Marikana: A People's History

by Julian Brown

In August 2012 the South African police - at the encouragement of mining capital, and with the support of the political state - intervened to end a week-long strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, in South Africa's NorthWest Province. On the afternoon of Thursday, 16 August, they police shot and killed 34 men. Hundreds more were injured, some shot as they fled. None posed a threat to any police officer. Recognised by many as an event of international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847012841
• ISBN13: 9781847012845
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"