Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid
Today I discovered and now wholly endorse the Manifesto for the Abolition of International Apartheid written in 1997 by Yves Bonnardel and David Olivier. A plain copy without intrusive Lycos France ads is here. Read it.
More forthcoming and previous in my apartheid category.
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Including the bit about “social [i.e. political] benefits”?
Yes. It says nothing about the level of political benefits. It is compatible with zero.
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