Mandela & Communism: An Exchange. Rian Malan and Paul Trewhela, reply by Bill Keller. Quoted: Stephen Ellis. In: New York Review of Books, June 6, 2013
I enjoyed Bill Keller’s review of my scribblings [“The Heretic,” NYR, March 21] but must take issue with his view of the tiny but hugely influential South African Communist Party (SACP). “Most…members weren’t all that Communist,” writes Keller, seemingly wishing to impute that our Reds were only pretending to believe in the totalitarian Soviet ideal.
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06 June 2013
Posted on 5 September 2013, last modified on 5 September 2013