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Get up! Stand up! : personal journeys towards social justice
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Title
Get up! Stand up! : personal journeys towards social justice / Mark Heywood.
ISBN
9780624081135
0624081133
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Cape Town : Tafelberg, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"Mark Heywood plays a pivotal role in South African public life and the movement for social justice. He has spearheaded momentous victories for poor people, establishing the right to antiretroviral treatment and to textbooks in schools among others. Executive Director of SECTION27 and a key figure in SaveSouthAfrica, Unite Against Corruption and the Treatment Action Campaign, Heywood has inside experience of tough campaigns and what it takes to mobilise thousands to create change."--Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Expatriate child: an African upbringing
The discovery of politics: introduction to Johnny Rotten, Leon Trotsky and Martin Legassick
One of the great revolutions of the twentieth century
The AIDS Law Project: into the world of HIV and human rights
Saving lives: time for TAC
Civil society versus uncivil government: the horror of AIDS denialism
Defying 'prevailing wisdoms': AIDS Activistes Sans Frontières
Crossing borders
Back into the unkown: the birth and infancy of SECTION27
Seize power! Endeavouring to build an independent and effective civil society
Journeying the present: beliefs lost, values gained
Epilogue: the journey we must take together.
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