Lessons of Struggle

• 1: Introduction: The Vicissitudes of StruggleIdeological Conceptions of Recent OppositionThe Interplay of Structure and IdeasLooking Ahead2: Racial Assertiveness and Black Unrest: The Black Consciousness Movement Through 1976The Parents' MovementsThe Emergence of Black ConsciousnessThe Development of the BC MovementAnger and Explosion3: After the Uprising; Division and Realignment, 1977-1979Debates and Transitions With Black ConsciousnessRealignment Outside the Black Consciousness Framework4: Toward a National Front, 1980-1983Economic Recovery, Reform, and the Local ResponseIdeological ConsolidationBuilding a National Opposition5: National Revolt, Repression, and Discord, 1984-1988Organized Revolt and RepressionChartist Predominance and Rising Disillusionment6: Toward a Black Working-Class Movement and the Watershed of 1989-1990The Emergence of the Modern Black Union MovementA Search for Class ConsensusA Breakthrough Before the Next Century7: Lineages and Prospects of the South African OppositionIdeology Shaping Collective ActionThe Determinants of Ideological TransitionsImplications for the FutureThe CentaurNotesBibliographyAppendicesIndex

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