She quit the paternal United Party in 1959, frustrated that it was so wobbly against apartheid, to join a Progressive Party of 12 members that was wiped out in an election two years later.

她在1959年退出了统一党（它反种族隔离是如此不稳定，以至于失败了），加入了有十二名成员的进步党（在两年后的一次选举中解散了）。

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He was too independent, though, to owe anyone allegiance and soon quarrelled with Breton, just as later he refused to join the Communist Party, even though he championed many of its causes, writing plays for the Groupe Octobre, which performed in factories and working-class districts.

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