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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF BLACK RESISTANCE, 1932 - 1952

Introduction

Economic development and the expansion of the African working class

The quiescence of political organisation in the 1930s

Mass spontaneity and the radicalism African political organisation in the 1940s

The Transition to a National Mass Movement, 1949 - 1952

CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE AND FREEDOM CHARTER:ORIGINS AND NATURE

Origins of the Campaign

Political objectives of the Campaign for the CoP and Freedom Charter

National Plan of Action

Natal Campaign for the Congress of the People

The Cape Campaign for the Congress of the People

Congress of the People Campaign in the OFS


This is a study of the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter which was initiated by the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) and the South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) in 1953 and completed by early 1956....

FORWORD

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

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CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE AND FREEDOM CHARTER: TRANSVAAL

Launching of the CoP Campaign

Campaign in the urban areas

The Campaign in the Rural Areas

Participation of women in the CoP Campaign

The role of the Black Trade Union Movement

Involvement of the SAPC

Problems of organisation

The CoP, 25 - 26 June

THE FREEDOM CHARTER - Beacon for the liberation struggle

CONCLUSION

The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason....