Fighting Apartheid in South Africa
Russell’s research focus probably stems from her own involvement in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. In 1963, Russell had joined the Liberal Party of South Africa that had been founded by Alan Paton, the author of Cry the Beloved Country. While participating in a peaceful protest in Cape Town, Russell was arrested with other party members. After the arrest, Russell like many others in the Liberal Party, came to realize that non-violent strategies were futile against the brutal violence and repression of the white Afrikaner police state. Thereafter Russell joined The African Resistance Movement (ARM), an underground revolutionary movement fighting apartheid in South Africa. The principal strategy of the ARM was to bomb and sabotage government property, and though Russell was only a peripheral member of the ARM, she still risked a 10-year incarceration if caught.
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