@article{1442694,
      recid = {1442694},
      author = {Kirkaldy, A.,},
      title = {Everyday Communists in South Africa's liberation struggle  : the lives of Ivan and Lesley Schermbrucker /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 386 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book explores the role of social movements in the  Southern African liberation struggle, through the lens of  two everyday communists. Focusing on the Communist Party of  South Africa (CPSA), the author explores the lives of Ivan  and Lesley Schermbrucker, whose contribution to the party  was more clandestine than that of leaders such as Bram  Fischer and Joe Slovo. They represent how ordinary people  could play significant roles based on stances more rooted  in common decency and morality than in Marxist theory. The  book also sheds light on the interplay between  transnational and national tendencies during the liberation  movement, particularly between the 1940s and the 1960s. The  Schermbruckers changed their views in response to the  shifting national and international political landscape,  the rise of Stalinism, and the flight of South African  activists into exile from the 1960s. Both fluent in African  languages, they were able to create relationships of trust  with African members of the CPSA. Examining tensions and  conflicts during the liberation struggle, this book  provides fresh insights into underground activism. Alan  Kirkaldy is Associate Professor and Head of the History  Department at Rhodes University, South Africa. He has  previously published works on the Kalk Bay fishing  community and Venda history. Alan has lectured on African  and environmental history since 1989. Much of his teaching  has focused on liberation movements.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1442694},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83921-5},
}