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  • Thirdly, we take the floor after a vehement condemnation of apartheid and a scathing indictment of the Pretoria regime's collaborators by the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid, Ambassador Alhaji Maitama-Sule.

    APARTHEID AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 1980

  • The term Apartheid comes from the Afrikaans word meaning

    About.com African History 2010

  • Jewish members of Gush Shalom regularly go into the West Bank and join with Palestinians in protests over the building of the wall which they call the Apartheid Wall.

    Understanding the Reality in Palestine 2008

  • Palestinians in protests over the building of the wall which they call the Apartheid Wall.

    Crossville Chronicle, Crossville, TN Home 2010

  • Apartheid is an Afrikaaner word that refers to a specific type of segregation.

    Matthew Yglesias » Ehud Barak: Peace or Apartheid 2010

  • Apartheid is a specific term referring to a specific system in South Africa, and is not an interchangeable term for Jim Crow.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009

  • If you have even a passing interest in Apartheid era South Africa (or even if you don't) I strongly recommend you read this.

    An Interview with Kyle Mills 2010

  • Apartheid is the only glue holding Israel together.

    An Offer They Can’t Refuse? « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Further, I am sure that if you told MLK that RFK tapped his phones but that RFK swears he was "reluctant" to do that, he would have said it fully excused the invasion of his privacy and the attempt to suppress his movement and maintain Apartheid in the American South.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Further, I am sure that if you told MLK that RFK tapped his phones but that RFK swears he was "reluctant" to do that, he would have said it fully excused the invasion of his privacy and the attempt to suppress his movement and maintain Apartheid in the American South.

    Balkinization 2007

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