Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Books: Ruth First And Joe Slovo In The War Against Apartheid
A new book on Joe Slovo and Ruth First pays due tribute to an inspirational couple in the struggle for liberation in South Africa, says JOHN HAYLETT
Ruth First And Joe Slovo In The War Against Apartheid
by Alan Wieder
(Monthly Review Press, £14.50)
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