Actually Existing Socialism How Cuba, the USSR, and East Germany Ended Apartheid w/ Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne, a prolific communist historian, joins the show to discuss his 2019 book "White Supremacy Confronted". This work focuses on the socialist bloc's vital collaboration with the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party to end apartheid in southern Africa.
In this episode we start with the origins of European settler colonialism in Southern Africa and how that led to the emergence of the white supremacist system of apartheid in the 20th century. Horne’s expansive knowledge of history takes us back and forth across the globe and time - highlighting the class collaboration between working people and elites that is inherent to European settler projects from southern Africa to the United States. A class collaboration which bolstered the support of apartheid in the West.
Most importantly we go into detail about what various socialist countries specifically did to turn the tide in favor of the African resistance to apartheid. And we end on what the collapse of the socialist bloc in the early 90s meant for a South Africa in transition!
More info about what we covered in this episode can be freely found at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78957219
Episode Credits
Opening Interlude Music:
Cushy - Fire Drill (Royalty Free Music)Opening Interlude Voiceover:
Fidel Castro in South Africa with Nelson MandelaOpening Snippet Music/Outro Music:
Sigma Male Full Theme Song