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Book SynopsisThe third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world. The global anti-apartheid movement was very successful in creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in 2 parts, brings together analyses which in the main are written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organizations they are writing about.
Table of ContentsVolume 3: Part 1; Chapter 1; Introduction By Gregory Houston; Chapter 2: The United Nations and the struggle for liberation in South Africa By Enuga S. Reddy Chapter 3: The International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa By Al Cook; Chapter 4: In the heart of the beast: The British Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1959–1994 By Christabel Gurney; Chapter 5: The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement By Louise and Kader Asmal with Thomas Alberts; Chapter 6: Sweden and the Nordic countries: Official solidarity and assistance from the West By Tor Sellstrom; Chapter 7: From Jan van Riebeeck to solidarity with the struggle:The Netherlands, South Africa and apartheid By Sietse Bosgra; Chapter 8: Anti-apartheid activity in the European Community and selected West European countries; Part 1: The European Community and apartheid: Minimal effective pressure By Sietse Bosgra; Part 2: Austria and South Africa during apartheid By Walter Sauer; Part 3: The anti-apartheid struggle in Belgium as perceived by the Comite Contre le Colonialisme et l’Apartheid By Paulette Pierson-Mathy; Part 4: Hoera vir die Boer hoera! Pro- and anti-apartheid struggles in Flanders and Belgium By Jan Vanheukelom; Part 5: France–South Africa By Sietse Bosgra, Jacqueline Derens and Jacques Marchand; Part 6: A history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the Federal Republic of Germany By Gottfried Wellmer; Part 7: Italy, `beneficiary’ of the apartheid regime, and its internal opposition By Cristiana Fiamingo; Part 8: Switzerland and apartheid: The Swiss Anti-Apartheid Movement By Peter Leuenberger; Part 9: Other Mediterranean countries: Spain, Portugal, Greece By Sietse Bosgra; Part 10: The Liaison Group of Anti-Apartheid Movements in the EC By Sietse Bosgra; Part 11: AWEPAA: European activists–politicians against apartheid By Peter Sluiter and Sietse Bosgra; Volume 3 Part 2 Chapter 9: Anti-apartheid solidarity in United States–South African relations: From the margins to the mainstream By William Minter and Sylvia Hill; Chapter 10: Canadian solidarity with South Africa’s liberation struggle By Joan Fairweather; Chapter 11; The anti-apartheid movements in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand By Peter Limb; Chapter 12; `There is no threat from the Eastern Bloc’ By Vladimir Shubin with Marina Traikova; Chapter 13; The German Democratic Republic and the South African liberation struggle By Hans-Georg Schleicher; Chapter 14: Cuba: The little giant against apartheid By Hedelberto Lopez Blanch; Chapter 15; China’s support for and solidarity with South Africa’s liberation struggle By Zhong Weiyun and Xu Sujiang; Chapter 16; Solidarity: India and South Africa By Vijay Gupta; Select Bibliography; Index.
