‘Popular Struggles or One Struggle?’ Originally published in 1988 shortly after the miners’ strike in South Africa of 1987, this book begins with a strongly argued and seminal discussion of this question by William Cobbett and Robin Cohen.

Introduction Robin Cohen and William Cobbett. Popular Struggles or One Struggle: Dilemmas of Liberation 1. The Re-Emergence of Political Unionism in Contemporary South Africa? Rob Lambert and Eddie Webster 2. Lessons from the Sarmcol Strike Debbie Bonnin and Ari Sitas 3. The Origins of Political Mobilisation in the PWV Townships, 1980-84 Jeremy Seekings 4. The Flight of the Herschelites: Ethnic Nationalism and Land Dispossession William Cobbett and Brian Nakedi 5. The United Democratic Front and Township Revolt Mark Swilling 6. Kwandebele – The Struggle Against ‘Independence’ Transvaal Rural Action Committee 7. Counter-Revolution as Reform: Struggle in the Bantustans Jeremy Keenan 8. From Bantu Education to People’s Education Eric Molobi 9. State Control, Student Politics and the Crisis on Black Universities Nkosinathi Gwala 10. School Student Movements and State Education Policy: 1972-87 Jonathan Hyslop 11. Class, Race and the Future of Socialism John Saul.

Original reviews of Popular Struggles in South Africa: ‘This is a book which should be read by everyone outside South Africa who is opposed to the horror and obscenity of apartheid. It documents in an accessible and riveting way, some of the tenacity, diversity and continuity of popular resistance to the state and its surrogates’. –David Mason Journal of Modern African Studies, 26 (4) 1988.‘Above and beyond the analytical precision of these debates, and the sense of immediacy which participants convey, the value of this collection is to reveal the seriousness with which a generation of activists analyse problems in order to overcome them. Their cold-eyed analyses bring them to the heart of the dilemmas they face daily, incidentally offering us a window on their worlds. What might have been a collection of battleground snap-shots is in reality one of the most incisive and profound accounts of the tensions and conflicts which underlie the daily violence, tragedy, heroism and betrayals of their lives.’ – Donald Denoon Australian Journal of International Affairs, 44 (3) 1990.‘The book under review analyses the internal dynamic of the struggle against the apartheid system. Contributions to it are from an illustrious group of progressive academics and activists, one of whom, David Webster, was recently murdered by the agents of the apartheid regime.’ – “Mzala” Journal of Southern African Studies, 16 (3) 1990.‘The importance of this book is beyond doubt: its subject matter is of vital importance and too little represented in the abundant South African literature. It is a disturbing book, not only in its reports of repression, conflict and struggle, but also in its confirmation that intolerance has bred intolerance.’ – Anthony Lemon Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 28 (1) 1990.