Comrade Jack: The Political Lectures and Diary of Jack Simons, Novo Catengue

by Marion Sparg (Editor), Jenny Schreiner (Editor)

This memoir sketches the life of the late Jack Simons, an independent-minded Marxist scholar, activist, revolutionary, teacher, and hero of the South African struggle. It details his dynamic political lectures in the camps of Umkhonto weSizwe in Angola and Tanzania. Through his diaries, he reveals the experiences of the people in these camps, many of whom are in government today.

264 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001