Ideologies

Ideologies explores the ideas and ideals that drove the actions of the anti-apartheid movement. Activists across Canada came to the movement with different world views, different analyses and, indeed, different visions of what a free South Africa would look like. These differing ideologies were the result of personal histories, as well as regional and cultural differences. They were also born from the Cold War and from the ongoing ravages and legacies of settler colonialism in Southern Africa—and in Canada. For some activists, respect for human rights and racial equality was the road to the end of apartheid. Others were convinced that liberation would only come with the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism. And others just knew in their gut that apartheid was wrong, and wanted to do something about it.

Featuring anti-apartheid activists Charlie Angus, Jane Armstrong, David Beer, Marie-Hélène Bonin, May Chiu, Nigel Crawhall, Aziz Fall, Sam Gindin, Ole Gjerstad, Vince Greason, Joanne, Amy Kaler, Ken Luckhardt, Doug Miller, Anne Mitchell, Dan O'Meara, Carol Phillips, Joe Pillay, Gwen Schulman, Jim Sinclair, Suzanne Smythe, Rose Marie Whalley, and Marian White.