When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.

There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.