Participatory democracy: the legacy of the UDF in the eastern Cape
OUTPUT TYPE: Conference or seminar papers
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Cherry
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 2629
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8001
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8001
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Cherry
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 2629
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8001
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8001
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Abstract
It is tempting to idealize the days of struggle, and to remember uncritically our heroes and our organizations; to present MK, for example, as the 'glorious peoples' army' and to forget the frustrations endured and the mistakes made. Similarly, it is tempting to remember the UDF as a militant, mass-based front of organizations which made a decisive contribution to the ending of apartheid and the creation of a democratic society. The moments of terror and intolerance are easily forgotten. And yet, perhaps it is time for us to reflect critically - on this twentieth anniversary of the founding of the UDF - on the lessons we learnt through our experience of organization in the 1980s.-
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