Democratic Socialist Movement (South Africa)
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Democratic Socialist Movement
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Newspaper | Izwi labasebenzi (We are the Workers) |
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Marxism Socialism Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Workers and Socialist Party |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Colours | Red |
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| www.socialistsouthafrica.co.za | |
The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) is a Trotskyist organisation in South Africa, affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International, and a founding member of the Workers and Socialist Party (WASP).
The Democratic Socialist Movement was historically known as the Marxist Workers' tendency of the African National Congress and was formed by activists who had helped build independent trade unions and participated in the 1973 KwaZulu-Natal strikes. Members of the MWT included Nimrod Sejake,Zackie Achmat, Mark Heywood and Martin Legassick.
The MWT was launched after Martin Legassick and others were expelled from the ANC in 1979. In 1981 they began publishing the journal Inqaba Ya Basebenzi (Fortress of the Workers) from exile in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Four members of the MWT were expelled from the ANC at the 16 June 1985 ANC Consultative Conference in Zambia. In 1989 it started producing the newspaper Congress Militant.
Former members of the MWT were involved in a number of the most significant social movements in post-apartheid South Africa with Zackie Achmat being a founder of the Treatment Action Campaign and Martin Legassick working closely with the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, Abahlali baseMjondolo (Cape Town branch) and being a founder of the Democratic Left Front.
Both the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party, often described as a Stalinist party, have been highly critical of the MWT.
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