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A Global History of Anti-Apartheid
This book explores the global history of anti-apartheid and international solidarity with southern African freedom struggles from the 1960s. It examines the institutions, campaigns and ideological frameworks that defined the globalization of anti-apartheid, the ways in which the concept of solidarity was mediated by individuals, organizations and states, and considers the multiplicity of actors and interactions involved in generating and sustaining anti-apartheid around the world. It includes detailed accounts of key case studies from Europe, Asia, and Latin America, which illustrate the complex relationships between local and global agendas, as well as the diverse political cultures embodied in anti-apartheid. Taken together, these examples reveal the tensions and synergies, transnational webs and local contingencies that helped to create the sense of ‘being global’ that united worldwide anti-apartheid campaigns.
Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979
In Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979, Sabina Widmer analyses Swiss foreign policy in Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Somalia in the late 1960s and 1970s, at the crossroads of the global East-West confrontation and decolonisation. Focusing on the independence wars in Angola and Mozambique, the Angolan War and the Ogaden War as well as regime changes that brought Soviet-allied governments to power, this book sheds new light on Switzerland’s role in the Third World during the Cold War. Based on extensive multi-archival research, it exposes the limits of neutrality in North-South relations, reveals the growing marge de manoeuvre of small states during Détente, and highlights the role of non-state actors in the making of foreign policy.
Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Rise of Global Human Rights Politics
Leading scholars demonstrate how colonial subjects, national liberation movements, and empires mobilized human rights language to contest self-determination during decolonization.
Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region
Throughout the twentieth century, glaciologists and geophysicists from Denmark, Norway and Sweden made important scientific contributions across the Arctic and Antarctic. This research was of acute security and policy interest during the Cold War, as knowledge of the polar regions assumed military importance. But scientists also helped make the polar regions Nordic spaces in a cultural and political sense, with scientists from Norden punching far above their weight in terms of population, geographical size or economic activity. This volume presents an image of Norden that stretches far beyond its conventional limits, covering a vast area in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Sea, as well as p...
Jon Michelet
I 1962 mønstrer den unge dekksgutten Jon Michelet på skipet M/S Tomar. Blant de røffe sjøfolkene møter han flere gamle krigsseilere og tanken om den store sjøromanen vokser fram. Men det skal gå mange år før han klarer å skrive sitt storverk. I En folkets helt følger vi Jon Michelet gjennom alle disse årene. Med innsikt og fortellerglede får vi historien om Michelets år som kontroversiell journalist og medlem av AKP (m-l). Han sto på barrikadene for revolusjon og kommunisme, og ble overvåka av de hemmelige tjenestene. Boka har et utall ramsalte historier om eventyr i ødemarken og livet som A-kjendis i Norge. Her er boksuksesser, familieidyll og berømmelse - men også samlivsbrudd, fylleslagsmål og skrivetørke. Jon Michelets liv faller sammen med overgangen fra syttitallsradikalisme til framveksten av en kommersiell kjendiskultur i Norge. Først 50 år etter tiden som dekksgutt kom Jon Michelet i havn. Med bøkene om En sjøens helt og skogsmatrosen Halvor Skramstad reiste Michelet et storslagent monument over norske krigsseilere. Samtidig ble han selv en folkets helt.
Speeches that Shaped South Africa
Great speeches have the power to bring about political change, and South Africa lays claim to some of the world’s most skilled orators, from Nelson Mandela, whose courageous statement from the dock inspired the liberation struggle, to Desmond Tutu, whose ‘Rainbow People of God’ speech prepared the country for a new era. On the other side of the political spectrum, who can forget P.W. Botha’s infamous Rubicon speech, an oratorical flop which took the country backwards during the 1980s, or F.W. de Klerk’s unbanning of the ANC in 1990, which took it forwards again? Speeches that Shaped South Africa is the first collection of these historic utterances, featuring key speeches from the b...
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