International Socialist League (South Africa)

International Socialist League
AbbreviationISL
FounderDavid Ivon Jones
FoundedSeptember 1915 (1915-09)
DissolvedFebruary 12, 1921 (1921-02-12)
Merged intoCPSA
IdeologyMarxism
De Leonism
Syndicalism[1]
Political positionFar-left

The International Socialist League of South Africa was the earliest major Marxist party in South Africa, and a predecessor of the South African Communist Party. The ISL was founded around the syndicalist politics of the Industrial Workers of the World and Daniel De Leon.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hirson 2005, p. 7.
  2. ^ Hirson 2005, pp. 7–19.
  3. ^ van der Walt 2004, pp. 67–89.

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