The Right Wing’s Campaign To Discredit And Undermine Mandela, In One Timeline

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The world is celebrating Nelson Mandela as a selfless visionary who led his country out of the grips of apartheid into democracy and freedom. But some of the very people lavishing praise on South Africa’s first black president worked tirelessly to undermine his cause and portray the African National Congress he lead as pawns of the Soviet Union.

In fact, American conservatives have long been willing to overlook South Africa’s racist apartheid government in service of fighting communism abroad. Below is a short history, and some explanation, of how conservatives approached Mandela with the hostility they did…

More here: http://thinkprogress.org/home/2013/12/06/3029871/wing-timeline-mandela/

Discovered on: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/07/rise-and-shine-690/