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Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid
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Title: Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid
Author: Alan Wieder
ISBN: 9781583673560
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 464
Publisher Description: <p>Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the<br>war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, <br>and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies<br>for the white police state. Together they were swept up in the<br>growing resistance to apartheid, and together they experienced<br>repression and exile. Their contributions to the liberation struggle, <br>as individuals and as a couple, are undeniable. Ruth agitated<br>tirelessly for the overthrow of apartheid, first in South Africa and<br>then from abroad, and Joe directed much of the armed struggle<br>carried out by the famous Umkhonto we Sizwe. Only one of them, <br>however, would survive to see the fall of the old regime and the<br>founding of a new, democratic South Africa.<br>This book, the first extended biography of Ruth First and Joe<br>Slovo, is a remarkable account of one couple and the revolutionary<br>moment in which they lived. Alan Wieder's deeply researched<br>work draws on the usual primary and secondary sources but also<br>an extensive oral history that he has collected over many years.<br>By weaving the documentary record together with personal interviews, <br>Wieder portrays the complexities and contradictions of this<br>extraordinary couple and their efforts to navigate a time of great<br>tension, upheaval, and revolutionary hope.</p>
Author: Alan Wieder
ISBN: 9781583673560
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 464
Publisher Description: <p>Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the<br>war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, <br>and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies<br>for the white police state. Together they were swept up in the<br>growing resistance to apartheid, and together they experienced<br>repression and exile. Their contributions to the liberation struggle, <br>as individuals and as a couple, are undeniable. Ruth agitated<br>tirelessly for the overthrow of apartheid, first in South Africa and<br>then from abroad, and Joe directed much of the armed struggle<br>carried out by the famous Umkhonto we Sizwe. Only one of them, <br>however, would survive to see the fall of the old regime and the<br>founding of a new, democratic South Africa.<br>This book, the first extended biography of Ruth First and Joe<br>Slovo, is a remarkable account of one couple and the revolutionary<br>moment in which they lived. Alan Wieder's deeply researched<br>work draws on the usual primary and secondary sources but also<br>an extensive oral history that he has collected over many years.<br>By weaving the documentary record together with personal interviews, <br>Wieder portrays the complexities and contradictions of this<br>extraordinary couple and their efforts to navigate a time of great<br>tension, upheaval, and revolutionary hope.</p>
