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Terrorist list, until july 2008. thats a source of shame to us. leadership led by the people like robinson and roger wilkins and holmes-norton. they laid the groundwork for his freedom. he always suppressed appreciation. >> may i ask you the last time you met with him and when you left if you got a sense that it would be the last time. >> it was difficult for him to hear at that time. he came to have a meeting. we took pictures together. we laughed. and i asked him about the farm where he finall...

People in the united states who had fought and marched and fought u.s. governments to try to get sanctions imposed against the ar par tied racist south african regime and ultimately successfully did so. we have to remember the united states considered nelson mandela a terrorist. he was not taken off the terrorist list here in the united states until 2008. so he wanted to thank the people of the united states for the unswerving commitment that they had to try to support the struggle against apart...

Should just say, there were secret police. during nelson mandelas imprisonment, it was illegal to have a picture of him, right? these are -- >> its all true, chris. >> it couldnt put it in a newspaper. they couldnt put his face or name in a newspaper. >> a lot of us forget that the united states government and many western governments supported white south africa. and in fact, mandela never got off the terrorist list until 2008. and he was elected in 2004, we -- >> 1994. >> 1994, rather! so this...

Switzerland, just to meet with anc leaders and supporters to help develop the solidarity movement, which we were mounting here in our own country. when i worked for congressman dellums, i have to say, ron dellums and bill gray, they led the fight for many, many years for sanctions to put this country on the right side of history. i remember ron introduced the sanctions bill, it must have been 12 times. and he would not waver. he kept going and kept going. finally, when president reagan vetoed it...

Congress later overrode the veto. what do you remember about that very divisive time, the 80s when apartheid was such a heated debate all over the country but especially on college campuses? >> well, the u.s. chose de klerk and botha and the apartheid regime as our ally. i can hear kissinger saying now iran and the shah and botha and de klerk [ inaudible ]. and therefore, the apartheid is an internal problem. it had no moral standing in the world so people began to rebel against it. but clearly,...

Supported white south africa. and in fact, mandela never got off the terrorist list until 2008. and he was elected in 2004, we -- >> 1994. >> 1994, rather! so this is a situation where the united states was on the wrong side, for many, many years. and so what they were up against was a whole world of privilege, that didnt want change, because people made so much money under apartheid. it was very, very profitable. and the exploitation of people there led to a system and a status quo that wouldnt...

The fight for many, many years for sanctions to put this country on the right side of history. i remember ron introduced the sanctions bill, it must have been 12 times. and he would not waver. he kept going and kept going. finally, when president reagan vetoed it, the congress overrode that veto and put the united states on the right side of history. but still, the anc and president mandela were considered terrorists. and it wasnt until i was in south africa a few years ago that i learned of thi...

Your way through the news. first israeli, the israeli furious with the white house for exposing it is israel that struck a military base in syria. israel had not publicly acknowledged carrying out the strike on webs set for delivery to hezbollah in lebanon. an israeli officials calling the american leak scandalous. now to pakistan. a u.s. drone strike killing a leerld of the pakistani taliban. he was on the u.s. most wanted terrorist list. he was believed to be behind the suicide attack at cia b...

Your way through the news. first israeli, the israeli furious with the white house for exposing it is israel that struck a military base in syria. israel had not publicly acknowledged carrying out the strike on webs set for delivery to hezbollah in lebanon. an israeli officials calling the american leak scandalous. now to pakistan. a u.s. drone strike killing a leerld of the pakistani taliban. he was on the u.s. most wanted terrorist list. he was believed to be behind the suicide attack at cia b...

>> and they are anti-iranian government. >> which means -- >> our friends. >> white house, theyre on our side. >> and we need to protect them and help them. and you know what? this is not a story youre going to see any place else but fox. why isnt anybody picking this up? >> because the state department has done a tremendous bog job in which they have made it appear as if these people are terrorists. >> and they were on the terrorist list. >> a while back they opposed the shah. when the ayatolla...