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" Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid / "
Alan Weider ; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer.
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853735
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Wieder, Alan,1949-
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Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid /\ Alan Weider ; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer.
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New York, New York :: Monthly Review Press,, [2013]
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1 online resource (390 pages) :: illustrations
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1583673598
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1479863068
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1583673563
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1583673571
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9781479863068
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9781583673560
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9781583673577
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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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 together they experienced repression and exile. Their contributions to the liberation struggle, as individuals and as a couple, are undeniable. Ruth agitated tirelessly for the overthrow of apartheid, first in South Africa and then from abroad, and Joe directed much of the armed struggle carried out by the.
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First, Ruth,1925-1982.
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Slovo, Joe.
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First, Ruth,1925-1982.
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Slovo, Joe.
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Anti-apartheid movements-- South Africa.
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Political activists-- South Africa.
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Anti-apartheid movements.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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Political activists.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Politics and government
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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South Africa, Politics and government, 20th century.
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South Africa.
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355.60982
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DT1927.F57W54 2013eb.
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