african radicalism Flashcards

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describe the MK

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Umkhonto we sizwe not wage all out war=commited acts sabotage on gov property=trained people for guerrilla warfare =wanted to make it impossible for gov to govern =indepedant from ANC=SACP joined=next 18 months 200 attacks

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describe the PAC and Poqo

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POQO most violent of armed movements=used terror and intimidation=assualt on white settlement Paarl 1962 killed 2 young people=enchance security divided into separate cells=limited to African people=targeted africans saw as collaborators=by 1964 in fighting and infiltrated security=many killed arrested

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describe mandela’s capture

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1962=Mandela went various countries on Africa support and funds =met poltical leaders london recieved military training himself=on return 1962 captured=sentanced 5 years no parole

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describe the Rivonia Trial

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they ivaded Liliesleaf farm=found 250 incriminating documents=MK operatives and weapons=Mandela prime defendant of trial=accused to cause violent revolt capital offence began oct 1963=great publicity in SA and other places =used it to justify armed struggle rather than plead innocence=life imprisonment=most ANC leadership=not death didnt want him to be martyr

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describe the impact of the Rivonia Trial interntionally

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international=UN called for defendants to be released=dockworkers in several countries threatend to stop handling sa GOODS=Brezhnev joined US congressmen and British mps calling for clemancy while 50 held march London=however=informed context of how judge gave his verdict
led to sanctions and protest years to come

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describe the R trials impact on ANC

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All principle ANC and PAC leaders arrested=structure of ANC destroyed=chief Luthuli under house arrest =difficult to implement guerrilla warrfare as SA was surronded by friendly nations white controlled Rhodesia =ANC regrouped and reorganised in exile=bases set up Tanzania and Mozambique=infiltration routes set up into SA
Walter sisulu travelled Eastern Euroupe=grants 300,000 and 560,000 from USSR=constituted as much as 85% ANC revenue=USSR Bulgaria gave military training=GDR offered training interrorgation
dissapointed from help from African nations= except Tanzania gave 4 training camps 1963 organisation African unity=caMPS ANC and military aid
- ANC united ZAPU=destroy white supremist regime Rhodesia=good publicty=bad militarily =got combat lessons but superior firepower gov and sa gov=12 killed=wankie incursion little no impact
Morogoro conference 1969=reform ANC realised issues=define relationship between anc and SACP=empahsis importance armed struggle at time had no military presecene in SA=reorganise struggle
-reinfocred multracial nature ANC=set up national executive committee=only black people=revoloutionary committee armed struggle=slovo
poltical tactic also important=failure to see black consciousness movement=out touc didnt understand conditions SA
ANC and SACP=SACP vital providing supplies through contacts communist party=slovo Hani key on council

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describe impact of PAC and Poqo

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fared worse ANC=banned most leaders prison searches found names of entire membership Poqo=PAC rivent dissent until resignation Leballo 1969

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