Beyond Apartheid: Labour and Liberation in South Africa

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All too often, the struggle against apartheid is seen in single-issue terms - terms which oversimplify and distort the real nature of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Beyond Apartheid offers a timely and provocative analysis of the liberation movement in South Africa, demonstrating that the roots of the present conflict can be traced back to the class struggles of the 1940s and 1950s.
In a fusion of historical sociology and political theory, Robert Fine and Dennis Davis explore the complex and often problematic relationship between nationalism, socialism and democracy in the anti-apartheid struggle. They look, too, at the role of trade union organisation and the growth of working-class consciousness, the part played by community movements, and the increasingly important development of women's groups. And they consider the ways in which competing political groupings fought for leadership of the liberation movement as a whole.
Beyond Apartheid provides a fuller understanding of the complex political reality underlying the struggle for democracy in South Africa. It is essential reading for all those concerned with the fight against apartheid, offering a breadth and depth of analysis that makes a singular contribution to our knowledge of the struggle.