Agree with most of that but then let's not think that the South African state has changed in its persecution of Blacks just because of majority rule..........
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/20/south-africa-marikana-police
http://www.workers.org/articles/2013/12/06/statement-south-african-communist-party-nelson-Manuela/
Even the South African communist party says so.........
It's not a big deal though is it or a surprise, and like I said previously his motives may not have been binary, which is understandable in...
If that's your belief then you are entitled to it.............in factual terms there is compelling evidence to prove he was in the Communist Party.
His motives are not entirely in that respect are not clear, I grant you that, however he would regularly refer to Fidrel Castro as "comrade" and as...
He was in the closet for a while, but like Tom we knew it all along didn't we.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/9731522/Nelson-Mandela-proven-to-be-a-member-of-the-Communist-Party-after-decades-of-denial.html
A lovely man.
Given his political ideology was based in marxism that should be no surprise to anyone.............a religous communist is an oxymoron.
It is a predictable reality that when faced with the "unknown" even the strongest atheists can waver from their view; on desert island discs recently Ed...
That's very true, it is interesting to note that the reaction to the news of Maggie's death in this country was sporadic outbreaks of dancing and singing in the streets. From the news coverage it looks like that is happening in SA too, maybe he wasn't liked universally?
The snooker scheduled for 11.20 isn't ..........BBC1 has rolling coverage, and newsnight has also been devoted to the Mandela story.........so both channels for last 45mins.
Tragic as the news is, the Selby vs Hawkins match has the potential to be an absolute cracker..........