Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a South African politician and activist. Kotane was secretary general of the South African Commu

Was a South African politician and activist. Kotane was secretary general of the South African Communist Party from 1939 until his death in 1978.[1]In 1928, Kotane joined the African National Congress but left it, considering it weak and ineffectual.[2] Later that year he joined the African Bakers Union, an affiliate of the new Federation of Non-European Trade Unions then being built by SACP. Kotane joined SACP a year later in 1929, soon becoming a member of the party's politburo. In 1931, he became a full time functionary of SACP. Within the Communist Party, Kotane worked on Umsebenzi, the party's newspaper. As a promising young party member, Kotane was sent to Moscow to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Lenin School. In Moscow, Kotane studied under Endre Sík, 1967 recpient of the Lenin Peace Prize and other Marxist theorists.[1] Returning to South Africa in 1933, Kotane advanced through the Party until the point where he became the party's general secretary in 1939.

Was Indonesia's most famous Human Rights and anti-corruption activist. The founder of the Kontras hu

Was Indonesia's most famous Human Rights and anti-corruption activist. The founder of the Kontras human rights organisation and laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, Munir was assassinated in 2004 while travelling to Utrecht University to pursue a Master's degree in international law and human rights.

Was a Guatemalan anthropologist.Upon returning to Guatemala, she conducted fieldwork among several o

Was a Guatemalan anthropologist.Upon returning to Guatemala, she conducted fieldwork among several of the many Maya campesino communities uprooted during the Civil War. She was assassinated outside her office in Guatemala City (stabbed 27 times) by an armed forces death squad (allegedly educated by the School of the Americas).