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Dave Volek 3d ago

Book Review: Mandela

An activist who walked his talk:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=513

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#activism #mandela #nelsonmandela

John Autry 3d ago

June 12, 1964 - Nelson Mandela, a 46-year-old lawyer and a leader of the opposition to South Africa’s racially separatist apartheid system, was convicted of sabotage in the Rivonia Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.

From Mandela’s statement to the court prior to sentencing: “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

#NelsonMandela

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD 3d ago

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1964, #NelsonMandela was sentenced to life in prison for defying #SouthAfrican #Apartheid. This event was welcomed in the United States, which kept #Mandela on its #terrorist #WatchList until 2008. Never forget apartheid was supported by the US government.

50+ Music 4d ago

On June 11th, 1988: Freedom Fest: Anti-apartheid benefit & #NelsonMandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert addresses his continued imprisonment; performers include #WhitneyHouston, #PhilCollins, Dire Straits, #StevieWonder, #TracyChapman, Hugh Masekela & Miriam Makeba, #YoussouNDour, #PeterGabriel, #AlGreen, Joan Armatrading; #JessyeNorman, and The #Eurythmics at Wembley Stadium, London; broadcast to 67 countries with estimated audience of 600 million.

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Thierry Bayoud 4d ago

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. l'État cubain missionne ses médecins depuis les années 60 partout dans le monde pour venir en aide aux populations dans le besoin ;

. de 1979 à 1991, plus de 400 000 volontaires cubains sont allés combattre en Angola les armées sud-africaines soutenues par les États-Unis, et ont ainsi contribué indirectement à la fin du régime de l'apartheid et à la libération de Nelson Mandela.

Mais selon Trump, Cuba est un État terroriste.

#cuba #TumbaElBloqueo #usa #trump #NelsonMandela #angola

Regendans 5d ago

Interview with grandson of Nelson Mandela : Ndaba Mandela.🇿🇦

"Ndaba Mandela was a child when he first met his grandfather, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leading anti-apartheid activist in South Africa Nelson Mandela, and he grew up at his side. Born in Soweto (Johannesburg) 43 years ago, he is now a political scientist who promotes his grandfather’s legacy as president of the Mandela Institute for Humanity, and was in Spain on Monday to support the Alliance for the Future of Education, an initiative to renew the focus on learning in particularly challenging times.
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Q. Your parents died of AIDS and your grandfather decided it should be made public. That the word be acknowledged to fight the stigma.

A. Yes, we had a discussion. When my father died we asked ourselves: What are we going to tell the world? We could say pneumonia or tuberculosis because HIV destroys your immune system and you die of something else, but my grandfather said: “No. We will not do that. We will simply say that AIDS has taken my son’s life.” And that was important — it was the first time a prominent family revealed the truth. We don’t have to hide; we must talk about this disease like any other and not feel ashamed, as if we had done something dirty.""

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-02/ndaba-mandela-nelson-mandelas-grandson-as-a-child-i-wanted-to-live-in-a-prison-like-my-grandfather.html

#NelsonMandela #ANC #SouthAfrica