Goldberg has contradictory response to being given freedom of London
RIVONIA treason trialists Denis Goldberg and Ahmed Kathrada, and struggle lawyers George Bizos and Lord Joel Joffe were awarded the freedom of the city of London on Wednesday. Fellow surviving trialist Andrew Mlangeni was too ill to travel to London to be feted by the likes of David Cameron at Number 10 on Monday, or to enjoy the gala dinner on Monday night where the great and the good turned out to honour them.But Mr Goldberg’s take on all of it is, as expected, pretty grounded."(I have a) contradictory response," he said in an interview, "because imperialist Great Britain is responsible for our ending up in prison because we had to fight the consequences of segregation, apartheid, introduced by British imperialism."On the other hand, the concept of human rights and the development of the rights of citizens in the cities against the landed gentry emerges in Great Britain, so when you think about it, for Mlangeni, Kathrada and Goldberg to be invited to come inside Number 10 Downing ...
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