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Departement Geschichte | Hirschgässlein 21, Basel, Seminarraum 1
Alex Lichtenstein: Emancipating South Africa's Black Working Class: The Meaning of the 1973 Durban Strikes
During the rst three months of 1973, striking African workers brought the port city of Durban to a virtually standstill. Despite a lack of formal organization or any recognized legal strike rights, these workers tested their collective strength against employers and the apartheid regime. In doing so, they helped birth a militant trade union movement that would become crucial to the anti-apartheid struggle. This talk explains why this neglected working-class struggle deserves a central place in South African history.
Alex Lichtenstein is a professor of history at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA. He is also the editor of the journal American Historical Review.
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