African_Peoples'_Democratic_Union_of_Southern_Africa

African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa

African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa

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The African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) is a Trotskyist political group in South Africa. Formed in 1961, it emerged from the Non-European Unity Movement, and was closely associated with I.B. Tabata, a leading Marxist who died in exile in 1990. Its aim was to end white minority domination of South Africa and ultimately achieve a socialist revolution supported by an alliance of the urban proletariat and peasantry.[1] APDUSA was involved in armed struggle in the 1960s, but suffered heavy repression from the apartheid state.[2] APDUSA remains active today [3] and publishes the APUDUSAN Newsletter.[4]


References

  1. John Sharp (2011). Devisch, René; Nyamnjoh, Francis (eds.). The Postcolonial Turn. African Books Collective. p. 76. ISBN 9789956726653.
  2. 'Robin Kayser & Mohamed Adhikari, 2004, "Peasant and Proletarian: A History of the African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa," Kleio, volume 36, number 1, pp. 5-27
  3. "APUDUSAN Newsletter". APUDUSA. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  • APDUSA website and archive
  • APDUSA/ NEUM online repository

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