Category Archives: Heroism
Raymond Suttner, Gospel of Service or gospel of greed:Polity interview on Chief Luthuli
Raymond Suttner, Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’
Bruce Springsteen in Cape Town singing Free Nelson Mandela
Raymond Suttner, video interview on early Mandela, relationship with Sisulu and Mandela’s masculinities
Raymond Suttner video interview on ethical significance of Mandela’s court appearances
Richard Pithouse, Another annus horribilis for the ANC
Very insightful analysis of the decline of the ANC by Richard Pithouse. There are also some important remarks about organisations outside of the ANC, including the NGO sector, and the general absence of a powerful movement that can relieve the decadence and violence of the present.
Ahmed Kathrada’s beautiful tribute to Mandela
His Day is Done. A tribute poem to Nelson Mandela by Maya Angelou
Raymond Suttner, Mandela puts apartheid on trial, 1962 and Rivonia trials
When Mandela was captured in 1962 the police did not know that he had been overseas for military training and that he was Commander in Chief of the recently formed Umkhonto we Sizwe, Spear of the nation, (MK).
http://www.polity.org.za/article/mandela-on-trial-its-meaning-for-us-today-2013-12-09
Pallo Jordan pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
Professsor Philip Bonner reflects on Mandela’s life in video
Palesa Morudu, Remember the past and question the present
Palesa Morudu on the symbolic reburial of her brother, Moss Morudu, whose whereabouts and details of whose death have only become known to the family in recent times.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2013/10/29/remember-the-past-and-question-the-present
Jan Garbarek, Hasta Siempre Commandante Che Guevara, live 2004
Silvio Rodriguez, Hasta siempre Commandante Che Guevara
Victor Jara sings Hasta siempre Commandante Che Guevara
Buena Vista Social club sing Hasta Siempre, Commandante
“Hasta Siempre, Comandante”, or simply “Hasta Siempre”, is a 1965 song by Cuban composer Carlos Puebla The song’s lyrics are a reply to revolutionary Che Guevara’s farewell letter to Fidel Castro when he left Cuba, to advance revolutionary struggle in the Congo and later Bolivia where he was executed.
The lyrics recount key moments of the Cuban revolution, describing Che Guevara and his role as a commander. The title derives from Che’s well known exhortation “¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!” (“Until Victory, Always!”). [adapted from Wikipedia)
Raymond Suttner 