Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa featuring Luke Sinwell, senior researcher at the University of Johannesburg, whose research includes radical theories and practices of participatory governance, social movements and housing struggles, ethnographic research methods and action research. In addition to his book on Marikana, he is co-editor of Contesting Transformation: Popular Resistance in Twenty-First Century South Africa
The Marikana massacre, which witnessed 34 mineworkers being gunned down by the police August 16, 2012 arguably marked a key turning point in South African history. However, we know very little about the informal networks that were created by mineworkers in order to challenge management not only at Lonmin (Marikana), but also at Amplats and Impala South African. Luke Sinwell works closely with militant workers, especially miners, and the Left, particularly the Democratic Left Front, and will talk about mining, capitalism and the spirit of Marikana. Recently the Democratic Left Front acting in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. held a march on the U.S. consulate in protest against the police murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, linking police brutality in the U.S. to what militants face in South Africa. ******************* Plus 350,000 Member Strong Union Leader at Forefront of Organizing United Front Against South Africa s Class Inequalities with Irvin Jim, Secretary General, National Union of Metal Workers South Africa ( NUMSA )
produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
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