- Democratic Socialist Movement (South Africa)
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Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) is the name of the South African section of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).
History
The CWI section in South Africa was historically known as the Marxist Workers Tendency (MWT) of the African National Congress (ANC) and had been formed by activists who had helped build independent trade unions and participated in the 1973 KwaZulu-Natal strikes. Members of the MWT included Nimrod Sejake[1], Zackie Achmat and Martin Legassick.
In 1981 they began publishing the journal Inqaba Ya Basebenzi (Fortress of the Workers) from exile in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ireland and the United Kingdom where they were in exile. Four members of the MWT were expelled from the ANC at the 16 June 1985 ANC Consultative Conference in Zambia.[2]
In 1989 it started producing the newspaper Congress Militant.
The DSM was refounded in October 2002 at a conference of 45 people held on the 5th and 6th of that month at the University of Durban-Westville.[3]
References
- ^ Taaffe, P. (1994) South Africa: From Slavery to Apartheid London: Militant Labour
- ^ Attack on ANC Marxists is an attack on ANC's socialist youth, Inqaba ya Basebenzi, February 1986, Issue 16/17 pg.82 - Retrieved 17/12/09
- ^ "An honour to attend your conference" - Retrieved 12/11/07
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