Joe Slovo Quotes

Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy. - Joe Slovo

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. - Joe Slovo

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to. - Joe Slovo

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible. - Joe Slovo

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country. - Joe Slovo

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people. - Joe Slovo

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism. - Joe Slovo

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative. - Joe Slovo

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology. - Joe Slovo

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