Welcome to Black & Black
Black & Black publishes news and views from inside Autonomous, a new union focusing on organising jobseekers and poor workers in South Africa. We bring reports and discussions of the union’s campaigns and community building efforts, which are based on the Anarchist principles of voluntary cooperation, mutual aid and direct action. We also share discussions of the analyses and principles that the work of the union is based on.
We want to give our readers a sense of the day to day dilemmas of Autonomous members, as we struggle to make the justice struggles of black jobseekers and workers more effective by infusing it with Anarchist practices. There are many places on the internet where in-depth discussions of Anarchist history and principles as well as Anarchist analyses of current public events can be accessed. Black & Black is not one of them. Its focus, by contrast, is on sharing the struggles of Autonomous members from an insider point of view.
The ideal readers are interested in the practical application of Anarchist unionism in the extremely hostile environment that is South Africa today. They are invited to participate in our struggles through comments, advice, solidarity actions and donations. Welcome!