Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg | |
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Born | Denis Theodore Goldberg 11 April 1933 |
Died | 29 April 2020 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | (aged 87)
Nationality | South African |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
Known for | Rivonia Trial |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouses |
Esme Bodenstein
(m. 1954; died 2000)Edelgard Nkobi
(m. 2002; died 2006) |
Children | Hilary Goldberg (daughter) David Goldberg (son) |
Relatives | Madeleine Hicklin (niece) |
Denis Theodore Goldberg (11 April 1933 – 29 April 2020) was a South African social campaigner, who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was accused No. 3 in the Rivonia Trial, alongside the better-known Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, where he was also the youngest of the defendants. He was imprisoned for 22 years, along with other key members of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. After his release in 1985 he continued to campaign against apartheid from his base in London with his family, until the apartheid system was fully abolished with the 1994 election. He returned to South Africa in 2002 and founded the non-profit Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust in 2015. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2017, and died in Cape Town on 29 April 2020.
Biography
Early life
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11 April 1933 in
In March 1950, aged 16, Goldberg began his studies in civil engineering at the University of Cape Town. In his final year he met Esme Bodenstein, who came from a family active in the Communist Party, and they married in January 1954. Their daughter Hilary was born in 1955 and their son David in 1957.[6]
Anti-apartheid activism in South Africa
Modern Youth Society
Bodenstein was a committee member of the non-racially segregated Modern Youth Society (MYS), through which Goldberg became friends with
1955: Congress of the People
In 1953 prominent black academic
The Western Cape delegates were stopped by the Security Police and held in jail to prevent them attending the Congress of the People in Kliptown,[10] but on 25–26 June 1955, 3,000 delegates gathered there and the Freedom Charter was adopted. This movement led to the formation of the Congress Alliance, bringing together an alliance of four racially-based anti-apartheid political movements: the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of Democrats (COD), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and Coloured Peoples Congress (CPC), into one large multi-racial movement, sometimes called the Charterists.[11]
1960: first prison experience
In 1957 Goldberg joined the Communist Party (which had been banned in 1950). He was arrested on 30 March 1960 for supporting strikers in the townships in the aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. Along with his mother, he spent four months in prison without trial and subsequently lost his job working on the construction of the Athlone Power Station, which added to the burden placed on Esme; faced with similar circumstances, several comrades left the country.[12]
1961–1963: armed resistance
With the government using increasingly violent methods to suppress peaceful protests, Goldberg and others argued for an armed struggle against the police and military. After the underground armed wing,
Following a wave of
In Johannesburg Goldberg helped in the radio broadcast of a speech on 26 June Freedom Day by Walter Sisulu, out on bail at the time, to show people that the ANC was still active despite the repression. Lionel Gay, a lecturer in physics at Witwatersrand University, built the radio transmitter.[17]
Arrest and imprisonment
July 1963: arrest at Liliesleaf
On 11 July 1963 the security police raided
Goldberg was subjected to a series of often aggressive interrogations, sometimes threatened with hanging and at other times offered inducements to turn state witness. He was told about the death of his friend, Looksmart Ngudle, in prison. Esme had also been arrested and was held under the 90-day Detention Law for 38 days, during which she was treated harshly and subjected to threats to have her children removed from her.
On 8 October 1963, after the 90-day detention period had expired, Goldberg and the others were charged with offences under the Sabotage Act. (Nelson Mandela was in prison at the time of the raid, but documents found at Liliesleaf enabled the State to add him as a co-accused.) The subsequent trial became known as the Rivonia Trial.[19]
1963–1964: the Rivonia Trial
The day after being charged, Goldberg and his co-accused met with their lawyers - Bram Fischer, Joel Joffe, Arthur Chaskalson and George Bizos - who told them that their situation was dire and that death by hanging was the likely outcome.[20] Goldberg, in an effort to protect Mandela and the other leaders, offered to take responsibility by saying that he had exceeded his instructions in regard to weapons manufacture, arguing that the evidence against him was the most difficult to refute given that the plans had clearly been written by him. This offer was dismissed by the others.[21] An escape plan was discussed, and Goldberg insisted that Esme and the children go into exile, for fear of repercussions should he be successful. Esme and the children left for Britain in December 1963, but Goldberg was unable to escape.[22]
After two of the accused had escaped, the verdict was delivered on 12 June 1964: Bernstein was acquitted and
June 1964: Pretoria Central Prison
Goldberg was sent to the Whites section of Pretoria Central Prison, while the others were sent to
After four years, Esme was allowed to visit for the first time, but restricted to five half-hour visits. After another four years she was again allowed to visit, but after that never again, with no explanation given. After eight years, his children were allowed to visit, but again with severe restrictions.[25]
In the first period, only one 500-word letter was permitted every six months but even these were often arbitrarily censored and cut. Over time the permitted number of letters was increased, but the word limit remained, as did the threat of censorship. On his release, Goldberg was given a pack of letters sent by Esme that had been withheld. At the time he had been told they had never arrived. While he was in prison and subsequently, Esme's house in East Finchley in north London provided a haven for many South African political refugees and various other itinerants.[26]
Both of Goldberg's parents died while he was in prison. They had separated and his mother, Annie, had gone to live with Esme and the children in the UK. His father, Sam, remained in South Africa so as to be able to visit Denis. When Sam died, Goldberg was not permitted to attend the funeral. On the day before he was released, Goldberg was allowed, under guard, to visit his father’s grave.[27]
Bram Fischer had led the legal team at the Rivonia Trial. In 1966 he joined Goldberg in prison after being given a life sentence for furthering the aims of communism and conspiracy to overthrow the government. When Fischer became very ill in 1974, Goldberg kept a detailed diary of his medical care. The diary was subsequently smuggled out of prison. After a fall, Fischer was belatedly diagnosed with terminal cancer. Goldberg helped care for him and managed to persuade the prison guards to let him stay with Fischer in his cell overnight. Non-political prisoners rarely served their full term, whereas political prisoners were required to serve every day of their sentence. Only shortly before his death was Fischer allowed to leave the prison, to be put under house arrest at his brother's house in Bloemfontein. A birthday telegram arranged by Goldberg on behalf of the prisoners was not only intercepted, but a prison officer told Goldberg that he would charge him for communicating with a prisoner without permission.[28]
Political prisoners were cut off from all news of the outside world, to the extent that an article about the
1979: escape for some
In June 1978 Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, who had been sentenced to 12 years for illegal political activities, arrived at the prison. Shortly after arrival, Jenkin told Goldberg that he planned to escape, and asked for his help in hiding money that he had smuggled in.[31] Various versions of the escape plan evolved over time, with the size of the escape group growing to a maximum of eight, including Goldberg, at one point.[32]
Goldberg realised that an escape would come with a cost to the movement as it would provoke a severe clampdown by the authorities. For this reason, and to secure help with the logistics of the escape, he had to communicate with his comrades in the ANC. He was able to do this through coded letters sent to Baruch Hirson in London, with whom he had served a nine-year sentence, as between them they had created a code by which to communicate. Hirson then communicated with Joe Slovo in Mozambique, arranging an escape vehicle and other details.[31]
As the plan evolved it became clear that, for the escape to be successful, it would have to be restricted to three people, as the final plan was dependent upon hiding for a while in a tiny closet in which only three slim people could fit. The escape preparations brought some differences of opinion amongst the political prisoners, who included David Rabkin, Jeremy Cronin and Raymond Suttner,[31] but they remained comrades and all contributed in some way to the escape effort. Goldberg withdrew from the actual escape, leaving the three who had done most of the planning and had been the main drivers of the idea from the start: Jenkin, Lee and Alex Moumbaris. Goldberg helped to distract the warden while the three escapees made their way out; all three managed to escape to neighbouring countries and freedom.[32][31]
1985: a negotiated release
Goldberg's daughter Hilary was living on a kibbutz in Israel, which had set up a committee to try and obtain her father’s release from prison. Herut Lapid, who campaigned for the release of Jewish prisoners worldwide, became involved and started lobbying political contacts in Britain. It was a difficult time for Goldberg as he did not know the stance of the ANC and his comrades imprisoned on Robben Island towards his possible release. Isolated as he was from both of them and those at liberty there was little opportunity for consultation; however, a message was conveyed to him that the ANC, including those on Robben Island, approved of the initiatives of his daughter and Herut Lapid.[citation needed]
In 1985, these ongoing initiatives were complemented by political developments. Under pressure from the United States, the government offered to release political prisoners if they renounced violence. Goldberg asked to see Mandela and his other comrades in Cape Town, but this was refused. The main condition put to Goldberg was that he would not take part in violence for political ends. Goldberg agreed not to be a soldier anymore, but he did not repudiate his earlier involvement or the need for an armed struggle. In a letter to President P. W. Botha he detailed his position and agreed to an "undertaking to participate in normal peaceful politics which can be freely and meaningfully practised".[33] On 28 February 1985, after 22 years in prison, he was released.[11]
While in prison, Goldberg had attained degrees in
1985–2002: freedom and exile in London
Goldberg was taken straight from prison to the airport to fly to Israel, where he was reunited with his wife and children.
Goldberg went into exile in
1994: apartheid ends
After the first non-racial elections in South Africa and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president in 1994, Goldberg decided not to return to South Africa, primarily so he could remain with Esme, his children, and grandchildren, who wanted to stay in the UK.[38]
Goldberg was involved in the early days of Computer Aid International (founded in 1996), and became their honorary patron. He founded the development organisation Community HEART [39] in London in 1995, to help to improve the living standards of black South Africans. Community HEART raised funds for organisations such as Rape Crisis Cape Town, as well as for initiatives to provide books and computers to schools. With the support of German friends he established Community HEART eV in Essen in Germany in 1996, where he met Edelgard Nkobi. He subsequently visited Germany many times, learning to speak German and establishing a wide network of friends.[38]
In 2000 Esme died after emergency surgery to treat a gangrenous bowel. In 2002 Goldberg and Nkobi married in London; just days later, his daughter Hilary died suddenly, as Goldberg and Nkobi were preparing to return to South Africa.[38][40]
2002: return to South Africa
Goldberg returned to South Africa in 2002 and was appointed Special Adviser to Ronnie Kasrils MP, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry until 2004.[34] He subsequently served as special advisor to Buyelwa Sonjica, successor to Kasrils.[41]
Goldberg and Nkobi lived initially in Pretoria, then in Cape Town.[41] Nkobi died in 2006 after a long battle with cancer.[42]
Later life, death and legacy
Goldberg continued to travel to Germany and other countries to speak about South Africa and the work needed to transform it; in June 2009 he presented a paper titled “South Africa, the Transition to Democracy and the Banning of Torture” at a seminar at the
In 2009 Goldberg received the Order of Luthuli for his contribution to the liberation struggle and his service to the South African people.[11]
In 2010 he published his autobiography, The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa (a new edition was published in 2016).[44]
In his later years, Goldberg was a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. He viewed Israel's treatment of the Palestinians as being akin to apartheid-era South Africa.[45]
Goldberg became involved in a project to teach high school students about the history of the liberation struggle and also lent support to several projects in Hout Bay, the Cape Town suburb where he lived. This included support to the Kronendal Music Academy (founded 2007) which aims to bring together young people from different communities through playing music.[46] He used his German contacts to help arrange for a jazz band composed of Kronendal students to tour Germany in 2012.
Like many struggle veterans, Goldberg criticised corruption in the
On 23 January 2019, Deputy ANC President
In July 2017, Goldberg was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer after collapsing during a speaking tour in Germany. After extensive chemotherapy his tumour shrank; however, his cancer subsequently returned.[50]
Death
Goldberg died at his home in Hout Bay just before midnight on 29 April 2020.[51][52][53][54] Goldberg's death was followed by the death of Andrew Mlangeni, who died on 21 July same year; they were both last two surviving Rivonia Trialists.
President
Denis Goldberg House of Hope
In 2015, Goldberg and four others established the non-profit Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust. The primary focus of the Trust was the establishment of an arts, cultural and educational centre, to be known as the Denis Goldberg House of Hope.[56] Despite suffering from lung cancer, at the age of 85 he continued to work on the project.[57][58] In an interview in the 2018 UCT Alumni Magazine, Goldberg spoke of his passion for the project and belief in the role of art and culture to promote change, saying that South Africa was still a very divided society and that young people needed "to sing together, dance together, make poetry together".[59]
The Denis Goldberg House of Hope Arts and Culture Education Centre)
Awards and recognition
- 1988 Albert J Luthuli African Peace Award by a group of 12 US organisations: American Friends Service Committee, American Red Cross and others
- 2000 Honorary doctorate from the Medical University of South Africa (now Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)[63][11]
- 2009 Order of Luthuli (Silver) by president of South Africa[64][11]
- 2010-11 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)[11][b]
- 2012 Military Veterans Medal (Platinum Class II) Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Peace Award by Gandhi Development Trust, Durban
- 2012 Randburg Ward 102 branch of the ANC named Denis Goldberg Branch[65]
- 2012 World Scholar award from City of Glasgow College[66]
- 2018 Honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland[67][68]
- 2019 Isitwalandwe Medal[49]
- 2019 Honorary doctorate from the University of Cape Town[69][70]
Works
- Goldberg, Denis (2010). The Mission : A Life for Freedom in South Africa. Johannesburg: STE. OCLC 723667119.
- Goldberg, Denis (2012). Mandela-Tambo : friends, comrades, leaders, legacy. Mandela-Tambo lecture series, 4. OCLC 870178125.
This paper was delivered as the Fourth lecture of the Mandela-Tambo lecture series, 13 September 2012. The lecture was organised by the City of Glasgow College and ACTSA Scotland in association with the SA High Commission. The Glasgow Mandela-Tambo lecture 2011.
- Goldberg, Denis (2016). A Life for Freedom: The Mission to End Racial Injustice in South Africa. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166858. (First 7 chapters available online)
Film and TV
In 2013, the story of the prison escape was dramatised in the 7th episode of the 2nd season of
In 2017 Goldberg appeared along with remaining surviving co-defendants at the Rivonia Trial,
Announced in 2017, a film of Tim Jenkin's book about his escape from Pretoria Central Prison, produced by David Barron and starring Daniel Radcliffe as Jenkin[77] started production in 2018. It was originally announced that Sam Neill would play Goldberg,[78] but when production time arrived, Ian Hart assumed the role.[79] Filming of Escape from Pretoria began in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 2019.[80] The film was released in 2020.
References
Notes
- ^ Later, in 1957 Chief Hosea Kutako, leader of the Herero people in the then South West Africa (now Namibia), was refused permission by the South African authorities to represent his people at the United Nations. In response Goldberg assisted Ya Toivo to make a tape-recorded message and post it to New York, where Mburumba Kerina brought it the attention of the U.N. The South African authorities then declared Ya Toivo an illegal immigrant and expelled him to the northern part of the country.
- ^ Not on the list shown here for 2010 though.
Citations
- ^ "Denis Theodore Goldberg". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 18
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 12
- ^ Cowell, Alan (8 May 2020). "Denis Goldberg, South African Freedom Fighter, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 21
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 26
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 30–32
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 35–36
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 39–42
- ^ a b Goldberg 2016, pp. 43–44
- ^ a b c d e f g "History timeline:History of South Africa and significant dates in Denis Goldberg's life". Denis Goldberg Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 52–55
- ^ "uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)". South African History Online. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 66
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 71–26
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 75–76
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 79–80
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 86–89
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 91–96
- ^ a b Goldberg 2016, p. 119
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 99
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 104–05
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 111
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 114
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 120
- ^ Peel, John (3 October 2014). "Esme's House". BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 134
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 147–157
- ^ Goldberg 2016, p. 198
- ^ Kenvyn 2014, p. 50
- ^ a b c d Goldberg 2016, pp. 170–88
- ^ OCLC 653065100.
- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 200–217
- ^ . Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Gray, Madi. "Chapter 9: To build solidarity - that was my task". South African History Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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- ^ Goldberg 2016, pp. 228–323
- ^ Goldberg, Denis. "Chapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg". South African History Online. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Goldberg 2016, pp. 324–342
- ^ "Helping to rebuild South Africa: About". Community HEART UK. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Schneider, Igna (3 May 2002). "Goldberg comes home". News24. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b Goldberg 2016, p. 347
- ^ "Aug 17, 2007, Denis Goldberg wrote", Zenzo: Photo Works, 17 August 2007, retrieved 3 January 2018
- ^ Goldberg, Denis. "Appendix 7: South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg". South African History Online.
- ISBN 978-1-920222-43-7.
- ^ "Denis Goldberg, comrade of Nelson Mandela and enemy of apartheid everywhere, dies". 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Kronendal Music Academy Facebook page". Facebook. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "South Africa: Denis Goldberg says ANC leaders must be replaced". Afrika-News.com. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Rivonia treason trialist calls for ANC brass to be ejected 'top to bottom'". Times LIVE. Johannesburg. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Struggle hero Denis Goldberg honoured by his award from the ANC". IOL (Cape Argus). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Ancer, Jonathan (30 April 2020). "'Life is wonderful': What Denis Goldberg told the 'Sunday Times' in 2018 on the eve of his 85th birthday". Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "South African anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies, 30 April 2020". BBC.
- ^ "'A giant has fallen': anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies aged 87". The Guardian.
- ^ "Struggle stalwart Denis Goldberg dies". eNCA. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Reuters.
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- ^ "House of Hope". Denis Goldberg Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (12 November 2017). "Denis Goldberg, hero of anti-apartheid struggle, tells of his last battle – for art". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "HOUSE OF HOPE, Building the Future of the Houtbay Youth". Denis Goldberg Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Denis Goldberg: The Rivonia Trialists' engineering mastermind" (PDF). UCT Alumni News. University of Cape Town: 28–29. 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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- ^ "Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University pays tribute to Dennis Goldberg". Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. 1 May 2020.
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- ^ "Branch Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Heriot-Watt gives accolade to key South Africa apartheid figure". Edinburgh Evening News. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Davids, Niémah (12 July 2019). "Accelerate transformation at UCT". University of Cape Town. Video by Nico Badenhuizen; photos by Roger Sedres. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Bernardo, Carla (11 July 2019). "The boy who would build a nation". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Breakout. YouTube (video). Tim Jenkin. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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- ^ Stadlen, Nick (Nicholas) (22 July 2018). "Unsung heroes: the men who stood trial with Mandela". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Green, Pippa (13 June 2018). "Apartheid history: Overlooked Rivonia triallists feted in Life is Wonderful". Business Day. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "'Life is Wonderful' screening reinforces call for such histories in curriculum". Nelson Mandela University. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Mitchell, Robert (18 May 2007). "Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Prison-Break Drama 'Escape From Pretoria'". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Grater, Tom. "Sam Neill joins Daniel Radcliffe in 'Escape From Pretoria'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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- ^ Sutton, Malcolm (13 March 2019). "Adelaide transformed into apartheid-era Cape Town for Escape From Pretoria filming". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
Sources
- Goldberg, Denis (2016). A Life for Freedom: The Mission to End Racial Injustice in South Africa. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166858.
- Kenvyn, D (2014). DENIS GOLDBERG, freedom fighter and humanist (PDF). Liliesleaf, in association with Community H.E.A.R.T. ISBN 9780620614290.
Further reading
- "Mandela co-accused Denis Goldberg dies". BBC News. 30 April 2020.
- Bernardo, Carla (11 July 2019). "The boy who would build a nation". University of Cape Town.
- "Denis Goldberg, prominent South African racial equality activist and close ally of Nelson Mandela, dies aged 87". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 30 April 2020.
- Kenvyn, David (2014). Denis Goldberg : freedom fighter and humanist. Johannesburg: Liliesleaf, in association with Community H.E.A.R.T. OCLC 890580946..
These essays are presented to honour Denis Goldberg by South African, British, German, Dutch and Swedish friends and comrades who have known him during his remarkable life. (Back cover)
Full text available online on South African History Online - Interview with Denis Goldberg by Madi Gray on 14 November 2005 and 20 April 2006 within the project Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa
- Koppel, Naomi (30 April 2020). "South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Denis Goldberg Dies". The New York Times.