Class struggle and resistance in Africa / / edited by Leo Zeilig

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819669103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Ill., : Haymarket Books, 2009
• ISBN: 1-60846-056-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ZeiligLeo
• Disciplina: 305.6096
• Soggetti: Social conflict - Africa - History - 20th century; Social classes - Africa - History - 20th century; Africa History 20th century; Africa Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE 2009 EDITION: RESISTING THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA -- MARXISM, CLASS, AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICA -- POPULAR PROTEST AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN AFRICA: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- GLOBALIZATION, IMPERIALISM, AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN EGYPT, 1880-2000 -- "THERE SHALL BE NO PROPERTY": TRADE UNIONS, CLASS, AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA -- RESISTING THE STATE: THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND WORKING-CLASS POLITICS IN ZAMBIA, 1964-91 -- SOUTH AFRICA UNDER THE ANC: STILL BOUND TO THE CHAINS OF EXPLOITATION -- REVOLUTIONARIES, RESISTANCE, AND CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE -- CONCLUSION: "SHINGA MUSHANDI SHINGA! QINA MSEBENZI QINA!" -- FURTHER ACTION -- NOTES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays and interviews studies class struggle and social empowerment on the African continent.