03085nam 2200601 a 450 991078682980332120170816135622.01-58367-358-X1-58367-359-8(CKB)2670000000388057(EBL)1225013(SSID)ssj0001100161(PQKBManifestationID)11985847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001100161(PQKBWorkID)11055756(PQKB)11776348(MiAaPQ)EBC1225013(EXLCZ)99267000000038805720130409d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRuth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid[electronic resource] /Alan Wieder ; foreword by Nadine GordimerNew York Monthly Review Press20131 online resource (391 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58367-356-3 1-58367-357-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 theAnti-apartheid activistsSouth AfricaBiographyPolitical activistsSouth AfricaBiographyCivil rights workersSouth AfricaBiographyCommunistsSouth AfricaBiographyAnti-apartheid movementsSouth AfricaAnti-apartheid activistsPolitical activistsCivil rights workersCommunistsAnti-apartheid movements323.168092Wieder Alan1949-1470359Gordimer Nadine319802MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786829803321Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid3682134UNINA