Writing Left

The Radical Journalism of Ruth First

Donald Pinnock

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040310199
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

This book presents a detailed study of the political journalism of Ruth First – an independent thinker and a headstrong journalist who stood her ground in a male-dominated liberation movement. A product of information gathering which began in South Africa in 1986 (at a time when discussing communism exposed one to the possibility of imprisonment without trial), the subject matter in this book discusses her unwavering commitment and contribution to a free press.

Print editions not for sale in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book is part of Routledge's co-published series 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa, in collaboration with UNISA Press, which reflects on the past years of a democratic South Africa and assesses the future opportunities and challenges.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Credits
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Growing up Left
• 2 University, politics and the party
• 3 The Congress Alliance
• 4 A Press with a Mission
• 5 Building a campaign
• 6 Building an identity
• 7 The economy of poverty
• 8 A battle won
• 9 Towards new horizons
• 10 A Battle Lost
• 11 The Struggle for Silence
• 12 Postscript
• Bibliography
• Index