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Joe Slovo Biography

Joe Slovo (born Yossel Mashel Slovo; 23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, an opponent of the apartheid system. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party (SACP), a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

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We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.

Lives, Mood, Needs, People, Sides

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.

Advanced, Controlled, Minorities, Preparation, Regular, Southern

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.

Bouquet, Men, Morning, Promises, Stop, Wife

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.

Alternatives, Ordinary, Person, See, Terms, Thinking

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible.

Bears, Country, Fruit, Initiated, Irreversible, Thing

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Gun, Negotiating, Pointing, Shoulders, Table, Tables

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles.

Class, Forces, Hand, Hands, Relatively, Struggle

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.

Areas, Community, Force, Judgement, Think, Thinking

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.

Combination, Crisis, Enemy, Essentials, Resistance, Violence

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology.

Has Beens, Ideology, Inhuman, System

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.

Country, Creation, Important, Tactics

We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier.

Important, Irreversible, Overcoming, Population, White

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.

Anc, Believe, Mass, Movement, Stands