Apartheid
Facts from the Community
From the Activism base
Activists:
- Fidel Castro
- Graham Charles Chadwick
- Brian Cleeve
- Diana Collins
- Canon John Collins
- Clarence Edward Crowther
- Ron Dellums
- John Diefenbaker
- Peter Gabriel
- Muammar al-Gaddafi
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