Selected Writings - Brossura

First, Ruth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9392018312 ISBN 13: 9789392018312

Casa editrice: LeftWord Books, 2023

Riassunto

Ruth First, born in 1925, held multiple roles during the struggles of her time as a communist militant, journalist, researcher and leading intellectual in South Africa. Until her assassination in 1982, she was a committed anti-apartheid activist and was one of the many defendants of the Treason Trial and imprisoned without charge in solitary confinement for 117 days in 1963. Ruth First on a range of topics including the landmark 1956 Women's March, the workings of the apartheid state, and the history of anti-apartheid armed struggle against this state, introduced by an essay on First's life and legacy, written by Vashna Jagarnath, a labour activist who works in the office of the general secretary of the National Union of Metal workers of South Africa (NUMSA).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: LeftWord Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9392018312
• ISBN 13: 9789392018312
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 76
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile