Category: Red and Black Forums

2010s, Red and Black Forums, South Africa, Tokologo African Anarchist Collective

Profiles: Ousi Lawrence Zitha, 1969-2013, South Africa, TAAC

Ousi Lawrence Zitha came from Kliptown,Soweto. A factory worker much of his life, he lost his job in 2006, and became involved in anarchist political schools/ Red and Black Forums, and joined ZACF-linked Tokologo African Anarchist Collective (TAAC). The following appeared as Nobuhle Dube, 2014, “Obituary of Ousi Lawrence Zitha,” Tokologo: Newsletter of the Tokologo African Anarchist Collective, number 3, p. 3. (You can get … Continue reading Profiles: Ousi Lawrence Zitha, 1969-2013, South Africa, TAAC

SAASHA
1990s, 2000s, Bikisha Media Collective (BMC), Red and Black Forums, South Africa, Workers Library and Museum, Workers Solidarity Federation (WSF), Zabalaza Books

[UPDATED] Adverts for Workers Library and Musem mention Bikisha, Zabalaza Books

The advert below, for the Workers Library and Musem (WLM), mentions its Workers’ Bookshop carrying anarchist/ syndicalist materials from Bikisha Media Collective (BMC) and Zabalaza Books.  The WLM was a non-sectarian labour support organisation, based in downtown Johannesburg, in which some anarchists from the Workers Solidarity Federation (WSF), then Bikisha participated 1998-2002.  Records indicate sales of BMC and Zabalaza Books materials were brisk. The Workers’ … Continue reading [UPDATED] Adverts for Workers Library and Musem mention Bikisha, Zabalaza Books

SAASHA
2000s, Red and Black Forums, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front

ZACF: 2008 Soweto, Red & Black Forum, Meadowlands on “Community Control of the Poor Community”

http://www.anarkismo.net/article/8717 Southern Africa – Anarchist Communist Event Saturday April 26 2008 Soweto: Red & Black Forum, Meadowlands Friday April 25, 2008 22:36 by Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front – ZACF At the invitation of Soweto Concerned Residents, an Anti-Privatisation Forum affiliate and split from the Trotskyists-influenced Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, members of the ZACF will be facilitating an all-day workshop in Meadowlands, Soweto. The topic of … Continue reading ZACF: 2008 Soweto, Red & Black Forum, Meadowlands on “Community Control of the Poor Community”

Lucien van der Walt
2000s, Red and Black Forums, South Africa, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front

ZACF: 2009 Red and Black Forum, Orange Farm, “Does the Vote Bring Democracy?”

http://www.anarkismo.net/article/11749 Southern Africa – Anarchist Communist Event Saturday February 21 2009 This was a notice for a 2009 Red & Black Forum run for the Orange Farm Electricity and Water Crisis Committee. Orange Farm is a giant squatter camp south of Soweto. The workshop was extended by popular demand to 2 days. Red & Black Forum: Does the Vote Bring Democracy?   Wednesday February 04, … Continue reading ZACF: 2009 Red and Black Forum, Orange Farm, “Does the Vote Bring Democracy?”

SAASHA
2000s, Red and Black Forums, South Africa, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front

ZACF: Report on 2009 Red & Black Forum on the Economic Crisis

http://www.anarkismo.net/article/14448 Report on Red & Black Forum on the Economic Crisis Tuesday September 15, 2009 22:57 by Jon – ZACF On Saturday 12th September the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) facilitated a Red and Black Forum – or popular education workshop – at a hall in the Sebokeng Municipal Hostel in Sebokeng township, about 50 kilometers south of Johannesburg. The theme of the workshop was … Continue reading ZACF: Report on 2009 Red & Black Forum on the Economic Crisis

Lucien van der Walt