Joe Slovo

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Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#collapse #communist #communist party #crisis #dramatic

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#ideology #long #sometimes #suits #too

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


— Joe Slovo

#democratic #front #head #liberation #mass

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#goals #mass #must #our #political

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. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#barrier #blacks #currently #important #irreversible

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. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#believe #by the people #cannot #comprehensive #concrete

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


— Joe Slovo

#mood #must #need #other #people

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. ↗


— Joe Slovo

#been #bouquet #consistently #expect #her

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


— Joe Slovo

#got #gun #keep #negotiating #over






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In 1963 he went into exile and lived in Britain Angola Mozambique and Zambia. Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician long-time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress. After the elections of 1994 he became Minister for housing in Nelson Mandela's government until his death in 1995.

For Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Cape Town see: Joe Slovo (Cape Town). Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician long-time leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leading member of the African National Congress.