One of the great liberal voices of the 20th Century has vanished from the earth with the passing of Nelson Mandela, Former President of the Republic of South Africa. Few people can be credited with successfully combating racism as much as Mandela did. Yet, far from waging a war with bullets and bombs he followed the examples of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. fighting a successful campaign with pacifistic non-cooperation. From the ANC's non-violent protests against Apartheid , which Mandela lead for 27 years behind the formidable walls of Pollsmoor Prison, to his calls for Truth and Reconciliation, he ensured that his fight was a fight of ideas and ideologies and not of blood. The Guardian's obituary for Nelson Mandela can be found here.
