{"product_id":"international-brigade-against-apartheid-secrets-of-the-war-that-liberated-south-africa","title":"International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the War that Liberated South Africa","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI thought I had a pretty good understanding of the global anti-apartheid movement until I read this extraordinary collection of essays. This book blew my mind!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eRobin D.G. Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe hear for the first time from the international activists who worked secretly for the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), in the struggle to liberate South Africa from apartheid rule. They acted as couriers, provided safe houses in neighbouring states and within South Africa, helped infiltrate combatants across borders, and smuggled tonnes of weapons into the country in the most creative ways. Driven by a spirit of international solidarity, they were prepared to take huge risks and face great danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe internationalists reveal what motivated them as volunteers, not mercenaries: they gained nothing for their endeavours save for the self-esteem in serving a just cause. Against such clandestine involvement, the book includes contributions from key people in the international anti-apartheid movement and its public mobilisation to isolate the apartheid regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese include worldwide campaigns like Stop the Sports Tours, boycotting of South African products and black American solidarity. The Cuban, East German and Russian contributions outlined those countries’ support for the ANC and MK. The public, global Anti-Apartheid Movement campaigns provide the dimensions from which internationalists who secretly served MK emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Ronnie Kasrils with Muff Andersson and Oscar Marleyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eANC-MK Timeline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword – Pallo Jordan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Ronnie Kasrils\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeclaration – Oliver Tambo’s Call on MK’s Tenth Anniversary, 16 December 1971\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNelson Mandela – MK and People of the World 1991\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePART ONE: Clandestine Solidarity inside the Belly of the Beast\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFish Keitseng – The Underground Route\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Dingake – A True Internationalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFidelis Hove – Zimbabweans as Comrades-in-Arms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremy Brickhill – The Secret History of Zimbabwean Support for Umkhonto we Sizwe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonnie Kasrils – Landing Guerrillas by Sea: The Aventura Episode\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Moumbaris – Arrest at the Border\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSean Hosey – When My Irish Luck Ran Out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFatima do Rosário Cordeiro – Tribute to a Gallant Mozambican\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSiphiwe Nyanda – Mozambique Panel Beaters \u0026amp; a Swazi Farmer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAboobaker Ismail (Rashid) – Internationalists who Joined the People’s War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBogaert \u0026amp; Van Hecken – From the Carnation Revolution to Special Ops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Marleyn – Stumbling towards Internationalism 1979–1991\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHélène Marinis Passtoors – Words and Blasts91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKlaas de Jonge – The Daring Escape of a ‘Damn F**king Foreign Terrorist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaloojee, Smith, Andersson, Evans \u0026amp; Harper – The Truck Safari: 1 trip, 1 tonne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Garraway – This is No Picnic, it’s War!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre Koster – Of Fish Eagles and DLBs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGordon, Godt \u0026amp; Craig – Crossing Borders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Meeson – In Each of Us Lives a Revolutionary, a Fighter for Better\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Spyropolous – The Adventures of a Wandering Greek\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMtintso \u0026amp; Ngculu – The Botswana Front and Solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudy Seidman – From the ‘Red Nest’ in Connecticut to Botswana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRamila Patel – From Anti-Nazi League Britain to Botswana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDamian de Lange – African Internationalists in the Frontline Underground\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIvan Pillay – Stalwarts of Swaziland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJune Stephen – Out of New York to Swaziland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConny Braam – The Dutch Connection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanet Love – Internationalists and Operation Vula\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas \u0026amp; Douglas – A Canadian Safe House for Operation Vula\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusan Grabek – A Patient Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClarence Kwinana – Helping Hands for Radio Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbertini – French Arms Smuggler in Custody had Mitterrand Fuming\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Lapsley – Tribute to Fellow New Zealander Reverend John Osmers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoger Allingham – From English Farmer to SA Navy Commander Via MK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePART TWO: Solidarity Across the Globe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristabel Gurney – The Role of the AAM Internationally\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbdul Minty – Birth of AAM, UN Committee, Luthuli’s Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eE.S. Reddy – A Giant at the United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorst Kleinschmidt – International Defence and Aid Fund’s Silent Solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictoria Brittain – African Continental Solidarity Defied the Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Monteiro – African Internationalism, a Mozambique Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Hain – Stop the Sports Tours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProtests on the Pitch – The Failed 1981 New Zealand Springbok Rugby Tour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnus Walan – Sweden to the Fore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJan Vanheulekom – Viva ANC vs Hoera vir die Boer Hoera!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoen Vanbrabandt – Belgian Shop Stewards Without Borders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarc Bontemps – Oxfam and the Anti-Apartheid Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChiara Torcianti – Red City, Black Resistance: Reggio Emilia and the ANC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Dérens – The French Connection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlphaeus Hunton – African American Icon Defends Solidarity with Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZeb Larson – USA Protest Began with the ‘Germ’ of a Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMosie Moola – Anecdotes from India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVladimir Shubin – The Soviet Union and Liberation Struggle in South Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHéctor Igarza Cabrera – Cuba Paid its Debt to History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonnie Kasrils – Turning Point at Cuito Cuanavale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHans-Georg Schleicher – GDR Training of 1 000 MK Cadres\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeclan Kearney – Ireland’s Firm Internationalism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t Handle Them – The boycott of Grapefruit at Dunnes Stores, Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrko Aiartza – ‘Solidarity is the Tenderness among Peoples’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRamzy Baroud – Palestinian \u0026amp; South African Solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKofi Hope – The Canadian Anti-Apartheid Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDominic Bellissimo – Canadian Workers’ Modest Contribution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eN. Barney Pityana – Black Consciousness \u0026amp; the World Council of Churches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Lapsley – The ANC’s Church Front\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRonnie Kasrils – Epilogue: The Good Peoples\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daraja Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141341749341,"sku":"9781990263415","price":41.51,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/81Q2e8CtpoL.jpg?v=1694109642","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/fr\/products\/international-brigade-against-apartheid-secrets-of-the-war-that-liberated-south-africa","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}