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The Freedom Charter and the Theory of National Democratic Revolution

Primary Investigators / Authors

Hudson Peter

Document Abstract / Summary Overview

Last year, 1985, the 30th anniversary of the Freedom Charter, saw an impressive regrouping, through the United Democratic Front, of political forces which identify with the Congress Alliance of the 1950s and with the Freedom Charter itself to which this movement gave birth. It seems appropriate then, at this juncture, to examine some of the ways in which the Charter has been interpreted. One very influential interpretation of the Freedom Charter, based on the view that South Africa is a colonial society 'of a special type', identifies it as calling for the establishment of a 'national democracy' in South Africa.

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Technical Properties

Accession ID: http://pdfproc.lib.msu.edu/?file=/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/transformation/tran001/tran001003.pdf

Archival Collection: UKZN-IKS

Language Registry: English

Asset Extent / Duration: 34

Publisher: Michigan State University

Rights Management Attribution: Michigan State University Library

Licence Data: Michigan State University Library

Co-Authors & Contributors

Hudson Peter creator

Taxonomy Classifications

🏷️ Journal article 🏷️ Transformation 🏷️ Hudson Peter 🏷️ Democracy 🏷️ Freedom 🏷️ Michigan State University 🏷️ Michigan State University Library

Subject Keywords

# Democracy , Freedom , Transformation

Geographic Spatial Coverage

📍 South Africa

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