Bob Newland on an internationalist who engaged in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles worldwide while also seeking to learn from them
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Pinochet’s fascists were unable, even through the barrel of a gun to silence Victor Jara, who showed power of the arts to win the people for justice, peace, and socialism
Liz Payne celebrates the ‘Mother’ of Viet Nam whose remarkable life has been inextricably bound with the struggle for the peace and freedom of her country
Drawing on archival research including newly released MI5 files, Marika Sherwood reports on the extraordinary movement founded in 1945 by Kwame Nkrumah and colleagues in London and France to campaign for independence and unity, which led to the beginning of the Cold War in West Africa, writes Bob Newland.
Chris Hani's humanity, integrity, and warmth along with his many years of struggle for the SACP and MK to liberate his people in South Africa make him one of my heroes., writes Bob Newland