalinism, and the flight of South African activists into exile from the 1960s. Both fluent in African languages, they were able to create relationships of trust with African membersof the CPSA. Examining tensions and conflicts during the liberation struggle, this book provides fresh insights into ‘underground’ activism.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030839239
ISBN-10: 3030839230
Pagini: 386
Ilustrații: XVIII, 386 p. 13 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2022
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. The Socio-Political Context: Finding Communism and Ivan and Lesley's Early Years.- 3. Partners in Activism: Ivan and Lesley.- 4. Tightening Repression: Increasing Involvement, Surveillance and Detention.- 5. The Trial of Bram Fischer and Thirteen Others.- 6. Women Picking up the Spear: Lesley's Increasing Involvement, Arrest and Trial.- 7. Prison Life.- 8. Aftermath.

Recenzii

“The book comes across as a well-thought-through publication. … Alan Kirkaldy’s book is an interesting read that compensates for the gaps that exist in South African historiography. Undoubtedly, the author’s thorough research reflected in this dual biography is commendable.” (Tasleemah Hazarvi, Yesterday & Today, Issue 30, December, 2023)

“Kirkaldy’s moving biography is about ‘everyday’ lives in a different sense from the ordinary. … Kirkaldy illuminates Lesley’s and Ivan’s everyday experience: their residences; their bill paying … and of course their love and confidence in each other, for it is very much a book about a marriage. His heroes may be ordinary enough people, but in the way they lived their lives, they achieved ‘a trumph of the everyday’ … .” (Tom Lodge, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, June, 2022) 72 Words

Notă biografică

Alan Kirkaldy is Associate Professor and Head of the History Department at Rhodes University, South Africa. He has previously published works on the Kalk Bay fishing community and Venda history. Alan has lectured on African and environmental history since 1989. Much of his teaching has focused on liberation movements.

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This book explores the role of social movements in the Southern African liberation struggle, through the lens of two ‘everyday communists’. Focusing on the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the author explores the lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker, whose contribution to the party was more clandestine than that of leaders such as Bram Fischer and Joe Slovo. They represent how ‘ordinary’ people could play significant roles based on stances more rooted in common decency and morality than in Marxist theory. The book also sheds light on the interplay between transnational and national tendencies during the liberation movement, particularly between the 1940s and the 1960s. The Schermbruckers changed their views in response to the shifting national and international political landscape, the rise of Stalinism, and the flight of South African activists into exile from the 1960s. Both fluent in African languages, they were able to create relationships of trust with African members ofthe CPSA. Examining tensions and conflicts during the liberation struggle, this book provides fresh insights into ‘underground’ activism.

Alan Kirkaldy is Associate Professor and Head of the History Department at Rhodes University, South Africa. He has previously published works on the Kalk Bay fishing community and Venda history. Alan has lectured on African and environmental history since 1989. Much of his teaching has focused on liberation movements.

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Explores the role of social movements in the Southern African liberation struggle Sheds light on the interplay between transnational and national tendencies during the liberation movement Provides fresh insights into ‘underground’ activism