New Book Outlines the Imperatives of Africa's Next Liberation Struggle
Fueled by four decades of study and activism, John Saul illuminates the dynamics of change in Southern Africa. With clarity and passion he charts the movements, many of whose actions were first launched from a rear base in Tanzania, that brought about the independence of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia and the overthrow of apartheid in South Africa. Looking ahead, he outlines the imperatives of Africa's next liberation struggle—for socio-economic freedom and popularly-defined development.
New Book Outlines the Imperatives of Africa's Next Liberation Struggle
Monthly Review Press (New York City)
Press Release
November 3, 2005
The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy in
Southern Africa
by John S. Saul
John Saul has had a long and distinguished 40-year career as a writer,
teacher, and activist. He is the author of 14 books covering African
politics and development and has taught at the University of Dar es
Salaam in Tanzania, the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, and
the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fueled by four decades of study and activism, John Saul illuminates
the dynamics of change in Southern Africa. With clarity and passion he
charts the movements, many of whose actions were first launched from a
rear base in Tanzania, that brought about the independence of
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia and the overthrow of apartheid in
South Africa. Looking ahead, he outlines the imperatives of Africa's
next liberation struggle—for socio-economic freedom and
popularly-defined development.
Praise for The Next Liberation Struggle
"John Saul's book is as much the fruit of many decades of struggle and
commitment to the cause of the working class in Africa as it is of
careful scholarly research. Both as a scholar and an activist he has
taught and inspired many revolutionaries, myself included, and has
been part of bold practical efforts to go beyond capitalism."
—Trevor Ngwane, chair, Anti-Privatization Forum, South Africa
"John Saul writes political science 'from below' most rigorously. His
work stands in the international literature as among the most
widely-cited analyses of Southern African politics and this book is
another extremely important contribution."
— Patrick Bond, University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society, Durban
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: Liberation and After
PART ONE: CONTINENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
Preface to Part I: Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy
1. CAPITALISM: Sub-Saharan Africa in Global Capitalism (with Colin Leys)
2. SOCIALISM: What Is to Be Learned? The Failure of African Socialisms
and their Future
3. DEMOCRACY: Liberal Democracy vs. Popular Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
PART TWO: SOUTHERN AFRICA: A RANGE OF VARIATION
Preface to Part II: Peace and Reconciliation; Authoritarianism and
African Socialism
4. PEACE: On War and Peace in Africa: The Mozambican Case
5. RECONCILIATION: Lubango and After: 'Forgotten History' as Politics
in Contemporary Namibia (with Colin Leys)
6. AUTHORITARIANISM: Mugabe, Gramsci, and Zimbabwe at Twenty-Five
(with Richard Saunders)
7. "AFRICAN SOCIALISM": Julius Nyerere's Socialism: Learning from Tanzania
PART THREE: SOUTH AFRICA: DEBATING THE TRANSITION
Preface to Part III: South Africa in Transition
8. SOUTH AFRICA: The Transition
9. SOUTH AFRICA: The Post-Apartheid Denouement
10. SOUTH AFRICA: Starting from Scratch? A Debate
11. SOUTH AFRICA: The Hares, the Hounds and the ANC: On Joining the
Third World in Post-Apartheid South Africa
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
12. LIBERATION: Africa: The Next Liberation Struggle
Appendix: A Class Act: Canada's Anti-Apartheid Record
Notes
Index
ISBN: 1-58367-125-0/$21.95
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