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IN THEIR QUEST FOR MAJORITY RULE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, THE ARMED LIBERATION GROUPS HAVE ENJOYED THE FIRM SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY AND SHARE WITH THAT MENTOR A BASICALLY AFRICAN NATIONALIST ORIENTATION, ONE WHICH SEEKS TO AVOID THE INJECTION OF EXTERNAL INFLUENCES INTO THE BATTLE TO LIBERATE THE WHITE-DOMINATED SOUTH.

Finland's special characteristics as a Nordic, non-aligned welfare state gave it the resources and motivation to support liberation movements - in spite of restrictions arising from trade interests and a reluctance to jeopardise the country's neutral image. The study shows that, although it is not an easy task, in a democracy ordinary, dedicated people can, over time, influence political decision making at its most closed and guarded area, foreign politics. ; Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The civil society grows and goes international -- 3. Proclaiming the gospel or politics? -- 4. Finland's foreign policy - do not disturb! -- 5. Finland supporting liberation struggles -- 6. South Africa, ANC and the boycott question -- 7. Conclusion

First published in 1999, this volume follows the interactions between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which had adopted more revolutionary strategies after their banning in 1960, over the period 1983-87. Only a few studies of the UDF have aimed to link revolutionary developments in 1980s South Africa with theories of revolutionary strategy and tactics. This volume focuses on the relation between revolutionary theory, praxis and the formation, aims, policies and practices of the UDF. Houston argues that the formulation of the UDF met certain strategic and tactical requirement of Lenin and Gramsci's theories of revolutionary strategy, repositioning the UDF as becoming a Leninist vanguard party, with its affiliate membership operating largely underground. The volume features 6 detailed maps of the Cape Town area, the Republic of South Africa in the 1980s, the Johannesburg area, the Durban area, the Pretoria area and the Northern Transvaal.