Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (397 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783030839215
Serie:
Palgrave studies in the history of social movements
Inhalt:
Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction and Author's Note -- 2 The Socio-Political Context, Finding Communism and Ivan and Lesley's Early Years -- The CPSA/SACP, the ANC, Transnationalism and African Nationalism -- Women in the Struggle -- A Sense of Rootedness: The Colonel -- The Rural Economy: Transkei and Zululand Traders -- Foundations of an Activist Ideology: Ivan's Childhood and Youth -- Radicalising Influences -- The Party's Paper: Work, the Move to the Guardian and Funding the Party -- Lesley's Family and Youth -- Developing a Political Ideology and Establishing a Working Career -- Stalinism -- 3 Partners in Activism-Ivan and Lesley -- Life Partners and Struggle Partners -- Security Legislation, Repression and Financing the Guardian -- Growing in the Struggle -- 4 Tightening Repression: Increasing Involvement, Surveillance and Detention -- Security Legislation in the 1960S in Context -- On the Central Committee -- Funding the Revolution and Supporting Its Captured Cadres -- The State Cracks Down-Becoming a Target, Detention and Torture -- Women Filling the Gap -- Stayers vs Leavers in the Struggle -- Situation of the Left at This Time -- 5 The Trial of Bram Fischer and 13 Others -- Awaiting Trial -- The Accused -- The Trial Begins -- Ivan's Defence and Cross-Examination -- Judgement and Sentence -- Reflections on Activism-Pre-incarceration Letters -- 6 Women Picking up the Spear: Lesley's Increasing Involvement, Arrest and Trial -- Increasing Involvement, Further Arrests and Detentions, Clandestine Meetings, Party Funds and Hiding Bram Fischer -- Lesley's Arrest and Detention and Bram Fischer's Preliminary Hearing -- Those Who Gave State Evidence -- Tightening the Net Further-Lelsey and Violet's Trial -- Caught in the Crossfire-The Children -- 7 Prison Life.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783030839208
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030839208
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Schermbrucker, Ivan 1921-1981
;
Schermbrucker, Leslie 1926-
;
Südafrika
;
Kommunismus
;
Biografie
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