'the Turning Point ... Was in the Decision of the Liberation Movement to Abandon Its Exclusive Reliance on Non-Violent Campaigning' (Debate) (Country Overview‪)‬

I (JSS) received the following letter, posted from Kidlington in the UK on June 8, 2001, from long-time ANC and SACP militant Lionel 'Rusty' Bernstein. (1) When I quoted from the letter in my remarks at my own book launch in Durban on April 2, 2007, I was urged by several comrades there to allow the entire text to be published. Given that Bernstein died on June 23, 2002, not long after this letter was sent (and that, his wife, Hilda, noted author and a fellow long-time stalwart in the South African liberation struggle, has also quite recently passed away), I see no reason not to do so, especially since the contents of the letter are likely to be of general interest not only to historians but also to current activists in the South African struggle.