The Freedom Charter And Beyond
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Fifty Years of the Freedom Charter
Author | : R (Raymond); Cronin Suttner (J (Jeremy).) |
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Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2006 |
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The freedom charter as adopted at the Congress of the People on 26 June 1955
Author | : Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee |
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Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Democracy |
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Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
Author | : Ineke van Kessel |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813918686 |
The 1980s in South Africa were marked by protest, violent confrontation, and international sanctions. Internally, the country saw a bewildering growth of grassroots organizations--including trade unions, civic associations in the black townships, student and other youth organizations, church-based groups, and women's movements--many of which operated under the umbrella of the United Democratic Front (UDF). "Beyond Our Wildest Dreams" explores the often conflicted relationship between the UDF's large-scale resistance to apartheid and its everyday struggles at the local level. In hindsight, the UDF can be seen as a transitional front, preparing the ground for leaders of the liberation movement to return from exile or prison and take over power. But the founding fathers of the UDF initially had far more modest ambitions. Interviews with Cachalia and other leading personalities in the UDF examine the organization's workings at the national level, while stories of ordinary people, collected by the author, illuminate the grassroots activism so important to the UDF's success. Even in South Africa, writes Ineke van Kessel, who covered the anti-apartheid movement as a journalist, resistance was not the obvious option for ordinary citizens. Van Kessel shows how these people were mobilized into forming a radical social movement that developed a highly flexible and innovative form of resistance that ultimately ended apartheid. --From publisher's description.