Farewell, Madiba
Heartbreaking to learn that Nelson Mandela passed today. It’s hard to express in words the influence this lion of a man has had on South Africa and the world; suffice to say that he was one of a...
View ArticleApartheid and the Dunnes Stores workers strike, 1984-1987
In 1984, Mary Manning, an employee of Dunnes Stores, one of Ireland’s largest supermarkets, refused to check out an Outspan grapefruit. She was upholding a Union directive that none of its members...
View ArticleTribute to Madiba: A Smile that Called for Transformation
This post originally appeared on December 10, 2013, and is reposted now with minor editorial changes. During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought...
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