{"product_id":"selected-writings-ruth-first-9789392018312","title":"Selected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e Ruth First, born in 1925, held multiple roles during the struggles of her time as a communist militant, journalist, researcher and leading intellectual in South Africa. Until her assassination in 1982, she was a committed anti-apartheid activist and was one of the many defendants of the Treason Trial and imprisoned without charge in solitary confinement for 117 days in 1963. Ruth First on a range of topics including the landmark 1956 Women's March, the workings of the apartheid state, and the history of anti-apartheid armed struggle against this state, introduced by an essay on First's life and legacy, written by Vashna Jagarnath, a labour activist who works in the office of the general secretary of the National Union of Metal workers of South Africa (NUMSA).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth First\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9392018312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789392018312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leftword Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"Ruth First","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120859508991,"sku":"9789392018312","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8cf421b-de16-4f01-a9f0-34590b1261a6.jpg?v=1687416695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-writings-ruth-first-9789392018312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}