There is a programme on Channel 4 tonight called "The Good Terrorist".
http://www.executedtoday.com/2010/04/01/1965-john-harris-white-anti-apartheid-martyr/
I didn't know anything about Harris but it is interesting how the victors write history.
He planted a bomb during apartheid, killed one and injured twenty-three and was hanged.
He was white - so, the article now says things like:
Apartheid martyr;
Intending to demonstrate;
symbolic device;
phoned police so the area would be cleared;
courageous white man;
responsibility for consequences lies with Pretoria;
No other alternative for decent white people.
Quite odd.
http://www.executedtoday.com/2010/04/01/1965-john-harris-white-anti-apartheid-martyr/
I didn't know anything about Harris but it is interesting how the victors write history.
He planted a bomb during apartheid, killed one and injured twenty-three and was hanged.
He was white - so, the article now says things like:
Apartheid martyr;
Intending to demonstrate;
symbolic device;
phoned police so the area would be cleared;
courageous white man;
responsibility for consequences lies with Pretoria;
No other alternative for decent white people.
Quite odd.
