South Africa and the Communist International: Volume 1: Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers, 1919-1930

Introduction: socialist ideals and Bolshevik realities - South Africa and the archives of the Communist International. Report of M. Wolberg to Comintern on 15 April 1920, appendix to no 1. Report of Informant of South African Police, 5 April 1919; report of J. Den Bakker and S. Barlin to ECCI, 25 January 1921 (extracts from Minutes of Meeting, ECCI); letter rom J. Den Bakker to ECCI, 12 March 1921; letter from J. Den Bakker to M. Kobetsky (March-April 1921); letter from W.H. Andrews to S. Barlin, 27 April 1921; report of S. Barlin to Comintern (April-June 1921); letter from W.H. Andrews to G. Zinoviev, 17 May 1921; letter from D.I. Jones to L. Trotsky, 2 June 1921 (extract); letter from S. barlin and D.I. Jones to M.V. Kobetsky, 11 June 1921; statement of South African Delegation to Comintern, 16 July 1921; letter from D.I. Jones to M. Rakosi (July-August 1921); official report of First Congress, CPSA, 30-1 July -1 August 1921 (extracts); letter from W.H. Andrews to Comintern, 10 August 1921; report by D.I. Jones to Comintern, 13 August 1921; statement by D.I. Jones to ECCI (September-October 1921); minutes of meeting, Presidium of ECCI, 10 January 1922 (extract); report of D.I. Jones to ECCI, 14 March 1922; letter from F., member of CPSA, to D.I. Jones, 16-20 March 1922; statement of D.I. Jones to ECCI, 25 March 1922; letter from D.I. Jones to V.I. Lenin, 5 April 1922; letter from D.I. Jones to Comintern, 9 May 1922; letter from I. Amter to D.I. Jones, 10 May 1922; letter from D.I. Jones to G. Zinoviev, 11 May 1922; letter from D.I. Jones to M. Rakosi, 23 May 1922; letter from S.P. Bunting to General Secretary, Comintern, 1 January 1923; letter from D.I. Jones to ECCI, 8 January 1923; letter from D.I. Jones to ECCI, 23 March 1923; report of EC to Second Congress, CPSA, 28 April 1923; report by S.P. Bunting on 4th Congress of COmintern, 29 April 1923 (extracts); letter from Provisional Secretary for calling the Negro Conference to Executive Committee, CPSA, 23 July 1923; letter from Secretary for calling Negro Conference to CPSA, 15 November 1923; minuts of Third Congress of CPSA, 27-30 October 1924 (extracts); documents of Fourth Congress of CPSA, 26-8 December 1925 (extracts); proposals of E. Sachs to Comintern, January 1926; letter from head of All-Union Society for Cultural Contacts to Krestintern, 20 June 1926; letter from Krestintern to Eastern Secretariat, ECCI, 30 June 1926; letter from S.P. Bunting to Secretary, ECCI, 3 November 1926; report by J. La Guma to Anglo-American Secretariat, ECCI, 10 March 1927 (extract); statement of J. La Guma to Presidium, ECCI, 16 march 1927; remarks of N. Bukharin to Presidium, ECCI, 16 March 1927 (extracts); resolution of Presidium of ECCI, 16 march 1927; memorandum of D. Petrovsky to Presidium of ECCI, 17 march 1927; report of meeting of Central Executive, CPSA, 7 July 1927 (extract); resolution of Politsecretariat of ECCI, 22 July 1927 (extract). (Part contents).

Apollon B. Davidson, Irina Filatova, Valentin P. Gorodnov, Sheridan Johns

This publication is a comprehensive selection of unique documents pertaining to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from the formerly closed archives of the Communist International.