Martin Plaut
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 324331 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Martin Plaut |
| NOMBRES | Martin |
| APELLIDO | Plaut |
| FIRMA | PLAUT M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7520-935X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1978 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The long reach of Rwanda
The Arab Bureau: The story of Britain’s most ingenious intelligence unit
Russia and South Africa’s elections
The Re-Emergence of Black Unions in the Western Cape
Widening the reparations debate
The evolution of African intelligence cultures
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force -nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others'.Joseph Conrad. 1 '[Operations in Uganda and Sudan were] the nearest I came to the sort of bewildering and exhilarating African world described by Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness.'Markus Wolf. 2 All too often intelligence histories of Africa have focussed on external pl…
Eritrea’s foreign festivals: Clashes within the exile community
The Eritrean government relies upon its substantial exile community around the world for political support and an estimated one-third of its finances. This is particularly important for President Isaias Afwerki’s government, since it is vilified by the West for its human rights abuses and subjected to a range of international sanctions. Eritrean festivals abroad, organised by Eritrea’s sole legal party since 1974, have played an important role in…
A Very South African Plot? The 1987 London Kidnap Plan
This essay considers a South African plot to kidnap and torture senior members of the African National Congress working in London in 1987 to extract information from them, and explores the response of the British state to this conspiracy. Using previously unexamined documents from the files of Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office revealed following a Freedom of Information request, supplemented by interviews in the United Kingdom, South Afri…
Race and Imperialism in the British Empire: A Lateral View
This essay is an attempt to consider the British Empire in the last years of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century from an alternative point of view. Most authors view the empire from a ‘North–South’ perspective: London’s impact on the world; the world’s reaction to London. The emphasis here is rather on the links that developed at Britain’s expense – between the white ruled Dominions and between the African and Asia…
Robert Mugabe
Media Freedom in South Africa
The hope that South Africa would be a beacon of media freedom and plurality when apartheid ended with the election of President Nelson Mandela has, sadly, faded. This erosion of media freedom has mirrored the gradual loss of support for the governing party, the ANC. In these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the media have come in for intense pressure as they fulfilled their obligation to act as the nation’s watchdog. As one commentator…
Reporting conflict in Africa
The quality of reporting African conflicts by Western media has declined in recent years as budgets have been cut and the number of correspondents has been reduced. Falling coverage has meant that audiences are unfamiliar with even the most basic facts about most African states. Most news stories must start from first principles, leaving little room for nuance and detail. This article, drawing on nearly three decades of first-hand experience, exp…
Eritrea: A mafia state
Eritrea is no ordinary state; rather it resembles a criminal organisation designed to keep its citizens in perpetual servitude. It is behaves like a mafia organisation: with covert finances but without a constitution, legislature or elections, run by the country’s president and his closest associates
South Africa: How the ANC wins elections
Note on contributorMartin Plaut is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. In this briefing, he draws on the two months he spent working at the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance in the party's media unit, in the run-up to the May 2014 election
Gandhi's Decisive South African 1913 Campaign: A Personal Perspective from the Letters of Betty Molteno
The account of Mohandas Gandhi's final battle with the South African government in late 1913 and early 1914 is widely known. This article juxtaposes this narrative with a personal perspective, drawing on the involvement of Betty Molteno, eldest child of the first Prime Minister of the Cape. She was present during critical incidents in those months. Molteno wrote daily to her life-partner, Alice Greene, and their correspondence contains many illum…
How unstable is the Horn of Africa
The legacy of Meles Zenawi
I recently obtained a somewhat grainy, black and white photograph dated 14 December 1935. It shows a long line of men, walking down a dusty street in Addis Ababa. It is entitled ‘“The sinews of war
The Nile crisis comes to the boil
A crisis is emerging in the Nile Basin, where some 300 million people in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi rely on the Nile directly or indirectly. Egypt and Sudan wish to preserve a regime based on treaties drawn up during the colonial era that allocated the vast majority of the Nile's water to them. Countries upstream are determined to challenge this. In 1999 the countries usin…
South Africa – the ANC's difficult allies
South African President Jacob Zuma has ridden the crest of a wave of popularity. A survey of 3500 South Africans carried out between October and November 2009 indicated that on a scale of zero to 1
Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War
The first major study of the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who served with the British army during the Second World War.During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Burma - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly o…
South African Student Protest, 1968: Remembering the Mafeje Sit-in
Journal Article South African Student Protest, 1968: Remembering the Mafeje Sit-in Get access Martin Plaut Martin Plaut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 69, Issue 1, Spring 2010, Pages 199–205, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbp035 Published: 23 March 2010
The Africa Clearing House
On May 24 – 25th 2004 senior officers from Europe, the United States and Canada met at Senningen Chateau in Luxembourg for the first meeting of what was termed the ‘Africa Clearing House’. Europe was represented by Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria (representing the UN’s Standby High Readiness Brigade Shirbrig). Also in attendance were representatives of Nato and th…
The Workers' Struggle’: A South African Text Revisited
In April 1982 workers from across South Africa met at the congress of the non-racial trade union movement, the Federation of South African Trade Unions, Fosatu. The federation was just three years old, but in that time it had grown five fold, from around 20,000 workers to over 100,000 (Baskin, 1991:25, 29). What they heard was a speech that must rank as one of the most important statements of principle ever delivered to a South African labour mov…
The birth of the Eritrean reform movement
(2002). The birth of the Eritrean reform movement. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 29, No. 91, pp. 119-124
Yemen & Eritrea: Friends once more
From Focal Point to Flagship The Council of Management recently agreed that the profile of the Centre should be raised. They want to make it a 'flagship' for Africa in Europe, promoting the best of the continent's art, culture and opinion. The decision is based on a business plan that seeks to ensure the Centre's long-term financial viability in Covent Garden which some regard as the cultural heart of Britain. Detailed work by architects and cons…
Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War
The first major study of the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who served with the British army during the Second World War.During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Burma - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly o…
Class struggle and the state
The authors argue that, although purporting to deal with class struggle, the article on ‘Class Struggle and the Periodisation of the State in South Africa’ in Review No. 7 fails to focus its attention on the fundamental contradiction in South African society ‐ that of the struggle between capital and labour. The reason for this inadequacy lies in the article's dependency on the Poulantzian method of analysis which incorrectly separates ‘economics…
The birth of the Eritrean reform movement
(2002). The birth of the Eritrean reform movement. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 29, No. 91, pp. 119-124
Power! Black Workers, Their Unions and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa
South Africa: How the ANC wins elections
Note on contributorMartin Plaut is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. In this briefing, he draws on the two months he spent working at the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance in the party's media unit, in the run-up to the May 2014 election
South Africa – the ANC's difficult allies
South African President Jacob Zuma has ridden the crest of a wave of popularity. A survey of 3500 South Africans carried out between October and November 2009 indicated that on a scale of zero to 1
Media Freedom in South Africa
The hope that South Africa would be a beacon of media freedom and plurality when apartheid ended with the election of President Nelson Mandela has, sadly, faded. This erosion of media freedom has mirrored the gradual loss of support for the governing party, the ANC. In these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the media have come in for intense pressure as they fulfilled their obligation to act as the nation’s watchdog. As one commentator…
The legacy of Meles Zenawi
I recently obtained a somewhat grainy, black and white photograph dated 14 December 1935. It shows a long line of men, walking down a dusty street in Addis Ababa. It is entitled ‘“The sinews of war
Yemen & Eritrea: Friends once more
From Focal Point to Flagship The Council of Management recently agreed that the profile of the Centre should be raised. They want to make it a 'flagship' for Africa in Europe, promoting the best of the continent's art, culture and opinion. The decision is based on a business plan that seeks to ensure the Centre's long-term financial viability in Covent Garden which some regard as the cultural heart of Britain. Detailed work by architects and cons…
Debates in a Shark Tank—the Politics of South Africa's Non-Racial Trade Unions1
Journal Article DEBATES IN A SHARK TANK—THE POLITICS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S NON-RACIAL TRADE UNIONS Get access MARTIN PLAUT MARTIN PLAUT Martin Plaut is with the BBC World Service. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 91, Issue 364, July 1992, Pages 389–403, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098528 Published: 01 July 1992
Changing perspective on South African trade unions
(1984). Changing perspective on South African trade unions. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 11, No. 30, pp. 116-123
The Problem of Positivism in the Work of Nicos Poulantzas
In his assessment of Miliband, Poulantzas objects that instead of attacking orthodox theory by presenting a different “problematic,” or set of theoretical constructs, Miliband opposes concepts with facts, thereby ““placing himself on their own terrain.” The warning is appropriate and is one that I intend to heed in considering Poulantzas's work. I will therefore not present an alternative set of data, nor examine the internal consistency of his c…
Widening the reparations debate
Reporting conflict in Africa
The quality of reporting African conflicts by Western media has declined in recent years as budgets have been cut and the number of correspondents has been reduced. Falling coverage has meant that audiences are unfamiliar with even the most basic facts about most African states. Most news stories must start from first principles, leaving little room for nuance and detail. This article, drawing on nearly three decades of first-hand experience, exp…
Eritrea: A mafia state
Eritrea is no ordinary state; rather it resembles a criminal organisation designed to keep its citizens in perpetual servitude. It is behaves like a mafia organisation: with covert finances but without a constitution, legislature or elections, run by the country’s president and his closest associates
Gandhi's Decisive South African 1913 Campaign: A Personal Perspective from the Letters of Betty Molteno
The account of Mohandas Gandhi's final battle with the South African government in late 1913 and early 1914 is widely known. This article juxtaposes this narrative with a personal perspective, drawing on the involvement of Betty Molteno, eldest child of the first Prime Minister of the Cape. She was present during critical incidents in those months. Molteno wrote daily to her life-partner, Alice Greene, and their correspondence contains many illum…
Class struggle and the state
The authors argue that, although purporting to deal with class struggle, the article on ‘Class Struggle and the Periodisation of the State in South Africa’ in Review No. 7 fails to focus its attention on the fundamental contradiction in South African society ‐ that of the struggle between capital and labour. The reason for this inadequacy lies in the article's dependency on the Poulantzian method of analysis which incorrectly separates ‘economics…
The Problem of Positivism in the Work of Nicos Poulantzas
In his assessment of Miliband, Poulantzas objects that instead of attacking orthodox theory by presenting a different “problematic,” or set of theoretical constructs, Miliband opposes concepts with facts, thereby ““placing himself on their own terrain.” The warning is appropriate and is one that I intend to heed in considering Poulantzas's work. I will therefore not present an alternative set of data, nor examine the internal consistency of his c…
Changing perspective on South African trade unions
(1984). Changing perspective on South African trade unions. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 11, No. 30, pp. 116-123
Power! Black Workers, Their Unions and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa
South Africa Contemporary Analysis: South African Review, 5
Debates in a Shark Tank—the Politics of South Africa's Non-Racial Trade Unions1
Journal Article DEBATES IN A SHARK TANK—THE POLITICS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S NON-RACIAL TRADE UNIONS Get access MARTIN PLAUT MARTIN PLAUT Martin Plaut is with the BBC World Service. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 91, Issue 364, July 1992, Pages 389–403, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098528 Published: 01 July 1992
Yemen & Eritrea: Friends once more
From Focal Point to Flagship The Council of Management recently agreed that the profile of the Centre should be raised. They want to make it a 'flagship' for Africa in Europe, promoting the best of the continent's art, culture and opinion. The decision is based on a business plan that seeks to ensure the Centre's long-term financial viability in Covent Garden which some regard as the cultural heart of Britain. Detailed work by architects and cons…
The birth of the Eritrean reform movement
(2002). The birth of the Eritrean reform movement. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 29, No. 91, pp. 119-124
The Workers' Struggle’: A South African Text Revisited
In April 1982 workers from across South Africa met at the congress of the non-racial trade union movement, the Federation of South African Trade Unions, Fosatu. The federation was just three years old, but in that time it had grown five fold, from around 20,000 workers to over 100,000 (Baskin, 1991:25, 29). What they heard was a speech that must rank as one of the most important statements of principle ever delivered to a South African labour mov…
The Africa Clearing House
On May 24 – 25th 2004 senior officers from Europe, the United States and Canada met at Senningen Chateau in Luxembourg for the first meeting of what was termed the ‘Africa Clearing House’. Europe was represented by Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Austria (representing the UN’s Standby High Readiness Brigade Shirbrig). Also in attendance were representatives of Nato and th…
The Nile crisis comes to the boil
A crisis is emerging in the Nile Basin, where some 300 million people in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi rely on the Nile directly or indirectly. Egypt and Sudan wish to preserve a regime based on treaties drawn up during the colonial era that allocated the vast majority of the Nile's water to them. Countries upstream are determined to challenge this. In 1999 the countries usin…
South Africa – the ANC's difficult allies
South African President Jacob Zuma has ridden the crest of a wave of popularity. A survey of 3500 South Africans carried out between October and November 2009 indicated that on a scale of zero to 1
Fighting for Britain: African Soldiers in the Second World War
The first major study of the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who served with the British army during the Second World War.During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy and Burma - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly o…
South African Student Protest, 1968: Remembering the Mafeje Sit-in
Journal Article South African Student Protest, 1968: Remembering the Mafeje Sit-in Get access Martin Plaut Martin Plaut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 69, Issue 1, Spring 2010, Pages 199–205, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbp035 Published: 23 March 2010
The legacy of Meles Zenawi
I recently obtained a somewhat grainy, black and white photograph dated 14 December 1935. It shows a long line of men, walking down a dusty street in Addis Ababa. It is entitled ‘“The sinews of war
How unstable is the Horn of Africa
South Africa: How the ANC wins elections
Note on contributorMartin Plaut is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. In this briefing, he draws on the two months he spent working at the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance in the party's media unit, in the run-up to the May 2014 election
Gandhi's Decisive South African 1913 Campaign: A Personal Perspective from the Letters of Betty Molteno
The account of Mohandas Gandhi's final battle with the South African government in late 1913 and early 1914 is widely known. This article juxtaposes this narrative with a personal perspective, drawing on the involvement of Betty Molteno, eldest child of the first Prime Minister of the Cape. She was present during critical incidents in those months. Molteno wrote daily to her life-partner, Alice Greene, and their correspondence contains many illum…
Reporting conflict in Africa
The quality of reporting African conflicts by Western media has declined in recent years as budgets have been cut and the number of correspondents has been reduced. Falling coverage has meant that audiences are unfamiliar with even the most basic facts about most African states. Most news stories must start from first principles, leaving little room for nuance and detail. This article, drawing on nearly three decades of first-hand experience, exp…
Eritrea: A mafia state
Eritrea is no ordinary state; rather it resembles a criminal organisation designed to keep its citizens in perpetual servitude. It is behaves like a mafia organisation: with covert finances but without a constitution, legislature or elections, run by the country’s president and his closest associates
Robert Mugabe
Media Freedom in South Africa
The hope that South Africa would be a beacon of media freedom and plurality when apartheid ended with the election of President Nelson Mandela has, sadly, faded. This erosion of media freedom has mirrored the gradual loss of support for the governing party, the ANC. In these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the media have come in for intense pressure as they fulfilled their obligation to act as the nation’s watchdog. As one commentator…
Race and Imperialism in the British Empire: A Lateral View
This essay is an attempt to consider the British Empire in the last years of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century from an alternative point of view. Most authors view the empire from a ‘North–South’ perspective: London’s impact on the world; the world’s reaction to London. The emphasis here is rather on the links that developed at Britain’s expense – between the white ruled Dominions and between the African and Asia…
A Very South African Plot? The 1987 London Kidnap Plan
This essay considers a South African plot to kidnap and torture senior members of the African National Congress working in London in 1987 to extract information from them, and explores the response of the British state to this conspiracy. Using previously unexamined documents from the files of Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office revealed following a Freedom of Information request, supplemented by interviews in the United Kingdom, South Afri…
The evolution of African intelligence cultures
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force -nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others'.Joseph Conrad. 1 '[Operations in Uganda and Sudan were] the nearest I came to the sort of bewildering and exhilarating African world described by Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness.'Markus Wolf. 2 All too often intelligence histories of Africa have focussed on external pl…
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