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A taste of bitter almonds - Perdition and promise in South Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R223
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A taste of bitter almonds - Perdition and promise in South Africa (Paperback): Michael Schmidt

A taste of bitter almonds - Perdition and promise in South Africa (Paperback)

Michael Schmidt

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1994 Symbolised the triumphal defeat of almost three and a half centuries of racial separation since the Dutch East India Company planted a bitter almond hedge to keep indigenous people out of `their' Cape outpost in 1659. But for the majority of people in the world's most unequal society, the taste of bitter almonds linger as their exclusion from a dignified life remain the rule. In the year of South Africa's troubled coming-of-age, veteran investigative journalist Michael Schmidt brings to bear 21 years of his scribbled field notes to weave a tapestry of the view from below: here in the demi-monde of our transition from autocracy to democracy, in the half-light glow of the rusted rainbow, you will meet neo-Nazis and the newly dispossessed, Boers and Bushmen, black illegal coal miners and a bank robber, witches and wastrels, love children and land claimants. With their feet in the mud, the Born Free youth have their eyes on the stars.

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Imprint: BestRed
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: November 2015
Authors: Michael Schmidt
Dimensions: 211 x 150 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 978-1-928246-06-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict
Books > History > African history > General
LSN: 1-928246-06-0
Barcode: 9781928246060

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author is a White Power Fascist

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 | Review by: Joe H.

Michael Schmidt has been revealed to be an "anarcho-fascist" who tries to combine the traditions of anarchism and fascism. See a long example of his writing below. The writing of this book coincides with posts by Schmidt as "Karelianblue" (in the white supremacist Stormfront forums) and "Françoise Le Sueur" (on Facebook), where Schmidt was actively recruiting for a militant group called Black Battlefront. For background, see Schmidt's posts: http://filepi.com/i/S5r9NDz http://www.pdf-archive.com/2016/01/26/michael-schmidt-karelianblue-stormfront-00/ And "Strandwolf's Creed", Schmidt's openly fascist manifesto: http://filepi.com/i/P2OoSTj http://www.pdf-archive.com/2016/01/26/michael-schmidt-anarchist-fascist-black-battlefront/

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