Regan's Big Shift on Angola From Carter

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Regan's big shift on angola from carter was to introduce this concept of so called linkage that south africa would implement u n resolution four 35. The idea came in 19 81 in conversations between topues and topotopican officials, the first important convers ation between there. It was very important, as i sand, because it justified the continuings of the african occupation of namibia. This episode of the dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patrion dot com and by haymarket books, which is currently running its annual holiday sale. All haymarket books are forty % off until january third, including gifts for all the radical

The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line—including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony. Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.