Joe Slovo
Joe Slovo
Joe Slovowas a South African politician, an opponent of the apartheid system. He was a long-time leader of the South African Communist Party, a leading member of the African National Congress, and a commander of the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 May 1926
struggle taken people
No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people.
believe people assumption
We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people.
enemy resistance violence
However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes.
gun tables shoulders
You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.
country important tactics
One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.
believe movement mass
The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.
people sides needs
We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.
thinking community judgement
I think a legitimate target is the enemy and [the] enemy is basically in uniform, but not all [are] in Uniform. For example in the rural areas, our judgement is that virtually the whole farming community is part of the South African Defence Force.
trust christian two
There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.
thinking alternatives racist
It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.
long suits sometimes
Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.
racism vision racist
No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.
morning men wife
When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.
morning men wife
When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.