LEADER 03221nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910956188603321 005 20250710131659.0 010 $a9781583673584 010 $a158367358X 010 $a9781583673591 010 $a1583673598 035 $a(CKB)2670000000388057 035 $a(EBL)1225013 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001100161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11985847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001100161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11055756 035 $a(PQKB)11776348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1225013 035 $a(Perlego)721075 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000388057 100 $a20130409d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRuth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid /$fAlan Wieder ; foreword by Nadine Gordimer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cMonthly Review Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (391 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781583673560 311 08$a1583673563 311 08$a9781583673577 311 08$a1583673571 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction --$tFrom the shtetl to South Africa --$tWar, wits, politics and Ruth meets Joe --$tApartheid, children, and the beginning of the struggle --$tThe treason trials, and underground action --$tSharpeville, prison, and exile --$tThe initial exile :$gliving in London --$tAcademics, writing, and activism :$gmoving toward Africa --$tAcademics and revolution :$gtaking the struggle home --$tAssassination, grief, and expulsion from Maputo --$tLusaka, marriage, and the beginning of the journey home --$tHome --$tElection, ministry, resting in Soweto --$tEpilogue. 330 $aRuth 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 606 $aAnti-apartheid activists$zSouth Africa$vBiography 606 $aPolitical activists$zSouth Africa$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zSouth Africa$vBiography 606 $aCommunists$zSouth Africa$vBiography 606 $aAnti-apartheid movements$zSouth Africa 615 0$aAnti-apartheid activists 615 0$aPolitical activists 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aCommunists 615 0$aAnti-apartheid movements 676 $a323.168092 700 $aWieder$b Alan$f1949-$01808266 701 $aGordimer$b Nadine$0319802 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956188603321 996 $aRuth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid$94403596 997 $aUNINA