Showing posts with label William Keniston. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Richard Turner's Contribution to a Socialist Political Culture in South Africa 1968 - 1978
William
Keniston, MA Thesis, 2010
Richard
Turner, a banned political science lecturer from the University of
Natal, was assassinated on the 8th of January, 1978. In the ten years
preceding, Turner had been actively involved in a wide range of
activities radically opposed to apartheid and capitalism. Turner was
a remarkable professor, who taught his students more through
questioning and dialogue than lecture. Turner had a significant
impact on left wing white students. He played an important role in
encouraging white activists to understand Black Consciousness as a
radical politics
to be embraced, rather than shunned. Turner encouraged whites to find
a role for themselves within a struggle that he saw as driven by
Black demands and programmes. In addition, Turner was involved in the
emerging trade union movement, following the wildcat strikes in 1973.
He participated in creating the Institute for Industrial Education,
which had a curriculum focused on increasing class consciousness
amongst workers building democratic trade unions.
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