Amy Goodman
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"One of Our Greatest Friends": Mandela's Cellmate Thanks Sweden for Helping Anti-Apartheid Struggle
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10:10Now PlayingWhile the United States considered the African National Congress a terrorist organization, the Swedish government openly funded the group for decades. According to many accounts, Sweden was the largest single source of financial aid to the ANC. Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister, was assassinated in 1986 just a week after he gave a keynote speech at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid in Stockholm. Rumors have swirled for years about the South African government's involvement in his killing. Shortly after he was released in 1990, Nelson Mandela came to Sweden on one of his first foreign stops after being released from prison. During an address to the Swedish parliament, Mandela thanked Sweden for standing in the "front ranks of the international forces that have fought against the apartheid system." On Wednesday night, one of Mandela's closest associates, Ahmed Kathrada, spoke in the Swedish town of Visby, which is hosting the weeklong political festival Almedalen Week. Kathrada spent 26 years in prison, including 18 years on Robben Island.
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