Marikana : a people's history /

In August 2012 the South African police - at the encouragement of mining capital, and with the support of the political state - intervened to end a week-long strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in South Africa's NorthWest Province. On the afternoon of Thursday, 16 August, they polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Julian (Of University of the Witwatersrand) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2022.
Subjects:
Lonmin (Firm)
2000-2099
Massacres > South Africa > Rustenburg.
Strikes and lockouts > South Africa > Rustenburg.
Police brutality > South Africa.
Police shootings > South Africa.
Massacres > Afrique du Sud > Rustenburg.
Grèves et lock-out > Afrique du Sud > Rustenburg.
Brutalités policières > Afrique du Sud.
Police > Usage des armes > Afrique du Sud.
Massacres
Police brutality
Police shootings
Strikes and lockouts
Marikana Mine (South Africa) > History > 21st century.
South Africa
South Africa > Rustenburg
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ; ; Introduction; PART I: THE LIVES OF WORKERS; 1. Migrant Lives; 2. A Company Town; 3. Politics Underground; PART II: THE STRIKE AND THE MASSACRE; 4. The Strike Begins; 5. Monday, 13 August 2012; 6. Tightening the Screws; 7. The Massacre at Scene One; 8. The Massacre at Scene Two; PART III: AFTER THE MASSACRE; 9. Burying the Dead; 10. The Farlam Commission; 11. Communities of Resistance; 12. 'Let us Not Lose Hope'; Conclusion: The Work of Mourning; ; Sources and Interpretation ; Bibliography

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