Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid /
Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies for the white police state. Together they were swept up in the growing resistance to apartheid, and togethe...
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New York, New York :
Monthly Review Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- From the shtetl to South Africa
- War, wits, politics and Ruth meets Joe
- Apartheid, children, and the beginning of the struggle
- The treason trials, and underground action
- Sharpeville, prison, and exile
- The initial exile : living in London
- Academics, writing, and activism : moving toward Africa
- Academics and revolution : taking the struggle home
- Assassination, grief, and expulsion from Maputo
- Lusaka, marriage, and the beginning of the journey home
- Home
- Election, ministry, resting in Soweto
- Epilogue.