By Chanie Rosenberg
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Teacher, artist, exchange unionist, Jewish South African socialist and anti-Zionist in Palestine, accomplice of Tony Cliff and founding member of the foreign Socialist culture: now in her nineties, Chanie Rosenberg continues to be an energetic, dedicated innovative. Rosenberg's memoir additionally comprises her illustrated pamphlet at the nice Russian modernist artist, 'Malevich & Revolution', first released by way of Redwords in 2008. With ten color illustrations.
Chanie has fought her complete lifestyles for a socialist society that would unfastened traditional humans, economically, politically and culturally. the second one 1/2 this ebook is an inspiring instance of the way revolution can do that.
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