International Socialist League (South Africa)
International Socialist League | |
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| Abbreviation | ISL |
| Founder | David Ivon Jones |
| Founded | September 1915 |
| Dissolved | February 12, 1921 |
| Merged into | CPSA |
| Ideology | Marxism De Leonism Syndicalism[1] |
| Political position | Far-left |
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Formed in September 1915, it established branches across much of South Africa (excluding the Western Cape). While early attempts to recruit white workers failed, the ISL soon came to the attention of the young
Coloured and Indian
membership.
Following the
Communist Party of South Africa in 1921.[5]
The ISL became defunct following its merge into the
Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) in 1921 but, provided many notable early figures to the Communist Party. The centrality of the ISL in the formation of the SACP left a political mark on the party for years to come, and was responsible for a strong syndicalist influence on the early politics of the SACP.[6]
In his address to the 2015 Biennial National Conference of the
South African Jews for being "among the first to organise the South African working class" as some Jewish activists "were among the founders of the International Socialist League."[7]
See also
- Socialist Labor Party
- South African Communist Party
- Industrial Workers of the World
References
Footnotes
- ^ Hirson 2005, p. 7.
- ^ a b Hirson 2005, pp. 7–19.
- ^ van der Walt 2004, pp. 67–89.
- ^ Simelane 1981, pp. 32–35.
- ^ Hirson 2005, pp. 45–47.
- ^ Lerumo 1987, pp. 42–.
- ^ Zuma, Jacob (22 November 2015). "President Jacob Zuma: Biennial National Conference of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies". South African Government. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
Bibliography
- Hirson, Baruch (2005). A History of the Left in South Africa: Writings of Baruch Hirson. ISBN 1282751042.
- Lerumo, A. (1987). Fifty Fighting Years: The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921–1971. ISBN 0950422517.
- Simelane, David (1981). "The International Socialist League". Umkhonto we Sizwe. South African History Online. pp. 32–35. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- S2CID 219731903. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Further reading
Articles
- Johns, Sheridan (1976). "The Birth of the Communist Party of South Africa". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 9 (3): 371–400. JSTOR 216844.
- "The International Socialist League (ISL)". South African History Online. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- S2CID 218645592. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Books
- Bradford, Helen (1987). A Taste of Freedom: the ICU in rural South Africa, 1924-1930. ISBN 0869753339.
- Drew, Allison (2002). Discordant Comrades: Identities and Loyalties on the South African Left. ISBN 1868882055.
- Johns, Sheridan Waite (1965). Marxism-Leninism in a multi-racial environment: the origins and early history of the Communist Party of South Africa, 1914-1932 (doctoral thesis). Harvard University. OCLC 221178684.
- ISBN 978-1-904859-16-1.
