No Easy Victories

No Easy Victories
Author: William Minter
Publisher: William Minter
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1592215750

African news making headlines today is dominated by disaster: wars, famine, HIV. Those who respond - from stars to ordinary citizens - are learning that real solutions require more than charity. This book provides a comprehensive, panoramic view of US activism in Africa from 1950 to 2000, activism grounded in a common struggle for justice. It portrays organisations, activists and networks that contributed to African liberation and, in turn, shows how African struggles informed US activism, including the civil rights and black power movements.

No Easy Victories

No Easy Victories
Author: John William Gardner
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1968
Genre: Education
ISBN:

At the time of John W. Gardner's resignation from the Cabinet early in 1968 -- a time, in his own words, of dissent and divisiveness -- James Reston of the new York Times credited him with "the calmest voice and coolest mind in American public life." Though he may be calm, he is anything but complacent. He has repeatedly voiced his conviction that "we are in deep trouble as a nation." Mr. Gardner's previous best sellers, Excellence and Self-Renewal, reflect his profound interest in two related themes: individual fulfillment and the renewal of society and men. These interest were deepend and strengthened by his two and a half years as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. As head of the executive department charged with administering the bulk of the federal government's domestic programs, Mr. Gardner dealt with many of the most critical and controversial issues of our time. In this book he deals not only with subjects of immediate concern but with broader and more fundamental questions: How may large-scale organizations be made to serve man rather than diminish him? What are the requirements of leadership in our society? What are the values that represent the best in the American tradition?

Claim No Easy Victory

Claim No Easy Victory
Author: Firoze Manji
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942173847

An anthology of revolutionary, poet, liberation philosopher Amílcar Cabral brings to life the contemporary resonance of his thought for today's freedom movements. 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Amílcar Cabral, world-renowned revolutionary, poet, liberation philosopher, and leader of the independence movement of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde. Cabral's influence stretched well beyond the shores of West Africa. He had a profound influence on the pan-Africanist movement and the Black liberation movement in the United States and the English-speaking world. In this unique collection of essays, contemporary thinkers from across Africa, the United States, and internationally commemorate the anniversary of Cabral's assassination. They reflect on the legacy of this extraordinary individual and his relevance to contemporary struggles for self-determination and emancipation. The book serves both as an introduction, or reintroduction, to one that the rulers and beneficiaries of global racial capitalism would rather see forgotten. Understanding Cabral sheds light on the necessity of grounding radical change in the creation of theory based on the actual conditions within which a movement is attempting to develop. Cabral's theoretical ideas and revolutionary practice of building popular movements for liberation are assessed by each of the authors as critically relevant today. His well-known phrase "Claim no easy victories" resonates today no less than it did during his lifetime. Features contributions by: Kali Akuno, Samir Amin, David Austin, Jesse Benjamin, Angela Davis, Bill Fletcher Jr, Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, Lewis Gordon, Firoze Manji, Asha Rodney, Patricia Rodney, and Olúfémi Táíwò--and others.

No Simple Victory

No Simple Victory
Author: Norman Davies
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2008-08-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1440651124

One of the world's leading historians re-examines World War II and its outcome A clear-eyed reappraisal of World War II that offers new insight by reevaluating well-established facts and pointing out lesser-known ones, No Simple Victory asks readers to reconsider what they know about the war, and how that knowledge might be biased or incorrect. Norman Davies poses simple questions that have unexpected answers: Can you name the five biggest battles of the war? What were the main political ideologies that were contending for supremacy? The answers to these questions will surprise even those who feel that they are experts on the subject. Davies has established himself as a preeminent scholar of World War II. No Simple Victory is an invaluable contribution to twentieth-century history and an illuminating portrait of a conflict that continues to provoke debate.

Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories

Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories
Author: Amilcar Cabral
Publisher: Digital on Demand
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2022-10-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1776421507

‘Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...’ – Amílcar Cabral Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories showcases the intellectual foundations and practices underpinning the liberation of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde. From the importance of culture in decolonisation, to biting critiques of Portuguese colonialism, and strategies for guerrilla warfare in tropical forests, this new collection brings together select interviews, official speeches and PAIGC party directives from 1962 to 1973. Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories reveals Cabral to be a skilled diplomat and lively and pragmatic thinker, concerned with national liberation in the context of Pan-Africanism and international struggle.

King Solomons Mines

King Solomons Mines
Author: William Minter
Publisher: William Minter
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1988-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0465037240

Amílcar Cabral

Amílcar Cabral
Author: Peter Karibe Mendy
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0821446622

Amílcar Cabral was an agronomist who led an armed struggle that ended Portuguese colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. The uprising contributed significantly to the collapse of a fascist regime in Lisbon and the dismantlement of Portugal’s empire in Africa. Assassinated by a close associate with the deep complicity of the Portuguese colonial authorities, Cabral not only led one of Africa’s most successful liberation movements, but was the voice and face of the anticolonial wars against Portugal. A brilliant military strategist and astute diplomat, Cabral was an original thinker who wrote innovative and inspirational essays that still resonate today. His charismatic and visionary leadership, his active pan-Africanist solidarity and internationalist commitment to “every just cause in the world,” remain relevant to contemporary struggles for emancipation and self-determination. Peter Karibe Mendy’s compact and accessible biography is an ideal introduction to his life and legacy.

No Easy Day

No Easy Day
Author: Mark Owen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0525953728

Mark Owen is a pseudonym for Matt Bissonnette.

Amilcar Cabral

Amilcar Cabral
Author: Patrick Chabal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592210824

This book, first published in 1983 by Cambridge University Press, and now issued for the first time in paperback with a new preface, tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of the PAIGC, Guinea-Bissau's nationalist movement, became one of Africa's foremost revolutionary leaders. In less than twenty years of active political life, Cabral led Guinea-Bissau's nationalists to the most complete political and military success ever achieved by an African political movement against a colonial power. At the time of his death in 1973, months before Guinea-Bissau became independent, his influence extended well beyond the Lusophone world and Africa. Friends and foes alike admired his political acumen and skills and saw in him a potential leader of the non-aligned movement. His writings have shown him to be a sophisticated analyst of the social, economic and political factors which have affected and continue to affect the developing world. At a time when there is a general sense of despondency about the future of Africa, as well as cynicism about its political elites, it is instructive to be reminded that the continent has produced a political leader of Cabral's calibre. Book jacket.