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The South African anti-apartheid movement offers hope in the age of Trump

An anti-Apartheid rally in New York City featuring Desmond Tutu on June 14, 1986. (Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Library of Congress)The South African anti-apartheid movement in the U.S. made its most significant gains during Ronald Reagan’s second term in office. There are lessons for the Palestine movement as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

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  • I have not checked in here for a while since I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are good quality so I guess I will add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂

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