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SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY official organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (No.6 Second Quarter 1981) * Dual Power in South Africa *Bus Boycotts N. Transvaal * Nigeria's Address to U.N. *AZAPO Deserves Support PRICE 50p pu*b&~m quarterly by tho SIa Conoaoswum Ma -ntn of Aaaw.. 42 DuiturY Sureet. London N I WUJ 410 Cotrol Park Wo. Apowmwnt 120 Now Yoft. Now Yomk 1002. Urwud Slam of Affencs. Opsbw Surm. 4 1 O 66 melsbe. wn Gw Swwd Owct s co the m of ft unho. nWd~m not ncwty cludg w@h Owo of aw SW CA"Muguu m~ of ta OUJR BANNING IS NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION -in dw1airg Solweisty. No. 5. fit qua'w~ 1961 (Bladi Conscxouuies Mownnt of Aani) uneirbe th Dviscral of Pubiscat n has din. ovane Ve~ subsequmt edtson of Owe pubtimmuon - SamRand Daily Mail 23.5.81. Many Oesa I so hue exr wom suppor tot SOLIDARITY. The bwsiriq of SOLIDARITY may ~ own us morrneders abroad. But to -e the bewnir of SOLIDARITY to boost out ia would be d.verun~ amr suauwd resuricn mw- from own to whore SOLIDARITY as directedthe vocrkin people inid South Africa. The pasiful truth aSthatISOLIDAR. ITY a reachen, for too ow of them Its berno- in mU sile it0~ harder for us wo mnfitaw it into and i - me ra carubtaon wwut Muth Africa. TiM ovseasm oK can help SOLIDARITY aiws the bereving order siper. fk.... and to rac nom pepl in South Africa whw~it is needed most. Edhar. UMa out an' avwW suwcipwuo Briain £3.00 Abroad C5.00 Or, lt us krduw i wriing Ow you hue I -r a supporwg subscriber pelim at ies" £11.00 a wMon by o4 ordier w SOLIDARITY ACCUPET NO.0W09. Lkrym Bank Ltd., U T@~usasi Court Rad. Loedee WlP OE 0. SOLIDARITY News, theorettlcal aWd clscuss'04 lour"i of the Black Consceousns Movement of Azanis

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SOLIDARITY

SOLIDARITY official organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania(No.6 Second Quarter 1981)* Dual Power in South Africa*Bus Boycotts N. Transvaal* Nigeria's Address to U.N.*AZAPO Deserves SupportPRICE 50p

pu*b&~m quarterly by tho SIa Conoaoswum Ma -ntn of Aaaw..42 DuiturY Sureet. London N I WUJ410 Cotrol Park Wo. Apowmwnt 120 Now Yoft. Now Yomk 1002.Urwud Slam of Affencs.Opsbw Surm. 4 1 O 66 melsbe. wn GwSwwd Owct s co the m of ft unho. nWd~m notncwty cludg w@h Owo of aw SW CA"Muguu m~ of ta

OUJR BANNING IS NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION-in dw1airg Solweisty. No. 5. fit qua'w~ 1961 (Bladi Conscxouuies Mownnt ofAani) uneirbe th Dviscral of Pubiscat n hasdin. ovane Ve~ subsequmt edtson of Owe pubtimmuon - SamRand Daily Mail23.5.81.Many Oesa I so hue exr wom suppor tot SOLIDARITY.The bwsiriq of SOLIDARITY may ~ own us morrneders abroad. But to -e thebewnir of SOLIDARITY to boost out ia would be d.verun~ amr suauwd resuricnmw- from own to whore SOLIDARITY as directedthe vocrkin people inid SouthAfrica. The pasiful truth aSthatISOLIDAR. ITY a reachen, for too ow of them Itsberno- in mU sile it0~ harder for us wo mnfitaw it into and i - me ra carubtaonwwut Muth Africa.TiM ovseasm oK can help SOLIDARITY aiws the bereving order siper. fk.... andto rac nom pepl in South Africa whw~it is needed most.Edhar. UMa out an' avwW suwcipwuoBriain £3.00Abroad C5.00Or, lt us krduw i wriing Ow you hue I -r a supporwg subscriber pelim at ies"£11.00 a wMon by o4 ordier wSOLIDARITY ACCUPET NO.0W09. Lkrym Bank Ltd.,U T@~usasi Court Rad. Loedee WlP OE 0.

SOLIDARITYNews, theorettlcal aWd clscuss'04 lour"i ofthe Black Consceousns Movement of Azanis

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CONYTEN TSSet u- d u&eat. 198 1. No 6THOSE WHO STRUGGLE DESERVE YOUR SUPPORT PopThe Intgoim Centreal Comnttees$ pentS rqeea on the detentions of the leaders OfAZ APO" Td Tenisa Rusidntst Atiscct-on following ant- tent -ncirs MASSIYatinip In TervibeianMd E irtoet durinlg the rieftik of the 415 Apr' i. "8&POO tO oli~ty spougn and pwogitu'v govet-nmeft to give diect support to themoverfient whichtleach the strugle from within the countyLE TTER.S FROM AN ACTIVIST IN COMMUNITY STRUGGLESPop 3THE ME OIA WORKERS* STRIKE Pap 6Fist a ceput on the stie to the FNat~.Al Council of the bilack contioutlttlt.fliQ.'td Media Woikets' Assocation of South Africa Writte by~ -lo Thioe befot?twing #Lob~def by a banni~ng oft). to PraCtriS AS a g~ufftlist. he servd a priioeiwn tc#rwv wi~th MManiaio Sobukwt. was detained without trial and heldiflCicommn.ficade Ito t)24 day% tromr Matcht 19)7 to Septemtier 1978 Second. adfay ot the strike byvMWASAAZAPO. ASIkAM.ALI AND AZIKHfflEIWA Pop I IA locut Li the AZAPO We buy.,olt of txuml in the Nwl.hrm ri~saTHE DEVELOPMIENT Of DUAL POWER IN SOUTH AFRICAPap 20A otaritci'pt of ant address delivered in November 1976 by Anire Isirelel. ameeembet oi the Inteerm Central Comimittee ont SCMA -The fulefi still retainlthe flhrt~leflts ,I frtk but their capacity fie *mp)trnenitnig thei .'i as1 tapoiv beingimypauced Reel atlairi the capacity to initiat* .t are fast gravitaing into the hantftof th r,olu Itxirsliy mnsw% " ndy on the Sth anflwary of the Sot Uowesin wookitot9d %t-n% and ituient courilf public rallies MidJ otren cc%.1tan(W are an ttUdifeet of lfe, cijitte& to the flee of the 14wNIGERIA'S ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS Pap 2?It wa N.quea'S ,nteftefittoot by fltonlf.sig the astt of aent.sli Petroleum. that wa d%tioa floe in forcong the Toty guwecrneint to) Uwjdrtrk electiont piedges "riThatche' codmifl~itiit in her Aurttitiafa i.1*odi to give rgdugeuigit.01' to the -.nttrinia wtteflieft The ptvir Mid cunsttuctit ro*t pidyfil by Nqgrisa in thefibeistsofl %ttet~le of Southern AfticA toennated the feidwal~ fepkpr.', Pt%4enttaddrss to the 3Sth Session of the United Naltxon "rideceived li thee emphaus inhit recentlstate rrett to the United KingdomPop 32SOLIDARI TY WITH THE ERITREAN STRUGGLE

Those Who StruggleDeserve Your Support- ALMiles-ANTI-RENT IMCREASE PROTEST THE DETENTM OF AZAPO

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w w wm of 4.% Awd Ini. m oi~ wer or"w at Ternb. afll MW 00w bleck ghelonon MM Afria aSrm: fw" wl.am of OF ~0 W, POsd by O&VWW Ks~aaof Saw.LTemi aimor fm "n * a vw ag poatc cam Ilmms m ramunc to awwffl Weewammmam onto pn of the Ma wumWn by awmwa. acuom an b w~ a4o Ow ~mntMe reports an 0 Sdaaab SOycatt an SOLIDARITY D 4 &W an AZAPO. Aswwwwif-Iaon SOLIDARITY na 5 1 In Ta tm a ammti ~mgsulnd P am -ca by owe *mWtOOO Ma. awe Ne -w owV10,14mm Iq wulhlm~mA=a omom -. low debm maa e mmMa Tb.ic faivda ba OwOul dan W void Poic wialbloop "~ dop% ad the crv aeo Vao6&rce broke out -n the pw* ffxwww wevatodlw The poowloe pao~om wo.ww"' at is ow pe ban Mawr"q La: nomp 1utort. "bottle Uares bertm*f "n veCf of the Ea Rand An.~t.aun Basd weS"inm&ams. rent &aein. ffm were ben, held an othe are a4 the %mm lana. wteplcwre doortgman *yomip-n Tembo~a The a' - spw o othev10 ain "e V&ar w Ma Evaton. ES~wvIs wd Siindaq otme bottle.P% TC.O --af 00 b.aftt a#G*.-10, arw2" .Am ~ 0O eSAN~ MM Ift ZA*4 "A K O PLE'S ORGAMaSAT, LAZAPOI iA t0"0 0 wtiamaf AW speopl Wd Mm amv ev.@0 Osww few -w. iissa

polow brutal~ty. Thome knooari to be detainmed on Vow reside (ider Season f2of the wide ranproe of tiae Cuarsnal Pvocadutu Act) am:Mt Khala Mthoembu. Presedent ofAZAPOMrll Georp Wasidiope. Pthisatv Secrotary of AZAPOUs Atiwidla Kwads. of the Women'sF ederationMe Thafbo hidaene. Nt~aioned Orgurwerof AZAPOMe Tlaks Leligmsane. AZAPO Member Me Fare Maihoeta. AZAPO -um er hirWilliam Mdupo, AZAPO rmntei me Mow Sepoa. fornur Official Of O1w baneIII&* P0008* Corstent ion Ise Jasru Moleof. form"r offial of the ti Btu* P . lsConem ion Ms Zod'rI Rdebe of the TerybewsRsadant's Action ComittesMs Dorothy Mwaia of the Teosbia Reudens Action ConvssitMe Da"i Hkoe. of the Tembaa Resedent's Action CommiteeThus latest dairidown on AZAPO otli cials and meitsees of aWoomd orgaratiomaOciri pent of an am hasument by the SPIN'ted napr u to ioeas and stifleo by any

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riuwe the rode played by AZAPO on wooting with the peovile to orgoiuitressance on a large and masa based sdale an out country. This rasstance includestile bu^ boycott. now an its ninth month an Ow Paewure. Taanr eS Pot&ewiry ra men of the hornsern Ttarww~el in rcison wiith thiss latle strugoeniawwoAa AZAPO offiials hawe been detaiened --d Sectson 10 of the IntetnlSecurity Act. They nckodeMe David Mahwetwea. Voca ChirmanAZAPO oca brand . Len'vierMt Meado. Moala. form"s ChairmanAZA0PO local branch. MalsusereleanpMt Menarte fes. Chairma AZAPOlocal branch. LoetnyyMt Jobeeph Rahophs. execiine, wmbet AZAPO kxW branch. Kgopane Me Mangope RamIohlols. eosctemember AZAPO local branch. Sashogo Rev M.P. Malatji. AZAPO i wet@ andChawrnsa of Seshego Vdaiq ComnMe Laurence Mwaoyaiw. Chairman AZAPOlocal branch. LabowtoomMe Jaclison Msians. more besAZAPO loca braids. Leboverio Me Marnahole Rapim.u ChairmanAZAPO local branch. SeoMt P"r Kek i. execut'w membet AZAPO local branch. Potgmetairs.flatMe Haold Madikota, eqewtw mensber AZAPO $coal brands. Potgmesfkatfib MapMs Mogods. *xaojti rw n.fw bet AZAPO loca br anic. Potgoetertu MeSeo Ratiaa. exazee mem.fs bet AZAPO local brands Potgae esvat Me JosephReophala. memer AZAPOlocal branch. T tarueMr Matanusa Tobholaia. momitber AZAPO local brands. Potgoeterin Rev H4 MMamnabo~o. merier AZAPOlocal branch. Lemyany,Me Mome Uoalutj. Vx*4ChawrmanAZAPO local branch. SehoOUR APPEAL TO SOL.IDARITY MOVEMENTS ANO PROGRESSIVEGOVERNMENTSDerspite the detentiorn the peopWs and AZAPO, resoh* to ret a&-4 o-roaniee"momv oppression and exploitation trans undetertedUnder the most datfactit anid tryvang condions anid oppost on ftrom %actions ofthse black meddle class whos standomnt is widely Pusicssed by fairossvale caw.ap in the libeval nwtaa AZAPO ht also stood firm in its a4lort to rsol~e theapartheid regime from within by orutams.

N uxmfd boycolits of shows of Ray OwGl... Chamn Jack Dure and ot0hlatwmswn arss bent an brssoen the* hAtarrsticonal cliirsanp to cutalty .boycott "n isoilate South Al ric& Thevnfc~ln of these aclons by AZAPO ks that lt the first tinl a ness bastid poltkWaorSWUU1atun InSKde thel Count~ry is mlobliing the people to take the cult~wa

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boycott into thewe owns hands falthe thai bouw it entirely to the " ovwceenot" oftodivioW f tot artiss ow sportpiirom. or to the attonts of sol~darty Woups andpeopmssniego ninen!n dwroad The work of AZAPO in moblosng thepeople on a maafwni scame ttwoi~toqt thecountry tequwrmsa network of conwnim cat sonsand COMIs,00~4P0~1 etC~rYsa.9 On ste groundAZAPO, daewes VaN SuPOr to con tIvM.e NW eute" its Sacty across thocountryThe 8LACK CONSCIOUSNESS UOv EMENT OF AZANIA (BCUA). itwilOPenatan indw *eICCtte flan&Xs dl fecultm. ow support to AZAPO an Itu -WitWe need assistnc to cant~n~ Ouf work Of cuningW siap~o foir AZAPO and thetrims stiuggles of out people Wd to cotinue sending firiancea si .stanc-nto the country We apgeal to you to send a dOnateon ttwouOl the BCMALetter From an Activist inCommunity StrugglesHEROES* DAY.We had a wonerful an poweteful ew for oman Pwes~ Thetr wa a calf by A6ZAPOto 1'epend ail sctv.tirs as from 16 to 2? March an tm wa w pected by people insSorrur op,paulson to the Call WsK (epOtIed in theIt was for th first tirmet that aWhWwolk was devoted to tienwmnbeirag ow hetoes. I was .mpressed by "h ideacart cent.ng thorn a oumte Mw.)and they also peeadwsd ther tiqt tmwssia We do not wies w~th~n the gyoup asiurAt w* wopsk thiough %04 w fownid% nf tiw group We got theie peocile to goto Outlven area of ***As a eeis.el Cornrviemotat eon ci vors weir held nuntapected areas Meaw vow ewo hirai Of the cowrv~oenoation of Moto'", Oay en-* Children &Id w-es and Itat-vifi

of thoe who died in the struggle wIet aproacwd Th-ough thea people the riwuqegets Sao" faster aid easier Otherwise we are seen to be lUst talkingfi anly. ***S relotIves. etc wert brought forward and addressed the people Thers-pgonse was quite good Sujprunily, enoughs. there were no police haes4mentsin " " except Itios white SO's who kept watching reerybody filing ,n and out of thehaji The main safice was in ** where it was ampacked with ther hall too mWIllto aCCOI'ilhwOdt all d many people standing outside Speeche. poetry. dtaa.relative. Roben Island #a p -sonrwrtRENTSThe struggle ,s now intensifed In this Sphere el a mobilstng workerstO ard socialist revolutto a 5 wng Spread around As you mooglt tave seen ,n therevsers, thee latest mnforrsaton as that pople heve decided to go -with the toVcottof tents and #ia nov.e plare.n9 to hae a rdi rs the town Scheduled for thes warek"'Rmtt*ksnt'" n " " " * The problem there Is .... a Bret,lu stan MP who iSn1WreiV ,ritelrsted rI making morio for hlot smwll He meorks , ther pueAo-S Curmmtee and at the tao"W ti." s4en working ith the %pusvernmral ad***Officials T hi% has e people to reject ".* this man because they be ie he

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has wld them out In kathall a 1 t-ing 9IS afeCt1eir room bacause its memrsar pfOrtirs to do something f o the people and lailed dismally The students weinvotved Sn projects and the frnt issuJej in the sreas At first people did not reallyknow who was moving them out from ***" to " * " because no one wanted toS=pt reSponsoblty But to hat now been essaboliwd beyond reasonsable doubttat the gowrnirflnt and the Urban Foundation were responsible, and both hoe beenrefecledANTI-REPUBLIC DAYCELEBRATIONSAlready various orgat 'lations have laA* d aed a camplergn to boycott the Collblatont As usual. reasons for boyCot tang are not totally the sarrv - BLACKSASH. NUSAS. MANDELA FREEDOM COMMITTEE. NATAL INDIANCON GRESS. COSAS. AZAPO. AZASO. SRCS.* ACTION COMMITTEE. SACOSaeven INKATHA hot Indicated its willng nmWs to boycoti 8Ascally wt we usingthis as an OppOCtunty to Of#mreembers of *** For example. when there was * " Supoy shotg at ...* studrnt'and other community leaders wrre help.ng in resolving the .515* and thai gaw alot of ec uragemefnt and the peiople feat proud that they were bng &assited by theso <Allod :dcals so that lot Heroes" LUa and the Anti Republic Campagqn theyare loining fortes with us A: the Sam tie the Itre bis ngdchOPOpd Va,,ousmethods Of CAfliagning ha4e twar de ,id instead of hoowling in the ne-ws peswithout taking drastc steps t' physCJ1 involvement The so di rs hae even tewrnamoactierd boy -. not to take part in the cdar but to get yor.,ting taletsIt 's almost 80 per cent crta-in thatBlack Pe ele won't take pa4t ,n thewe celebrations t -"* We have problems with... wr .tI is not stable with its decisions It hat Indicated its unewilin.nes to take part in it* celebrations but becJse Monet talks they may changstheir mlndh

AZAM re mAThEBULA AmD WJAYS-mt lAZAJas call to bwvo to MVfA wrnwom and ovw,-ml wi *m - --n mandr@ in~ owa cmmmiumes W"nswou in famof Ow M I*i4 takwq inveePhr~ 14 o'* AZAPO UI I Abolesm. thi smnthe ade la so wo in fwours of it, Iisy wq DI E * KOS1 SIKELELA and Arpnans4iV betae OW too". Now " mov his hot lou his WSA uft people manas OwV AZAV~s st as co riectss. P Imivi. Aslt wow* he youne -epi. AZAPCY stand was sup0bvso wW dsoinael b. b~vctno ina* eas the ao.o ha itedWPORTSSACOS ha c~e for 11) MWe demoko d"of 0 Urwuersity spor" coda. (2) MWe

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---aw Mot of underodumi stiuets to )a Cmimmdwty ckmwafted of pleven loMW Uniwuorst; md (31 a stop to the sm04o tU wwatv y P plvwi g posM adnOwe sporwig feaum pro-ude- by msas~an d samilm bodes Theaeni us di we se thme faal ties ow at iMR we rucviw Ow rewutoc dismi of MWeaiucmtaon ..wtaous &kCCW ~mil has do m of0 Stiudmnt &Am waicius cm~kaam ons a d&wmin ibowa Mvey henorvnae - ~smosa wvouOs SABAC CSouth At,.cai r Mfiss wsty Coual) wtiui us bowdan WM prwsopl wid wel stated duroV OwSASO dsys to tm1* ova~wi t om*A spor suda smweal There wit be a '1amon at lefersuty of SAW call jjAZAPO'ssta Ows MW al borct god Ow dimmons Samorip stiudentms.WRKERW STRIKESThere hamwe tporadc siu.m Mat number of factories wn~iu ew ru- .I wo notPheppy msh Ow wy they wet bcus Ome was no coordonto with the oMwr yus.Tie rwweeper aowq Whl vow about atus of Ommsu ies You doll notic thatI t vs at** lums owe we u v mert~oblet repdw the rent wesaws Thus has gftn usa nopprtaa' sty to Id our people - lood"lHEALTH WORKERS ASSOCIATHMOThms cwgmwta oo ws two n i Febt ua'y to unute all people wmw in the hmattigvitom mid to nmb, ieole mauo of how the gow"Went cass Avow on 6,weTy Fore Cw . W. go nermt puts up the rents. people iwto afford the runts. dMwv wmu we$ The resuft toOstoon. fminjtston and cesedl deesm Therefore. MW Une aW M do*~s as a p04atiatus on n healthis~ worak and tMW commmorv fost sM be m~oI . an doctorsrvfsI not mork in utolstion f rom theM people engegd woinwnot suugonThrsassocatuon .ewssoewe womsn. doctori. hopta staft and clemert. eic Orwa Vtohas p el moo" efltin. it Ps hoped to foronmo ~w the .N.IM batmons respectftiviYours in MWe sttst

The Media Workers' StrikeJOE THLOLOELike te repotu of most Iwm re, ons. out% will tO en*'y on the stike that endd onDomt 23. 190 And ike most r1191,0 we w Ostmlmed by eve 13. but w Ieproud to lay that our fwfitrds responded w th c endstrengtBefore we could hold ou reonaml come". there ww the stuke at the C HeraldOur initWa teions. wl to Wo the strike as emch pub,,ty as pos iabie. But whe itbscw clea that mwsauonownt was trwat.ng or Colaues with consawV. t Post mdSar units mot to decu the wtrke and on Octobe 30. both units cae outThes. two we the frgt to respond. Poaoy because thtw are also in the ArpVA goupof newspe . sten tothe HeadIn ther wrou onworiotrd the two unto dem andedI Thm the Arg" resoke the stroke atthe Herald to the satisfaction of our2 Tha all the workenr out on strike bepaid fot the time they wers on strike. 3 That the Argus manapint reco.

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n44a IwasaThe first two wefe lo9cai. steiving from the He ald demands The third wa seen 4a6 mre stbie solution to the IXob. lefsf of bL&* media workersIt wO ordv on Nove 66- 2 tha the Southern Ttramvs region net to drsoam thestrike The region deoded to come out on strike and urged th NEC to call anational strike by ba media wokesThe next dav. Now eoeir 3. the SAAN and SAPA chapefs deaded to loon te strokeBut SAAN. who had juat stmltad a treendous C"Yqlaw of organron non.pournalests. decided that onv te pourn. rists would cone outMidw&v thvough the strike. the striers could be classified am followsAmTrm e: 50 Journalists 21 Non JournalistsSim: 14 JournalistsSAPA: 5 Jow-.rstsSAAM : 26 Jo, -nwsim

ThIv we kad 11IS m~ in 0w[Soutts Tran mal o n sike.do Soutlem Trie s nwtu weera we rUldto so on viks. Ow,. were 47 somm pemwhiih Ow - v mia Om.0w- 23. we Ow respon decded in favuof .6 Win onf Owestrik. Om w 70 peop.On Piiice b5. Jut before Moes "ir mseii wsi nians"W", we had OW fimlt li the wemoit rwt aM be pili n Ow -umi i rcbm . At a WEC , ht, attnded by ou mn eamo.Owmthe. md A ra heda wewer mid by Ur Ramid Semke Ow Womm caows nona -Wrtls% "i Ove1erW strike wa on Ow wos of onlapa w4d he widcsd Ow Owee weve duffer.ances of aidk betIe n Ha fralsvrikn and OW Pepl who had am"e &ni in sm't of Ow 1e6a .As this pon we bW d dim it wm onl because OW wer ol s o Owe MKnO@ Of "gor MW Ow 0" VMS VM md Ow wumect ft strike had an thw b~c comw~wlyhae.Theweekend of Moveqsv Ow 0 "d9* dond ExeaAnO Coewwseent~ Ow Soute Tranweel remgm aei wwy. rice Thi.,so~ toWm Caoe. to empkein som of Owes Owip and vat #sf& on i ohm happen~ m 0w Wwam cape.Wu befotas Oan Nnwe 6. Ow Scuasom Traniel had a reoW ame"m st"wSimtAkrmi Counif @6 Owdms. Mft w am Ove a dtmoed repal onOwaboorties tuethiny mioimwri the da b fIorec Tlwy wo alao briOWe an on I "IVof Ow strikmrst o Herald (NOTE: gwsy map aon des he " Sotarn Trea nw-erhem prsi Is i . no faso. hew waruPO moit wai hI I tram Oem) The .woers decide "iOwe IV** gme on. ia If doe Heri stf were to go back to work. Tle Irm~r alsoaWed "i ~Ms go an a kml pulo kcAYP 5 pisnpmd "i Oe unlan VIo- d Usk thesppon of Ow block oowmmoitV aid Was - Weekf bm laders &Wdftwid decurqp ttm fromn buywqThe pe a~smem meinp tha

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6 oboweas m i cil @6 e Waw wm in "w strike. .epe sow of hie - had buenhalfhssutd @wa to stike stimed. fod Owlm suuat rm aWO %W w*rn-& dsriktspar his. "Oin Vin ~ Ow strike wama about AnMfrom di. nth m awa%"mn Ow strik f ewy ended, we noa 1 " Ow few poopm who had goe bath towast - sam joumnits at SAA?4, two drens at POS. Owue pourn alms at Ow Star -weon people who had be wreqpiw boui daily ~meewAS Ow people an strike wee duvuded-tso poups. I , 4ingan whore they lived. end tlw-oup wad ad on psm.-lW@%wiud4mmwoL.tLThs peo frog eroots OOP,~pmom ere Ovwow topOerand so to k -oww owe another %WY we.Ow last nm~o disappoastnmis man Novendw 17 wheon the D&ly Dumpetc midOW Emen Prowena Heraid e bath to wore This daappousmintam we dicume11mmOft at ow defty me sop a well a do poesbkTy tha w Head wwtit go bethkto wmr ey firm.~Wn Via Im 13 so "w Hld st boah to work. Owe was a mmw of ~eis in OwSosiurn Truw-ues. Rele that Ow nW-btW tefti@6 euin Uwy on'lt 0" had comi toan and.From demsL in 0w dika our spits sOn tt ho the next day. 64., e 21.* wo mpaprdestibiars an ow PratiomueWsneurd-Verem"n ae. went m oan sin. eui &a* owngrwvmm and alcmo ansipn of OwassMTe astr by Ow dimtrhutonwas arnode examf ol Ow co*neontmon of

COM&. I'Stl and a NWI follow.-r*71 Thi R~do . ba m"Mri M .. I' Volk troubl Ow ay or. geniaticwL The Ib" isa Maer~sip etarelcs ooWd of 0he People.)Eme On Suna'ly pas eis hit by Ow stra by No 68 8 of Coewdircai and CasaiftWoekm Union of South Afric ICCAWUSA.) W.el ofsi vloceory in a couple ofdays towns.On Pic A 24. Ow Modaypl. thebe be* at woo by do next day or a"e wouid be fired. Mnaannt hNO aftomudto ciontinue neotione smiem Ow wotrtS -a boai aa nor. The leada tha urete woetart to so boato wort. but te n.w day muwwqnent discredited te unon and said On woo . onwont backt o wort becus of te ultmat and that they did not pormwa to cotinuemaguiom a~o sorterhad mooneod so wort.We wers Wn do - in~ tedorobut Souther T anwe spn resal d to cotiu te stv~sanmd room--wdd Owa NationalExecutive Coms*wosi not call a off.On P no *~ 26. Pon worsm gt an uktimakm too. but bot the Ponst sf and Owregion laughed th. off. Twodoe- on@ aft was on strilt and the othe vho d pmn us te impemeon he wa on sts*wimi he woan Woeo

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-nri bm* to woot on oinen wowiOn Novienbor 217 Pt workers got Istars wyw d" had diammdc thmm*o ak*&The ftoo tha t the O people whoi-ee hred at Poet am bert at wort Osas the rwnonlera of nvespent 6-sf who facd witworkae wUy and stmonpf. The isone ttansndass vitorv thaete -o am pleyurg do m.MirWhene nm trit on Oecovidw 18. it wa obious "ha wwwiwrint would not bepushed fther on strike pay. As for as Pot T v -we as awwrnd. they had 68rsey Imos o reuc that they did not an a dwm about ait-~ww nex The Chilritna adat1*mgq e had hoaped woulid force ten to Inton had been Mglt Timi tiberal kwtpha dapee to aa te capiteliss ~o behid te indFroon Dowerr 18 to 23. it as a wndg dow period, We hied to *xvacte mawxintu out of mwsnaprnent. wid e mwewp it. because e had iiwn Own outtowg.1.1 ofmv had not itn out setint.teree as no way mmiwWpnnaiesgoing to leong - Uwas doissleeve our 0.0IU ONWere a ffeoflty.Even at te begirngll Of our decalown they wore Wrey uwing tepSAAM deWes or Sta Cowoel.but not SAWJ or Mar chapolt2. We hewe earned te r"Plid Of tebla*coff wnetV arid of our cllee*At Past peopl who had Iamnedthe South Af rican Typolipahcei Unwion ISATUviers asking MWASA to fid a mothod of p9ling the out of that "'eon to kmMWASA.Befors te strike e ha 26 eolat FM~ Ttrada peymn their duni by stop orer. The. nuevfer ha non sered to 63 -8WO eo pe who wore on sttA up to the end. aith the oxospsmion of te Urn wowucollsevift who aba Participated an te su&.We we nw" "end" mut niwberstwp and stop order torn, to all te oter unts We wepoisad for a seadomA yew for MWASA anid te blc wortars-htse Corttee a" his pw m.ight try.One other thing ted o be nmwwtiond. So mnuce lederib po tid am brought to themart ac by the suka.

THE MEDA WORKERAS' ASSOCIATION STRIKE DIARY17.14A&0Cm Haad Aa~son Commirw tendi aemranidum to ffmomnit divawsd" Oth ievances be redrefead -Meap. wn illed toreply within u~e daysM.100UMnaiut fals to responod Atte pre sure. mumm"In t ays mnatt frol be discum athead off the12 follow"n kei.11 Herld n suilta.31LIGA0

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Post aid The Star units loin 12w strike donnd"n tha Vie Herald Peobtrms bewolved end oil ateksn be pai lot the parsed they haoe been oui ani strike2.11 AD.Southern Tewwvaal raport uaets adVsof OW OWO ( SpotA fAt OMM Ou in suppon of Ow Held.M1IA&SThe SAM thepel ratdius i eIPon's daveon enod pam on strke. Senids m tommmapreen. Leta in the afternoon & deleation mmu ameneaimment to dacuu Olena-. "mealmment ""y it WIN try to p1te Alg aid* SAN rensnssfm to talks withUWASA. Talks end wiwn "s dupeS delegation says Os WWASA eaojtae misasudh a 1opm mestat, OW nh4tt. SAH nsw miunt andhape agrs to weet fs nextday.4.1 1.mTalks resumei Os next day between SA^M dipel end mviapeement. SAAMIearen finally asoes to lt up a meein between SAJ. ^rm and MWASAexecitsee, Bul en cmnd'loon thatVvi - 2wo rutoson ol UWASA ki Oscmo&d TheUWASA eacuaoozw-4c the ondlitbon MwsageewiImen and talks we Wet up for tfw k". enwmg day st Ova National Prm Uneonesoff ocs. a neutral um6.11A.MWASA -eeam memou Iti two mn&loner1. at onc it beons clear thatdedlcki loot"n a areretrefuse to even allow UWASA to state tthw c a n str ike pay. Managenwnt atttuewa to atnack indrorodualmeo ands end smumm that hWASA was 12wf in, oftstand. but MWASA Quickty poented out that theg Pa-ts 8PPewed onvsaenttya. Resolution of Cape Herald probimb Paymetolworkr ennstrokec Rewpietoon ofhgVVASA.MWASA rPg id a staenwnt by M1Hal Mille of Aix 's at the Herald vlaue ray be 1esdw an a couple of days Butfothe u&?breakdopin an the -ssu of str, epay Me.Kviley of SAAM tugsesu "haow two per, no"t Soo itieneither hattornAt o offerMWASA h"t repoal eeeemg at SACC. whoo a iyw -60a en &tdelaled acow of OW ewtn With omoments The wortari we form. Wecantgo beoa until the davnwtk an rst The nweatme some OW~ MWASA go On amaene phdocaty dinG to tall black ; ,aevs i - a the Prom had beenPymql Alto to seek ,1;pof athe black convnuswTy end -Bmkrs- to doco60ap11them tropm bwf"v respapa The ode of a mopport coonimmee vs taken up andsiaes~ we rnad to vass leaden to attend a nwetin to set up a 00"nittee7.111M0The np&,g tLWes off Approedis me eae to the ;peoplan the leades of VWeormgai~ou ConmwWn amw found to look onto three ia-s: publocsty. fund oaside&ble of gpoemms. SAN people har w v #*or Pity w&~ with

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Meetin of interested waitm at0C. The msetng is not we I -t0r but we are sune ofsuppon. Frwt batch of psmi phists printed. The pmAdoety 5WM'bAnother meeting of 4.e uppmrorn mitee. A06.n this is not WfV WelI Mtter ded -but more hown attendd Mea while, the pwevet Cempo is ma fullMeetnq of support coffnvttae. Members So elected to verom --POMItMNational Union of Journatehetpickets mn London. DOPOatd deI e to go bc to1.1 1.01MDisatch u-4 Eastrni Province HOWlebakat work Cpes Nered becl on the asouet but 13 of the 37 workers an still anstrike. Pubilsc: ca~ 10M .wt ""Si~d ad ArVA - tradan' OrfaaeaMs say they won'tbuy or WeN adverltising in these2CL11A80.Cape Smtaid bar~ks down on sti-ke pay detwad ad go boa to wvork, to thedusappont'vent of the oVWr Millons MWASA deblal-on Masets MI SOm MotUisanuyan me will meet SAAN ad Arpis ove the weeikend ad let us know byMonaday21.11.90.Ale workers .n the PTetO1ieWitwa teread Vrievssim wase go on strike ith thawow demands Ad afso in solidarity with MWASA. Nowspper deli Oros comew to ahalt.MwASA meeting at D0CC. Sorma Allied workers pro%"nt. Mows to Work Out ajont sit' 8V.24.11 0.Allied prys pt altami - back to wor or you we wacked. All~ed guys relent. C beckto work, MWASA xe Mousse vaWW. meeting with maageents sat fe next day.2&11A0.Newspep deliveries back tonom MWASA and marwnt ~ et Writh MrMOCNAerYane as daeaww MWASA preseant a IorcvfW c to O tha managrviniis responsible for th aiss wAd dewids tha innaseepays. hiuseawWe adit it had reepanuie for this lack of Ormi cison but it a aft itfoont M the strikers Me Motanaywae wan Oau he wil as@ to tae sides. E won thMaes no ~feto O th itr Ig manmni - who ntil e"s to de nempatan but no stsikopay. Talks beeUltimatum to Post workers boa to wo or you hae dssavaiid yoursehin. PO work ensare thisVA.11.60.Poet staff gets letters telling them theI howe dismaised th~esves Ag100n t'hsgiored SAANISASJ - decadesr o n picket but only 18 decide on a oraudil str ike2L11.0WWASA sees Lwyes About validity 0 thewe notion ad letters of diumiuai.Lawyer says no real cais but we can alk for clarity on the term -you hav dismis*sad yourwr At meeting at MWASA offon decide to send letter to Musapment.SAAM cael of SASJ pickets Sta Of f bm. Only 13 step one@day strtke. del,

-m wmbiu ". if *o Imm m M"

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MWASA =*M Tkmy We VWMWI prn. to remkn to wort. mair~nri beck% do on MWAS diinamakPost seWs in asemem ". noe of ftg wokas fied. Fee to msum.t to worUWASA w" at M c. Dcs. Ow cw' w m espped up. Amwr I~ Dr Moiw ai BSopTut. Modera-go , lsTuaa.1.12htCape Mwald deadem. an two day suu& cal im #w 'estwnsnt of Ow do 0nwoerw. kwm 0 SAAN SvmaSASJ ankem2.12.80.SukAmn at Hwad* Cape Twm and Cm Argue mswend far froi do" SssAar-m SAAP. uswehd for sevn ft4. 12.80.Ail" bowd nmmn Me Kal Miler stftont IwyN Pt woubd kmbe~ 0 a Ow sveu soonwuexxAj piovedeeq declsAzapo, Asinamal andAz ikhwelwaROSEINNES PHANLEPART 2 AZIKHWELWA - SM BOYCOTT IN THE NORTHERNTRANdSVAALWM O pe f Sahilo "KW in Lbwn Plnermwr Teom mo ov passe I ow uau lmn ofwie t bas. poor Itomnwd scdwok. nA ba. - o wd w"Pon -- vw Samimawgowimmisrw spsirtwm or et u RG 0000 an oum i itstunvctooftarms IP~ 32JO On 3 Farantates, of AZAPO UW w 11oCM UUdst 099Wsiniw SWnfd&WA mle by tha Saihqo WCoosmmm CSVCI.,-_ bw of Ow pupet L om Lime~ste AjineAt woere ~wted %. Owg astw tocepon lhr iiimmiideig ~au Ow peol* -ooa-m Thwy did no4 acad Spaer le

spae- abm it m collao wtus- for si in :11 a xrsS for*Amk wsOWb em uo Womanm brin on W 42M. Chst.posm ofOW SVC. te Rev M.P. Modw. old OW - Vm am ~ Ino e m"hdhin Ow m~d~ boxes wfh thm d~rw and 9UmkW~u becas diet am no homWrIbk.As for boa a 1975. people In Itmg Iwo! ohm mm of em N~oeOwn Trans, No awlnowm q &A 0 - Imoong for hamm in 1I7 em SVC wo n, -d. Lika Pt 3CO and o~r o MM-V__IMbM1 p -~ - Inso

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ea mIn ffwPr of to county at bot OWa tow. OW ss ON em SVC we to fi$M cm-smoen outsdo oil and I& moo n to toemt powweia Cw*Aty Counale, ThmCouncil mnSo~ snod in em bd ol em,Tw Commo oplea vmi a piepe- -. he i 1979 ft has fam from 0eegr to Pureasxo wm n. Ied OWe SVC Iht Wtas not yeMOOui sW* o reea emru twOmeO Owv Case - 4 wd~swo Impi "em pleDom Lbmm Treorta Cosmspwi IL TC) enswda dffhrmi respns a WO It deiedto ros haim by so 6O S - mb onea~r jorav from te v~a so Pbar*wV On O em en of Ow24 Apo AZAPO-ra Ow SVC hmld a poest public somag a Snhwmid AZAFO oa otmPUI mww VW"Obwut em, morlb.am Trema at Whds te moIm wer dwe~d A cal wa le, a0toomn fo hVe hamof teLTC to be WvwtWaT%* worlan ath 'maesn WO alled to a prim d Inrese in wls an for 'mftf.r unu- tobe absored Ow a so i t subsidy. snwiafudaq tw " w,, em kemrer 4moy Awbdby em So to so seam of 75 posrant. ~- 011".In line with rewdential apartheid &Wd em policy of treatin biadu in fie tomow aSam uoumns PUIhiC truopl for em bhlLa in ova V pa of em contrmy smrn goSirnstd purpose of bringings Workears from. et4W urban or rural soe to a skispomnt on em aut A'mu of Oe omo we from vshm..-W MAX WO gos ditunceu to Oer place of was . That a. no form of psmlkctopon for wwr City travel "o a avsmi so Oe block& Under aporeommd suchtVamporis for "i exclele seof to .h*iea Ts em mosinp go aled for a hat mviceWowiin ft em -. cte mid not-at barimw In "ieoutdirb of tomo almeo ow - peop e W enwupd to,~w al 9Vw earreip in liquorAwr 2922M.On 25 AUAXa "m day foNowing # pubkc uviesimp. te pepl of Salep, amind atotal bwecat of emw bumow An- to wal em 12 ken long has romm journey fiomem Owv to Fiaters. hagocI Anq* emanwn rs nWam Wo in Ow, doffmebc so owof wimm but workan in indiuty armsmaorov'. Ioum. paiuary a 941m u'rfthng plant. a hut hard a & result of&ommorml of mowwea so Iiv 1 g low aW tired for woo . By vartus, of bwqnem Iat and romt dow~w Papuiabd area menud by to bum. SahDip bcI m Omnone antue of "o bao*" nmovment a it 91 -4 to odtoras of tO Northm TronThe dayfor motworkmu begenu at 4 &~m. Sdiood,.idr momw out in tO pvme at tom tmaso 0"e coul bac Ow boyn h,~on "m em 0. as cmstps ont d iong em has rosaoOwoush It - m- g. Tsai *ri 0 4 1n to f Wwtw WS o to redeuc eto mnm dmiwmbya half.

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The bus co ive explie *e bayby mnv d~ma *e o emre to bwecoi *an enn Ow ee. aamwi Ii4t y-*iW tootec trdivp" Ma 26JJ0 If dime iorkr had decidd ey not need Ow am ofSobus*neithe dad Oe go*em t" to Ia go am.for din.. Alims ref W toa"y bp0au by m blacks.and w~t dolp -n'ini Imw ,mm me O qeaw'o6 Sesb . Tinyp e people off aMl ca and vans Aplanedfo tmiPurpem - no am. Im as owme1toaccp a k: train*@4dw lroi or ewli. On OW tim v @40ft beall. a t W $lft zmb wp de14e m adgrou" of pkkatins -i ere OiN d bySmfwsd by OwplietTin Lfeb Swiomssn Chwf @4 Otllm mnds w . vn Zv. annonete polkae wotd be -ou in force toec people ago -ane intiaWW*Oebeckwom of a 100 parwiwtand buses rungnaseweded polaint ~i Im to usebsm.ms -WhyV do W"y h@We 10 ~ roedboacs -oa wimm we do not dw bumsrakd on winrker~P- Dd0 the pole ad officials of Viab, aa y tried to spread oonuim by OSmn at i an- fdes4V two d"n of Vie diet*. it was IND pmtacmSa whome IfRomM e nd in "w-~~ hih fac oh m in Sediese*e ts At OW 'wrn tome die we OWm die - from is~0" - re - .m rum" hed. widi-d Sad *AMt at " oe WW""kPocets in amm outid SOON11M b& bwfa hod -mb a O~wayW. Wovt~s fom Sloomd Rive and Mmsn*igW*evd deied to wm* die 23 kmto Pleerm~~in o to wan bm -b'm i to cm p -im odw Ows Om LTC. Tos who Se mte stwma'tm b. used own orhy a far a Sedeo whoer 0" ded to wal din rest of OvepImna in sobdanty wi Ow biottenm tam Saeinp. In Lebomilkono a duszanceof440 km from Pwwr*sxo ** woiken wndirook wivis action to *^14W1 theWi .Oem was reportod Wo ty "we am in "w vapo of "m boeo It is W unf4roasthat we am walkem dotance from Laowe's- and eme nedmaai unor (COn Ow thid der of the boycott. te-Swvintw m Laow SOAnWts animed into dicumn widi em LTC The ov ore 4I~npa opinsew" ou"Ide em 880,160san fr to be wtwe to Oedoommom wa O C. Oemrwa em ini- Wiuo dh of OW puppetSTC Iftwo '263*. Wi d, boyct

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-o i& M ' m Coserable pro SUN on Ow Lbw Saftitib-n Its Chief umw. or.CiN. Phe"Ol. em i much with 4h Sowth Atnw sovmX.M&81 At sw and of ow weak a sdmein to 1 0 Fi. - d faies11or a period @4 two 3 was annoncd by em LTC.TheW aoueent. demp it tacbod oe, cwO e eknd whom AZAPOand SVC m were - at corvam a put, hc Al"Otmqt W Ske " " to oo" an a nO~nSO em NAW% did ntbra em boycott Om "n~ dew nn OW boyamt wmd on tugvxqM ^I a pm~lmcamm an weiw , peakdo On ( fDw 3AA0.7116 SAO&N of Im , ta

was followed by &iar enfialon. VLsn t bcan claw tha not en tis furew oncessionwould bAVs an and oo the boycott, the LTC announced a renstate, mere of themiicmd faem a from 2 Nov0mbe MAO 30J801. BOA neither suspension notcancellat on of the on. aoeam in the full two monthe durng wwdi eifter was heldout a an ole brand~ could bral a tevnt wtwoe denands wm not liuted to the farduo orov,The demenr which were speit out vry dearly at the begungw of the boy. coinude a bia var vcwid t rmin atad ma the cantre of Puetersburl town. raiwhen onthe outkisru from where man wov rr espmally worisn in dorri asti mc . had up to10 km to walk to work. The boyoostars were also do. unw 1," the re-utqi of theterinus away from Polokws Centre which with its beer'talls was a plac fot theworkers "to drowvi Urnrn sorrows on lquor- an 398M. At the publ-c rnwe011followmsqte suspension of the frsed fam they reiearated m stronge fteres thanprevmousty their demand for a Vsw owieae m waps beemums-the Cost of Irvn was going up everyay While aa m wer ruty snaemsed(Abd.And of the Bantu Inwestmunt Corporation (BIC with a Imp interest ,n LTC. onespeake moad "we we not m Saso becuse of 1C. SIC a in Sasngo because of tn. Ifte do not reduc the twes tq ou satisfaction. th n we will wal. We hoe walked forUhe whole week and her we we. alme eel even healthier- OW.In the next two days the PsIsmreur Town Council. the Lebowa LegsatveAWenbly. lrtry. and the STC. all of tmm worknl hand ma low with the SouthAfrican go'verwK. e rO W in bound Us smrm talks on the wow of the blackworkers. Chae Mniet MUatti hadt earlie prfese a Coimfor the wook" plt (Pow 30JLS. These daboraors coukl a this stqw think ofdecuming the worler p only because te fed the grawilp indi" soe of theworkers - as whoos at the m nveting calbd by AZAPO NW SVC m Sashep, atthe and Of tat WeekAt the meeting held on Sunday 7 Saeptwnb the people applauded the Weern withaies of -Lot them go. we don't want the bt. They haw e.psoted us enoug fROM 8.JM). The "hornian laders were rlected m morrm sumcas rwo-famd sel-outs who pre tend to be workngq for the people whereas d" wefreendl of the bus cornmp (ioj" The omt meetingof the Poesruanl Town CAundl and Lebowa scvrnnnt. and the uspesion )fncreased fwm by Ue LTC were all deasbed a de'iatmonary tsa*' by the Clwurjron

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of the Socl branch of AZAPO. Manabolo Rapliasu (hbr). And AZAPOVxmeChaienon. Mose Moalum. told the moetan "d 't ksen to voecas fromi thatgo'rWn~t Of sllou Reernbe that gWOnwiseft is the one that approved fare inromtThat government is not for us. For about honelad policis and atm~ic deasbonse(hbrd).In the week of the 15 SePtafr*w. more villages responded to AZAP0"S callo atoal boycom of LTC ow. vims throu~rnut the Northern Transval. The people ofMolmpo willag deoded to walk to work m Pwwd)ur and those of Mokopene%m14es to POSWervu t. In neither villag were the bum fares raised but theboycott of bu was m support of the No" affected. On Sunday 21 Septerimer at onsof the mase nm np AZAPO reularty held kw villages, the call to boycott busmwas made at Lenyenye new Tiansen and at GaMolepo new TUIIIoop. In o lk.Mahereirn and Moula s. both new

PoVesertust. whee syMpethy bayywtt mere alreedy lom, meetunp were also heldto diana the boycott, UMahwo"n and Lenyesve. like Sesaeg. grA strong Wtopetusto the bus boyogtt moveenent becaus of ther targe contration ofThe meetin aR Lenyan. wa sad 1o to this tvstewe Mass meetng agw Wed - theaee by an -snclperment politica ornaaaan- at. in othe ward a I4boatiaem In~vu'wntfMW 23 9,80) AZAPO had only recently fatnwd a branch tomme. The dayfollowin the 10e11Ang. a total boycott of the buet b9We MWd People walifed 20km to Woort on Tzarneen. Accordin to & am Papr repol . a -hunat barica proW!"m thw buses from movsng. The P04M o anse was. puedioctabo. to iffita& thePeopl withteer"i.At the awtang on Seiheg~o. a do mend ade erhe for tOe LTC to be replaoid bythe black owne Iterebe Suva Smotil was reotate The sarm deamn was vosced atMeeteW - Moult afe andl Lenyony. ~P 23.9.801. Alta calts to ttenghe the boycottad to stop the tr~4in of empty busest douO owe viuap in an aotempt to brea themoaal of the people. the Seo mt "l ended with a mar ch to the local LT C depot thr~ wh g ao It ic sOP-e swog*and the 0 m staltrta mad (8DMW 22.9.80).STATE PROVOCATIONNeither the tdnernw to first suipend tre ktocseetd fooe. and ithi their bogAnwwamilaton. nat the apparently Concil besorv conouwn of the Lebtow* g-"onaww over tn low wages of the blc watkar vwee anolqh to stop the boy coirt andarmat it s pread thvrounout Ow Morthww' Tranuveaml The conenotionail reon ofthe South Aftocan tate is to eeprm by the mm:os voilet meas envpopular ati by the people. Faor th time be"n the goveroW4 held on to itspoittamew cad. It harmed the AZAPO leeden of the boycon MVI tnent by aetaniq'twi. it uiswod a posture of toauVnu by sovoariNg the fetatartion of increased lam.unrtoduc'flg shorter touars Ifte 30 1080). wiw announcing that the buern would berestored atide polse protection IMs 13 1080)when AZAPO called for pubic meset 'np on the n.~it of the 9 October to dosOums the dtntontheO Lebow& -90"ti rnant'* reace by bWWVig all meetnp I"4.howewe. aid not proomme the People from holdin a meeting. Under the leader vg.of AZAPO. they walked I km fromn Stoew" to urom the wao-ied "batlet onto

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White SouthJfteca" where the ban fling order had no .tfect and where they held"tit meeting(RDW 1110890).11 was ichd progo"Atmon by ih "oen waent and ou puppits in the Lebow& Bantnwhich tsansfat med a Peace lt nm proteta at wacraed far" into ie'veeMl ecU of.,mom The youth stoned govertwmAnt buuldmap " vthoct. &Wd attacked thehouse of Or PhAtUdIC ~~m 7 10 80). thebtpremPv--uOf Bca AYS Banak and the_)eshago ne MOf the Ldbowa -woliaayrW. MW Ji V FPp fROMd 13 10 801At let 11 Inr MOOMOf the MahoWer bI" brMnh of AZAPO. including its nwlyelected dcbrrW Jo M01,11. 0 taken onto Police detention ~Pm 3 10 B01 TheNotiornal SecroetwrY Of AZAPO. Sawvnimv Tioubia~L. and the V.0 Chair pe.son of th Sewto brain of AZAPO. logorther with this* atht AZAPO fm dw Ir veredetained afme they ha travelled tiom joharwwtbjg to addies a boycott meetiq ngaMahvwere"n The Po1001 allege owa they haed wtuted a baned meff~r of the-bwaed Black Peopilet Corvimon.I n Seatg the Rev M F. Maiatli and

AZAPO brunich efthpam Morob Repimmi W"r Itta A 7.1O0I.1dUntion by ms Vwwcmmpsru of ve-a ONi APO brnc. Meadowmaws. tps Vbracokuien Of ths $86a-W AZAPO bomid Mo Moslui. and an ZAPO snoner kr OVm S , bsi. -gv Raffoi~ 1IA8.10A01. PIS four leso tram d.Secsoon 22. wa aN summeper haid '.umdr SeC'ion 6. Of l Wei Lm ArnewrontCTeffor** Act (*049 22.10AD1.The det~ov sc n Lwerrene wodmdled four e'maut"m""ewr of Om loca branch ofAZAPO: ChirP.v Mmu-' PtiP4. Vomomirperom Dmtd MWVia N." H.M. Mvwoio (Po &10J09. Thawn clatsd in Llmfo irk ad AZAF0 boanidi mrPero Lauren Mwww ari an AZAPO .mswm m~mwm Wt 3.OJ.5eadw to Lmwu'n is go bane ledr of *Bck Coesimiams. Dr. el phmsi ftwms. Twonewse In Ow Psvr yT - liid rnmm toemu" "m OrN m So lowa her ntwem eve ftrm. Pti Laedft04 an Twareii sad *m was-v hnnod ampafl So AZAPO. Ow le". .w -otia noemveid Owby*onr. ami te No~. 0*0 Adw an Pwoiut" said -In Ow Twnn wow. a woa In -onmts a ret~ io a d. ha ee ma Isw knw to ben, -4 n em hoco wbon em.leoe an ?bt . 1001.Them win wdoo tei a of 04ZAPO Waes aw -odrae by 4mecip-h~dp. AWs Nanl U" Suraev. He sai AJZAPO mi na be wilimidsod by "mdme~mion We Pie moaesty wieh em I* ledr wo Valk #&Vd" WARULING CLASS TACTCS TO BREAK THE BOYCOTTaWW of dw lemrs of Oms bus be~oot in Via Nardwi Trameda. for exvoi Ow syned boyoiim in winr nots acued by ft "mr lin tam m ow prwes of Wvmi detowrns bdfty by aw lede to Ow peaph by wim of pubkc: rnmet. s m avence of te

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197 Aimainru 9si Boycott Thank& to Ova wm ipW anca~ of VOev m a uswitenid Dan mokwvwn mi eVinni swi. "peopsof Akeuw* fuved co h nI of eir WMWA from I wi ,CPOe o w ito its asurnuf cndummwn. no dsd ow eflooa#~0m Press to onmswein We~ m baders fo w eo .A edwsm to PAeti a penany lvwm a w~ emam lvi Ahadr wa *b put foravur Thiso ni Osfom of a 0600 vun" by e .W~mewe Chan"~e of Corminom who W Quickto perm Vine abst boywet arommi to a 9"m atwo bea em Ow wtk a - :m wedbred ~~ a Nang .db. The mrswitV of eadr of O4v. boymfi . Wwidsq I s -easiblibratio mmtosf-ooe em adme wh em qmIh If rnt B40 Soywn1 CNOR~M10 -tM Wil the bus ommow. PJTCO. wed emoChumewe of CVw.. The rmisrfr. makaftn &W Swel. aft wa t onvu ". *maw."Waed OW both insottand w mmorny -one be pm by Vs eis, so em p"Ot em"nomie -ms wwv "~ eve Weas a-mm mIntw eauid to head ft ia vid prooerw -.. duia, brnq dVim.wisan em smantiy vwwe of em boywit cA tes W" laud on stmurinsu #40 On 0o4 of bu wa o ft.Thema oty itsel im - ed on whai Viny COWd dmcri Procedure: VW ob* oneview. Ovem of. aw emW msVut an v

,6yos omittee. a -14 be put fromI ,th platorm to the ame meetwinThe people of Aiexanka had come to know throuh vvs.it of stuov who to Wust anthe boycott commttee. When sil te damocatac procedue lowan le- e had had theirsay. the people thouted for Mokonyane to address them They too. understood theqwmks of do neatUK proceue. They cams out in Piapon of the *mnrty- view andte ie Va 1 the h s tecomerwrded by the maw4&stv. The nice advanced poltialcod on Alerx"nd. amovq tem Med zwwya ban~e to and Invig on Len wey. to thisday. Wier iaway senpowant lesson: how. like LeIn an 19 17. ammnce ity vwwheld by tOxs aitnosf noled in stute is tUseornwd by stui into a mabority view.The people of Alexandra repected the sens for a numbe of reass Aat tram theanonorwees ettendent on the scheme such a pying the inrased fare on boardine thebuess and then, on alioiriL queu"n aga to ol~c a pemry bas* at ksoaks vhmdaware to be aftusee at bus towe. one queason t. mned unanswred. Wsi happnedwlien Ow C2O was all spent? Mowe Lmsons of At~hvu'w by Dan hiok anyyne.London. 1979?) A usa queson maust hawe h"a~over the heads of twhe peo of Sto wW ~Vy boycott ws of Us lifithemnTrepwaael whe the LTC anniouned the mesperion of searssed tawos fo cm eperiod of two weski Whe would happen at the and of two weeks? Would they bebc at square uns with the ncresed tamn rstored but Os boycott nioaswst lnrrevlybrokw? And. swno ths LTC annouinced a woston of the inraseaon Ow twos. it woat Ow samen 6awintoduag a thorem but rote whiche would temiat ~ haw jae torthe tw awi. it both oftes %ded to betf the boyco t o an end itwas becase nother seed the P "0ples demerid arvd. in faMt iffotad a host of odwodammuls such a improrsod tas and a P -sral maess in wep

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we rrW" also nowe the mllanner in wbc ths author sties reckoned they coul brekther bum boycott or. for that mattar. anyv rastance mrnt. T hee txtsc as tocoinplaeal bypeas the move agent itself arnd its popular tedes, That is shoot' notom*y by oionIth ep e denen but aso by the way in which they unt."aity N'fluflWths gm"nsaon of sneued lame and other schenws ovirr the heed of the -mownwnit.arnd without mwgotaton with ths moafvas tTHE CALL FOR' BLACK OWNED BUS SERVICESWe wre we to Ahe of thediergand that LTC be reataed.y rv atsare the route with Harntie Bvva and otherbus wervioss. a dsrnerd wtiosch. A hs, hawis of a lIbwraI Ivedia prone to distortblacit struges. wasVs te itlnc.3 racil eapremacin of a demand for -bla oownd srcs In su ugi.ted lotmit neviresented a demnard agaist the mnonopoty tPA Wa voce of a cepearfte stateIn this form ths derytered was made s nuxe sniftty. pertiojaty by 0a SVC. a theboycott bew'M the more orguaaim. In this form. too. the -erin enloved the wholehearted support of the boycotters who on ts naitwe of the econoiry of the areaaffected by the oncrigad tame wre wort wn4 des V peo-l Vwh do we m~eke alsoof wioglig people suppor tang a demand wwh. of Salied. would not alter thecotons5 of thser oppeaon or szpos, tation? Nor would r a ;twil bus sairvior mekesany dotfseisce on Vhe "on run the 1944 Amexansrs sea Bocott wa resoagd to thepoples sateso-ton a OW tgin by repLc"ng rhfi~ou but gm ll ed owned sernces bya Whitemonopoly. ths Ptwnc Utility Tionsport

Company IPUTCO1Howerie. the demand foe Hemba Buya Se rvics is not irrationl if we take intoaccount that the boycott was wt ceded by lonrtstud ngr 0,evarntm aqwst LTC andthat the boycott wea not all about the economics of bus servces. The demand forHamboe Buye operated vics. and the popuLr backwq foe the do, mnad. musttherefoe be fu d on the bais of these two comditi.oIn 197S the grisnices - Lack of Wn~w. city pubilc transport. inordatety "on busqueues. witing at Peak hours for a on a two hours for a bus to come we voaed t0peristently that even the conservative STC made reprneanUtboi to the LTC, Onlywhen reprosntatiOns to redrew the V,,vesm d they turn to the black owndMemba Buys 8us ServcM of Sen Harris. An appicatpon by Sen Mertis to extendhis sersace to Seshago wi thn esfused by the Local Tr wanp tat,on Board w"ich ncontrolled from Pretort. Thus the demand for the bus vw.wn of Be" arr.s datesback to 1976 arid ws then (nd in 1901 mde ethr to replace an ustnfctorv Wrvce orcreate comntztaoi' for LTC.In the contest alone con we snr stand or explain the remwks of Mambolo Raplseu"'Wowe qpaut monopolies We want fre enterpise. The LDC (LebowaDeveloprnent Corporation) mkes the Wack man dependent on it" (RO 4 1090)Thes remr ks weire a n lf sod by Rev Malatis (stid) from whom we quote LaterTha the bus bovcott wal not alt about the economic of bus series bicans cleawwhtn LTC first susended tse ,icrneamd faes and their suiquet cuimllatbon linkedto a shant route. The reiult was not a coILIee of the boy Cott. It was t thatt the

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rulin class read. ,in the apt words headlined in the St 14.10A01. owa -FootsoreSedheg takes on the System" At th bars of thbus boyott. - we shll show by ref. ernc to some statenwnts by its leading,pokeiSew ts a mnovement of rem*. tace and dsallenge to captul, whte wr and itutaip tySuau of B41UIta,. It is politia. " an exprelsio of dominated de in stwliand throu te ntrontin of AZAPO. which hu domanated the economya of bus swvs.and roly 6o.POLITICAL CHALLENGE TO BANTUSTANSThe peopi's reecton of the BantustanS as borne out by UW Uwcos" of thms whomthey choe to load the bus bovOtt movefnnt. At all the nunwOuS PA96C metinpheld in Vie course of the boy. Cott. ft suport wfich the leWSW" er loved tor theirstatements leave no doubt a to how the people, Perceive the stuc. tures created bythe SUte to Prpetuae racl oppreSon and #xp1LoatAt#Ol. We refre to sUtestwnumade by only two of ti boycott's most Peomffwt ides. the Rev Magltj, andMamalboi Ra tehe. Thes, sttemernts and the stuvgies in the Mur of WhKd they%we made rewal that ewe ha com into *xistefn for the filst time Winsie theBantustans a rmei polits. Cal movement whic fiots the sysm by opeerng outsidethe systemThe Rev Ma&ati, sd oft the Lebowa Development Corpo'al on. OOboowc arm ofthe government 'lhere is nothinlg you Can do without the LOC - they we thegovernment here and wi hSW no say. They have the monopoy" (RDM 4.10.80).Of the Lebow& 9oven-nt- he sad "-It is an vifaan (a child) It must go the father(LOCI "d ask- b dl And of the Chief Minister: thtids tells us to wait fog a #&uitBut espect nothing. We find he has no power" (ibid)Even mote poonted -wa the stterst of Raphesu "At the heart of the uAW " this theIgtimac.y of the Lebow-

r,9001iIIMNM 0 00 bW*Um bt OW AFM Of aw -epm Tb Cd~m Ppm t o40isewmit o 0 * . Is mwW&Imsmimee a fur Ws waIft -nd to *-Okin 0a* PN AiIY -1O~ 00 boyof -0pad. They-pbvm mom -O rebuMdd by b* AZAPO amm WC *Ow M6d o w aprn - o o "t*Am -9 *Aemono ai Opdem o whald*by *096 "l we bf*ha *ue1b-'CLAW STRUGGLE AGAMNT WITAL AMQ STATEsoa OW om co iw - 11as boye so* ha m ba n o mm TWndW a Pli Of & ~Ds~ pmm 40 samumu *iamyNNW Somw A -80 ~ 00 1 *MNIM f NMI is t* 010100 A PsII hya-d #& Swm = uhk we w n *kind -0AIDW. 09 kb4 WW "m evimep by o mma for-rwdoe Ofs NONS WINIMS Ab NI aWvIWWW IND -O 11, 1 eOmW ass e-'m - byso -.v Aaw wm --mrim go stm k

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=ib -eo&W d ~ *A em-*0 g0 o co enmm*AMO fo -" mred of m. IMPW4tg o -oma s a def bil beum b & em& -p o -aI , 7gn ha twd go li I i b ddew.*A voorkmna wem i go bee *Ahows o wve k is i sp hag *AD OW IN sY 00ON e ton a lems g bss w e in In beeboy, - To pinm bw.o ws items -am w vdasn VwOwm if -dveapoI r , 11Lmd b ha ame o am -rve waas no e , Ow tww -moe. w is speea Oem o houlft Owmpar h in M.an- -rn 11 1 By-g g a a d~y bm go w ask ha *A ewd 1im 11 - I AhaW1 *146A Inns go' -6 lhe-@ i okw-wTis a- em V*wl douvin pow how an em, i WOW. a Iem I O NA W O W #am ofd basa faw to aO mrbm coes qmi"VAN wd onga -o gL o NAy W Nmw is 01ft.l *4*~j* 10 *6mm OW0-Adofas or am m Nor a i maret Isag mmm wbre goa iwm ham tmmun eus*miN em *A - of-sl a ftm &a "Oemea se to *Ak a So ms gom girmsa'TmM ememasu emaa GRO"eme w s umeew smCoomm.s esstsin wow to supbmbuk aVANW Se 08806 40 -111 w hNas mwo seems s Ow sona# *6Y~w au saw @am - aUw

th we e of te wi the sat w of captal. In a mountr wrthout a Owed of CM L M P Wst U for the M41ority of thw pPe - an uanodatecl mrswinn at cla rule in the ntowOf 011pial.The People% actioit epwM -csf in t we am t ut of a workirm dMnt ws~eupitoted VieS It wnnoSafford to pow a cent rnoti on treaPOrt. Coupled with a dwniiw fk" & 00ne01owgua in as . OWN stful hit at ow vrv cooe of a sytem of cwtal &=oriiidtiof whoipro-M tor below the smmsisti lwo. Coupled turtwot a rejictiofl of BAnt"M~ @w'y ft WM V Ow o~*0's opp"Mofl to the ""mwtied% Ste emoff~ to %AmM thw ccatdtom of axploltt5 by OW. Puma wewactlis #W notm to both cw I I and O We 110 Ma "ia no sonf can o fa %worker.10 srwvi %um ICSk Vol 1. v67% MocwW 19611. be safel left to N~/I"itinfcU of olprinervon'0,4an propWoon to tumfl thw cc 14 heNOWr cflm Mntncamd reprods~toi by alt"g ou an euigtmu or O er wowlian& Of o BanbAt".The Development of DualPower in South AfricaANDREW LUKELE

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Lot flis bsgmf by -AuUoSCWQ to you "w iow s0 I am talwaa5'4n toriVit. "abo.Kwabo as a groul Of South AllwAn politiC81 ret4S1 -ehto 00 prave ey umed"n in"w United State. We Min axcnuwtted to 014 stMWe for Ows MtOsi of Outwvintuy. Toarthat wd we ham roupemd weopOe to wider ake adu herm whc weIgleoot Ondh@Wf,,, to aw lAWotlor itt on Sculn Ali"a As Part of "it under1*k''l 00 r,..1ouiwd hands with OWr Ownraf organalht.0's. Pan Almocn Student Ofganesatonon the AnWItCAM (PASOA1 arnd Youth Against Wat a"i F min IYAwFI. onorganuli arnd 5porOWIC11 WC1OWSi tor~urn. we welt to Vim* you all mwohiert IC ho en with uLs

NECESSITY FOR INFORMED SOLIDARITYI shoulid lke to "ms a lew eadrs. hirsty. on the ipoirtant usa~,c of solid ar y. Theneed fothe solaity 0of te Oppresed people in the worl storme diveciy from thecondibon of te world It a dcutad by captast and aropot No dontortatmon whichcseumis the Own of Owe oppresd Onelimms In the worlid and pirrrs Owm andthew soaetis from developing mnd red ni rw full captry. The sume ,nterets whichhove. by teoss of ewt doirtinetion. rede the Blacks in South Atti to iere sub joct ofrsper explonsation "ri politicarermo.those very se interests maintain he wes elrn world. rnn the Unted States,a kind o aoey which rests un thUe principles of inequality anid odwidui greed. asocety wich con devse the oirdsnw person to wmirn inatiom of all fors. toWisto.,ty. and to painful pupisosdeiau and ria - and that in a country whioc h~marnasod he greatest store of we lth on the erlhThia the bsin of you solidarity with ho opNrMoud in South Afnca The old wvWthat we sek to buld hes Vt to be a torq and enring soiodarity. A fcil i wtioth casersto Use -norot ary urges of self-idugece anwnot do Our so rit s weapon agait tecorn boned stren of out oernmes And he. Strensgth is quite enotnous Our solidartfost eQuol arW exceed their conibned!low do we saeve such a soldarity of suonpfs? It a a soidarity that cmses ftoomdeep human psaon. a paswrn that I fed by cononlcbon and sound knowledge It anurtured by a deep desire ow true fredom Its an inlorved soldarity that we seek.Uonformd am of -eiuO ldwity" con be amumvus They an result on ms, n se Veyonmes of Use people webWae we wer helping. We s thathappen - Angola not so on W.Many people in this country aid else wesre giae a tremnendots ernosuit of motl idmetoo suppon to -hat they believed woos (niownts of lilsrtion In A&nVola In facthis suort wen! to or Wiuistotw such as te FNLA and UNITA woodtl. a it turneOu. wwre not moveentt of liberation, but fsots wtih were on deep collson withwhett tocit South Afrca and with the CIA of the United States Thew om ms to setup in Angola a puppet govilruinent that would rule in a mnww beeific&i toSouth Africa and to IUs gowernisents of Use western countries, te United Statesespeciall Had it not bees $of he vigs Ia* arid dtartnursaion 04 Oft* MPLA. and tsespppddorvolutonm- si rl of the CubW . a Uorou@v reactIOrwy aid counterrievoiutidnai govr rivts n t. cwnpatid Of 840 furici ior v Of wet tawn ountries.

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would hve bw fote6d on tse peple of Angola That. so pairt. would hase b; ite rshutof *norant mid uniforiie a* of solidarityThe leson of Angola is that soldr t nust be snformed if it is to be etic trve ThiswrOOM on 04ornr seeks to mpires solidey an action the Ulkta of Ruhing apastekitig mid thcormuo effor to understand tse liberation nseein ona wWO.1,10to spcit its mOws Its Pion im and methods, and its Place in historyBut ths resoraiblit of the friend of loiberators toward% tse liberation mv mrent sreciprocal The liberation move nasm oti a dty towordt those pople who ral to itssupport It hs the duty to take Osern into it oonfKIW@ ard to reve to thes its viewof Istff how it looks at Its P11e . who praiciples wwrbe No methods and s" ofopora lion. an its worldieilw - PirCy Nitwrt it pIm iuel Sn te comfunctson of forcson the word m .We in Karaboo ame kaonf &ew Of tse

rpe.orWmlIt'y of the mowetnt of libstation in Souh Afrks towards peope outsideits radks who eek to taify to its ippor. It m for th reson tht we undertook. p~inttywith PASOA ari YAWF. to itwite 6r00her Jet Ouno Bactwa to be with us alltWOtLBrother SBape has played an rportant role in the SLwok ConrustriU Mo.r mint inSouth Afri-c. eapecalty in the South African Stud*nt OrPrW'OO. Indeed. it is inteiri n to thits mowYwlts echoes tt you here and hundreds of thous of othersin the world outsideSouth Africa we stepping forward to pldg 6pPOtl Jeff SaQwe ha been in closecontact with the SLack Combcoigrug Movernt from its ,ni:W OnCRISIS CONSTANT IN SOUTHAFRICAMy turth r remak. therefore. will be add mred not so much to the curren evnts inSouth Afri and t part of the Black Conscioursn- Mowminem ret a.ve to thosevents Rather. I haIl atterpr a few genral suteernts touch Wg upon the cha r cterof te total situ aIon. thie situation uwich cxutitutes, so to ,p*. the thetr of operationfor theSleation moverriiert in South Afria.Since June 16. the ourg gos pressrywhaee ha ramsed a hue i cry pro danning that South Afa" is n crisS The whuerAt governrimne of South Africa ha onesistently resu veement den"Is "~ the1Mwn "ovfnfwt 's *owyw pustakle panic even while itis isawn these denials of cs. ad doll .no out ass*omica of peawe id stality in thekingilom of whitel sUpremac Whet. in Ict. is "i true situation in South Africa?This is not a cofvWnon 0155 situation. not even deep Clues It isa trul'y rvolutiolwYv situationlA socity is in cr5 when the Wous6who rnonoilpds power find thersemtemore of IM oC Um ttY confronted with dimruptm. Such dWuptx grow out ofdoitfection nd mtr#en on the Pn O4 thi sWste population who we the ovemct ofdonvirnsmio'n by the stae. Thee d,toret int rWr% the flow of GMmind from theStam to the 5ihectd population. The state is thn Obliged constatty to resot to oen

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forc nd buW upWipismo as the only mneb to ,wour w ,tts conrwta are r-ed outby the oWpreid msifem South Atfrcan mo*Wt under white domuiation hrearsted in this condition of citm onc the vy mo ,rit it w s taunch d. There hasne l been a trm when white dommet$*f worked uoothy in South Afra Bcouethae hos to- been a mon"Owt wtn te BI&c popAmion wa raW odto th uuSufpalon of por by the whte setlers The extreime ad extrordrsfWY twibeen th normal condition of the day to.a oursitncia of the Souh Afrca acist suteCrisis has ben its comstwt ar" perremnet featureBLACKS ON THE MARCH TO REVOLUTIONBut whst s ow takng Plce in South A tic s s someth ng fmCh d0&Pif t ~ancrisis in the sae .ndcated It s a reOivutionery sitUtiofn The constant dossf.fecton of te masse of our opulti On hs p sed ovr tro mire Mi41 thr to auckupOn the entire system Of o1ppraso o. The wO fadK nd u fccU d .retwi.ons of the pst hae rowinto a unified and C Otdu id formc of attack The ,urnbiirs that we hem inJohaornvieiisl Pretori. Cagmtown. and Po n E izaeth we th m ~ch s aeM not ofa we section of the poputatof. the stu dents In the Soweto u p rt" we hew thebeinrng of the march tep of the whole SLKck popuation. This uprting wine atnothing tess tha the sin" of P~hatst1 p a revolutson with its

special dwrate of bating a rsw@4vtbo is tha it Voe bhaymd siapiy dalulbong dowotkmetp@ of ON Wt sysam. it dec s the eawing stngturo-aes of cowrnd. Aid it accontp Wtes Ow by mm.ns noto the. Wiu's ofha o- oe-an dwuutoci Of Smih. offty but by mean of its own ~WOV meo . St agtoshe a ceterof m WMai 0.o a &f no & new to thi existingsMtw powr an it a.tplownent itscwAuM by arsnso in wn oto W, - f hc o been fahowdby the people thwal~ft. hoev*4ed idlsemaft. so to seak. In evolutsoni~. the PC'65i. of sohf-.tr fvb atsIt is fa possibl tuft to undrstad she wifocenc of t0 Saieets iuria'On Ulm the lar View oth n wwa a a -oo a The womAie act aid apiecoe souldrm be looked an in isolation from the thrust of the toali m i-South Afrkm has own-poa leaxr ~ed me Osftwwa*"o Veov of n@0 Afrna countriesTypicAWf. a! S hppned onios odw conts as that teeolutionmy -xww Wa do. ,ofrml eal.to eaishD its own phiysial and larra tonal basis of autority. Is - In a-n Wichi co cmelseider its junawacir of mwwmwiad - th Msd toe.. In SouthAfrica, . ei miotvv bv the reoh"owy torm of thei ceter @ of awd km has ot vettaken ths. tenspAb.ysco ,F" IWW. 4A the cese of cc ud s ha bastabisd mAourdobwv. It eam and vow con laiy it by is resudts. Lo me mention a-t two ofOWN mmduts.BLACK MASSES ESTABLISH C0ENTRE OF COMANDI You vnll recal0ha.na fte the Iet 0.e smas dmern trators on Soao. IIAlexar. ow..the Blckur w as ot an cmwea u a inesov solodesty ~for

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Town, and Pt Elzbeth. 0. wvcities on South Afica. I casw-ot thin of a sai ev nth - 0. n's ho tory of ot svtnSaowa witeI copre loan utud maowe wai thi evnti uinffaeri. As e has I am -'er thathkm not been a View. ~e on the n hoghov wickiagas ad courvow of 0. 0.tL werwreo cme out on ssad%conermermsn " a nowema, . waota oedwviw Wake Am w~ cdiscotw of noi. eitc is=Pmoanv' polouaM i 's ~maw t'. and it dedered no"t pot an is banners aselit a comet knowdthat0 i South Atwc uaneatoe bly Sleids a p cuid by low. Ohmtrade ups do es4t h@W lea miconetsio. 84A the bodV of SIac n - %estaishedthe isu a sitsoe' a an eormous tact of Sai~e a* rot of law. lEwwwwos i Sowts Alos-80in 0. 4tis e. SIncled at wareogrsid paactcaft owetyofuf an 9%es glba This tsMt a a uidaty. was-eo ed- ownby 0.e South AStacei *&ase po. own thouh at coninud to saw and ay theit aw dadesat rw t silm by Sla&is That son of thi's happoevII h ite etin hae's ay hold an 0. umbel reality. on actbd eet, thm i Th. fac wa 0m tstri so dearly "Lt't ,dis tha the Blacs an South

CIPMatY for im~Aitn" temw sMN is f*Pyt ben aerwd~ Raw actson, and ONCaaty to intiaw it we fettgrvwt, tg kno te 1wx of teu mvWUCAWWREVOLUTIOARY SIGNI FICANCE OF 3TRIKE ACTIONSOn@ of teu -Gse Lsm- of teu old cedetOwha one tiu,*id dow. n ite reovl4AoEld pace" no waerwev in Sout Africa. Euthea foateid by whilearofd the u mepmd orvn04 sEsw . The strias -li ho dirtagd a otrnonl blow to ti-Gr.a Lw- Pu BSw wotd1 cofoadout a mmNI paolCai Mike. WW do WN stra too - tihem own bing aviugrelaivet Puh of te sumThey beet cuwa of of teuykPA bern hwim oe tonw. -wat.*00 thm laour is Eui uosew force i ooewy. tha 0u antwe Sl&Wftien of as wule starem~ ultirms an Ow lom -4 ovsh them Eu n%-O111114.The skem -powr to te people- is no I n v a sisarnet of howe ari sawarn; it is astsawriet of denwn sUMad tact. It Ii no loapt -w*e Euo0 beepl it ho mpW n toteu IMl ofPOP~do bowie &W preludsov Whi a tevolilwwwy a wcnpt a thi boaxne 111100nWr~cn Plop"t of the PsOPile. teunow a no -w4 room forth Eu Yth Visi Owe, can t sau a Powe abov that ot tEpeople. When we ve the recent &triam in South Attica from Ot &VO. own teuirsufml~ica enuvpt fullyThum s~psftcance is carmd. - theu tert pic. vomn te naeur of Sout Atrecainsociety itsat. te piec of Biec lebur and et rieaion to tE #M IO wwo of E popudist.Akrou te anne Blac popuson we wot "t

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Pepl. Th e Iinut 04 te bum of te popian fromn tE lId, whicha affca by te trdusndRevohlutin otmitEtuope coes. wa somm IuI by rruwun of force and mdhutry con Ques in SoutAfrow Coveuanty. Owne does na ousat ot South Africa a Pblldn" properlysoed~ A~oAUthEu anum, $&a popu&idmn owas of ick trial ard IWXZaitdwtgrt Beoom" of cainu diemvwnetoon Ee is hardya Bic bourpmuew Pue ..-dIII&*trsil Omrntru isi exswVw l& ekrolarw so teu ex tent of ionuisuwat onth cow"iatr arid to tE nufferm at Eu swapopuist0.The wwas an ide of te poatti avigr of Eua poicticn isshe inteu Sout Africanwataon. This form of poinocel actmwt~o sousibis to almostthEu-hoie of te Bei popdMbn ts lb uYr "tam CNVQ be oeirstaed,South Afta co du- m.ErWttd uwiowa of both te rnse n &,wtialve cittses aid te wridt A abped Thud Worldcounis LAO te iwU. it asdoF.SI'V h.atdy incluaie leed. thi nim 0 feri he Ewds~al kwm 01 sulkii scum. S.A it shem With seu Third Waid counttrieEu the c04-. bw wAwdwocped coutry sub~ jeci to a kin of cobonial donaion. Whiid Me%te IU t4 #wt aa1tld mrwitaion a hatooeifa wipwarv The rnowenn wwdslibualson, gotts ou rnornuntun Ivrm te corrboud in to e4.iiw-as Lcata em latistand to-cie fel 4vunawn. Becuse tEu SoAb African whue state is teoptned r*Utjivefowtvf to be te utrurrint of cat43 ospiciewsot. te Utah wooers took" that te real andeffec-tis ounter to uc expicotaboi as not aong tE t of put* trade tunotwm. buttolwarit te sahtue of0 M~ It as Euia cornutaton 04 factors aftdm explai why tESiam woo rs n South Africa haw bun ai to uttpon a poltica "i revowonarv

dwacM to Vwer strikte SCUoM "eI amad of any, wot we cfia ooveiont in the in,dutialwmed counue, of the ~es.THE BLACK CONSCIOLMNESS MOVEMENTId ike to nwntov pust oniw other false. hood Mma ha beew spread conoine theliatrOU0r mpiovntmnt in South Africa When the uprsin frsl teupte in SOWetoOn .kww 16. the White sU4W*ma its #bssod a hue and cry, tountg that what theycaJid riots and dusturbanczs wwo instigated by -irrospovvbie" @We flwnti whowerewe cing the population bv omans of -telto,- As events dewlop ad. thesehIIenPIPfu were desa ited a be"n the result of madtinatsors by grup ofandaraduaft operacing from out. soft Lw. coitly in truth. of cogiw, Ife evontwwo the reloutwonwy OuPrommon of the omoe in South Atru.The onsow.ynt whs ushred in thm d'eoitornns ms the S@to* Cnovfas twa Moves -- t Thas ovei nt rs not a yrOS Party. it wunaist of a ewftrwek of gwOPWes local.cowel. an naqond orgsarmoos whc operae or"on the ; m' wedwn' South Africa.not from the outs~ft It is truly a united front of Peoples oranusatons The clam thatthe uowisin was bei n aster 4ysined or doroc sad by groups outside ah country isutterly f else And it to in'facit resnted by the pople on South Africa Aqtfy so. I n uthus Im is also a skL uoo their intalhipoc and sell tespect it takes the inveteate

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contemotuousneou of the South African whito racests to fricsto sudi a I'a atut thermuses of SouthLet rimm leave you with this somple,The Bled. Conscimoseaw Movemennt opwsuP an entirely ruw dsapteir in theY0 bdeam is A miO0: my puftoM- palso"*1history of South Africa The Ioe~wt Of hberatjmOn belooW now. an the tirstinstnce to all th oppressed people of South Aftica. "n ult~twm to hnstoy. that is.to the whole of mM~ind We* of South Africa am reeintoV our history an thehistory of m&*win frorn Which-0 have ber excluded for so "on by the oxnbilad fooces of international capta. rsm.n~~s an South Africaniwewodomin~ation. Your soldarty will 4sust us .n clMifl9 the great leap

0Nigeria s Address to theUnited NationsADDRES BY HIS EXCEILLENCY ALKAJI SHEHU USMAN ALIYUSHAGARI. PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLICOF NIGERIA TO THE 36TH SESION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFTHE LMITE45 NATIONSMONDAY. 6TH OCTOBER, 19S0ut t Pisi.The pe yw -m mwkai foe ow ~Wm anmrb wurnisai ate"wed the Oronmaom he had lo d"e ur~b. It a a main of puaam pd to Atnco *am~es 0 4 , weo Axk umo S..m ^had Sahm fon " ma Sums of Tamawwa. Not ondy6ad he wa ad*ove Ow 34th emon vnth a tiNS and conflmnt hgnd. Amaboe Senafto had em rwm dwsancaon of preadai-ove ftspcal soinw of " Geet al Awa-Mr. We p" hwm Ow h.~eS peas. ad leiatoonWELCOME TO ZIBABWEof prowenA. at is With WON prod.s'~ aisSfaaon *.a. an bmhadlf of tt Gvrn-me an -epi o Nape~a. I extend OwheaioftA inekom to the newW* St'ate of Zibbot onto "e ranks Fe vn canwmgcl% Ow lov damt ad ompm of 010 ddadlmm Of z hub I SOW" mW~ br*Pvmnm Uamm RateskMpb. ed hoaP WYtmomam So Vtm coer sp. hemeoum and rmoronmwtv 7 heavaCUmV deumtrme cbwt Chet "w.... of a dek"wud people can efwe tw pre Atneybipued. It peoe bs'vord ommo VWa a dw o "e peosMe totewag la "it caue addeiawmd to em o~ftomelt o tomaebiem awade "ter. 0%m wo~mi and usenWm a~have poed to w world o muw ot go old ~ @4tice w Irm - Vow besmn of tyrao-ow am ped bv ow VA o d4 eaves of tywmytMaWeaa Ahok sad ied an sns',

ale pri td e i Ld Vndeetden of Zornbobwo. It ha oncided with the end of hesecond d¢ede of the sttuse agist coloniali m and apw at exploitation. Sam 190.

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wow the United Ntomm Gen a AawrIb po nd a resolution contin - thecietimon on the Groes ov of m Of na to colonial counrtties end pac it hes newrremeted on its of torts to u mporte la gitimee struil ofpeoples i coonial hatm to rOnthe" freedom end dvi liberty. That Zwmbvi . ehOm tigt to indepedenco was solong donied and conttd. is tod* a notion, soreign end idrsv deiw. t due in no smallmamure to the rimptus generated by that Declaration I also ioct wrndycongatuiolto thenow State of Saint Vincent end the Grenadines on -it attan, ot of idePe d, andmerbetship of te United Nations It is out doete to forge cloer relations with it as afollow member of te Comro th and to coopeatewith it in buator a better. safor moo jual woricUnrersmatV of ,orrdnhoi was Part ohe dmmn of he foundlng faVos of she uredNations for tis world body Thai deawn is now -vualV l a realitV But aim tt ghouldnot kore us into coMOLSwcyn Rther t should s US into re gioublrg our effortsuntil the #lt of ofde sorftmnon of all peoples V"IY wher is no longer an rLUAtMORE ARE YEANING TO BE FREEus Pleoden4. hai a iiltnrim of Cal o , lrue by Ewuopan pos did nottuiaed i destiooing out telf 6140 i agAh m Nor did it quench thirst to it free. to be rmpectd "id to develop 00 rouimfor a"e goo of our people in ow put twosty yers. er fortyAl n countris hawe r* wd tteir frodom end ondsPlIdlIm Ouemih that ariod.sooe of Owl" h&a tosst civilwon not out of rroconcjtable differences of ideology or etnicitV. They haw foughtin o0dM to defend the gem of thei idependence to fruat foreI i ntemrvetion intheir atant. mid to rm. imme ther govere, attribte. Sore Afrocen stem. quitetraicaly. have fought one another scrm m. Thy fought not to colonme enr. but onOrder to deend Vtr tembitlrid NItatVY. Oter, ha fought m oida to be wideperdent. Throuh al the twworm ard conflicts of the pust twenty Ye. no in depe nltAfrican ttaft hot lot its independene More we vearntn, to be free And they will ,nbe free ad indepandimt. karmbo aid South Africa ae reat witing an the wtnpThey docadmly will soon be free The nwsup i cea Nomver n wilM Afric be colonsed Wove agoon wil Afrcais tolerate I.ving under r $st dominalon andREFUSE TO SUBSIDISE THE ECONOMIES OF THE RICHMr Prsadent. Af.ria ben the Scm of a long hsatory of ,ooleon and depvelion. of therawags of the %Iva track and forein a, u on. of both political and ecoroomcinjustim The ajnent crana ,n the world economy rs wreking havoc vi Africa Forsore wrem of the Third World. the on-gorg international negotlatioots abouttrade. capital flows "i to on. 'ivy "wen rowvi through eff live phvtiC.patio n keyntevn tionej mnoltS nd insttutions For ncat of Africa. thewe nlgotLtions ar aboutsumVVal ,tuff The vry existince of soe of out nation is be rg coticallv threatenedby afverse economic forces and naturalit wil te Veen before we on Aftica can exo4c We tight to full equalet " eftecivepalisc-pation on the cutioefl

miliuaoi scnciac &ystem. In apiti

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rrees of Africa. out cna w ,, Maim the Isma dooped. wad owt pecOpi the nfwmdevd. Them dared OV duai m mtoc owi politicM mapend - We are theriefor wa ofed to make pram, We mags oGarfors retqae tosumiaid th a m of Ow r sch bycantfli to wN dhess out ramsirsals ad labou to Gthm wk etu f or tsaf *aorbstWv paicad uiwaufturdNAMIBIA: COLLUSION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND WESTThe probleaii o4 no othoer contow de fie the intianatxxtat ~ag betwi than thoe ofAfriae I ---ton Gaeoo to fwrthi we a4 n Afsa conow i F or the datinv of kqwaa sswwatKcly kni*d with the I wswm of so the coun uai of AfrwAa wO d h de peopesof Affoan Gatcmt aboad. As a rmult we Iie.. ad wWl coatinw to vawouJv suawfor thi sswtoion of ttw i.so ad daptv of the bleci man evwywwve. who fot too "oha sufteed hwmloa than ad deisciomenaton.Me Presardent. On sasamson on Itanib conw%% to be a ~so t of .vdw ram~anwd concen to this Organieation It Cor v,* 1o WadetESW the -14 ad credebliryof the United ktore Abow. aa. st cowaaiiua to ea weriou qiustor about tie was ofhonow w" good I abt' 0 ofe witt paqWWWMn *uvte of thevUaw~ pmaireton of ttwus duty ad feuponadW14 u tie CAwaaa F Or thelowarof tie wo was tiow emnde to o uNed ILA~ tar ame plo-% of astia onsweanRa. vu w sow em sis to to onympd to peomw wad so c iahi pro 01 tiU Uftan hJR0f Cmai. to uam ad sicua tieplasm of wastntlional la Wit! RN daktyP4.pae maE no -wq toltarm thi Plovomion by South Afria or owe 6W tOt'V taictao4fr dueMa in the waim bloc widi awd to .41 detiietaaton snoc mqowtiity rub forhkwaaab& ft deepty I$- Ow ofhauan between South Africa waud sts Waersoma. whea con, twam to d" th Ga ole of Out uns tory Of Gaheiir l 0% totForee yen hes pined wice the Intwesionsoan thet Soudi Aftsica ed neasa. *9ga t r moral toot to ensiotsits peovermadaanatraioa in kirwvabbe Further. it rsnowow two yenwinc the G Sea.'. ty Couiriol .ndcor the W0estern Fpmesp'opouf for Naiba's ugwmga' to idpene I teIaot find .t .ntoaew abie thatef Gandpewncano of Nwamb.& 010IutflI to bl~tedwo-ied by the 'nhra uparv OfSoutPLAfticsIt Woen* to ire that the recant ex &thvi of cot rApongjenor betw..n theSataiv4Geara of the Unitd Ntpntio "a Ga Sou.th Aflbw Gowiviwt caii for.mnaed-ete atr Thev ott r iotherOppotufttv. as rwtll tieorlwy. forthGa United Naetions to fest Gaw trueintentions of Gai Southi Algiwan Goeewn fnwnt Ther Utwted kelson. TriaonaiAustance Gaesw (UNTAGI ViouMd tie fore be daviolved without ur~u* doLayto CWfy out its flats to tugf'vi a fee* "a Ia' elaction on Nwba. to th~at by the noaI wssuo of the GatrrM Atien bly ftarnib-s &ht ae, taken its r-ottul piaw -n the,ood cowiutnyt of Nat-oaaSAIICT HONS TO SUPPORT ARMED STRUGGLEtaw &w rw so-za" the ewiWf U4# ,t ta.r. At, *z ?,&a bead pn.3 soesiflau left for t?".r 04mso 0 V.

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Ion -bw of sarecimca Lmid chsenr VII of th Chwwtr. In c@IWV o~n for sarx.dom. poolmad"~ 0f aen0 , to com* ONe~ 0 te exs" wine orribargo somemt SouthAfrioca. I semt to eomphasise sliat ow Chato V ficelty proscribes swanel to giveefet to the dooaaorim of the Saeonty Couniol. I sanarety hope tIes Io InitomaorfCnferwarce on Swsctaors sprmst Soeith Afrock whids the United hiftmorm. oncopeoraion woithUe Organsation of African Ursity. plans to hold next yea in Piswill succed in aduraUesn ti tertant matterr a an eftective alternative to the ume offorce by tse United Natmorm to bring about the baeth of a now society on SouthAfrica84t sanoo 6orse will not destroy aewhwd "a recins in South Aftics They canhowe~e be woed to support the arirmd struggl That stUuge is now gatheringmosiensum. if South Africa pamss~ on its defiances of inteorrationoal will forhtsoarowtM thwp in its policies. none of to has the tight to deny the stugge of 9weSouth Afrmmn natiorsalosts full suppor Certainly not Niqrma We "I~ cotest~s toassst. encomemp and suippait that stuge with all ouir m*'%t anid resouircers Thepeoples of Aftica -,Il nover Itoircs from this strugle until ultimate victory is wonThe termination of apatheid "a racism in South Africa s the challenge of owrdecade. ad ther sttmvirmnt of this goi will constitute Maris Last thaot victory overthe evil forces of colonsaseiriPALESTINE'S RIGHT TO SE LF DETERMINATIONGlobal witrepowi has 100 Oftun Istsfy bee 00mu i ne-w AmooriceomC area Giin fll &i~mn of 08Pac-r sooityfi. it US9V P-1m MAweafna wvy A 08 onawniioao W" . m Iin no area 46 "s wr 1more ormwuy flt than in the Meddle Enst. a repon so clos to Africa ared wi UmrmSys*7 dy~~m for my axintrv.The Middle East situation is of the grammo concm to Now&i&. At dheonternationaeve~l. we how spared no u~ot on Via cwouna of oitw~ theOrgoroildiauon of Afrbcan Unity or thme United Nioa ns or the NoE-AlmogneCotmttues to teek for a viibl soutiowen ES fotInty with the hoomimprsersteteS ofp0801 "n Justice. For we do not believe that peace Mid jstics we oncrpetibi.it &H the State in the regon we to onjoy the tait to Inve in peac wiothin secute andrecognosed bouindaries fee from' treas ON ecU of force. the iain. ob6o roots ofthe Palest inianse cannot. and rmist not be ovierlooked. To an African. th ists ofself determinatbon. stteood andc ondeperdnefa e %scred, To a coest. rent whichcan reasily fall a prey, to minl tary might. occupation of teorritory by foce islowly' issaccalitel To a l:eol who believe in the United Natom. SCM fijIdistespecit of the decisions of the Secuity Council cannot be gustifed.In mey View. IVAel's persistent rtfmsie to fecogise that it conroot continue toilipoy bVtmac1 ad toots based on this Organsation's origina Partition Plan fatPalestin. ad at the sarns titme, deny correspondinag legitimacy and rights 09nationhood unsder the samw Plan to the Palestmieas. is the greatest obtacle anytasting pem in the Middle East The Palestinian Arabs rmust and should beensabled to hove their own *ndependent1. soverirgi suIC Nqws#i firmlySuPPN'1 tse legitimate r.~st Of trw Paierstn..w to thir ftjwepand Is'm cano

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C.Morcit not( rrisari.ion of retitioies With 14-ifia. wtmmd Africa. wfuiW 51wweitoina. in ariaric of Qim-.W P'"C opn toO 9wV re Arab teio-toloa .flcd5 Use caanc n 1967 FoVsrr. here - 4&m.Vopr.&IAm% v~ Aa Artl. " &AV~IA 00 lsap. eme-Admmonc s A*494hit

sar torif makes anry meanigul dhaaAs soon of normeation of reltilons at th-S111711 ise mre dIffficit Hr tecant maston purt"'~l to altv the presenrtInternaional sttus of Mw~em came a an effront to the consencea of my ; m;' . towhtom Jerualem ha a 14secia meaning aWi savilflcniv We jterefore cawibotviwill nevor awpt these meathwbresWE CANNOT AFFORD TO DESPAIRM, Pruident. toreit events give us no cause law joy TV-. wrvons and cy~ws viudtdevieoped Oaut yewr ieman unit solv'ed The a marturnts ta has assomewd a newai danqerous momenotumi at a term whiet the Second Review Conference ofthe Paime to the Tireatv on ther Nots Proalston of Nuclear Wea~ion ?%sfaled The N4ortSouth dmkAop on the economic problems, of the vword is %takmovies. a a Conequnce of a most to Ueata~b raWu.ty to @We awn on pro codumto bmpn negotiations Thew pesat staletttats on the climate of negI.ieebelie" te deffeoOng and "h dwieoed cowitiew hof tottetV-"l pos pea~s for allPerhaps. more than -s taMl 6W. Via woold .1 po.W.d dt.GCAWV On the bvmn&.Mtha ciCica motion. bet~0The daipris may be grv But we ca', not afford to dvWt.me Out two&d "n t*Viwtcall for stwTwv~~ig.p .ft~ued %Vt11 Woulaw "n vtson Corirap to do WhAt halfto be dons V-auor to detm..., wwer to bogpn The jpetant urnorttaeu'.nt~fr%&fKW situation ctallonge all itri erbttqstad w*.fh the owforisob.I-tv of%atr %Aued" theer detitv of mavnkond 4o pa...t" hr t wik ~m howe clungd Curds Ion hawh btwe The coIcpu al-Jstructuwie wf.dl pceoptaked somiy of 11hr cotfet *flte'94sonl cct.w C.WIot fe~unchngpid A~w orwic fresttut.ont oith out the MIP04 t0 adjust to dt*FW Ift..t thlemea'i of it suw,wM Me Peesient. wehow comdw SwflW vba but ha a long wv to90 WI hase M&W~ somev PrOW*A but Ote nd ul the PouA,11 ,f. %1.1 1&g Sutreach .i we must S.nor thw t*.nna" of hrrwr% hitoriv the woiki t., brqn 1ti ofconfl.c. d-s'I0tle MWd "o, T he% % the todgedy of husei *tetr, TiPw "u~ qu tuores. can manw ewl Iw,.1h h.% rghbib. .n gweic~l hamuwn,' Cat. ara of contiCl beredorO) 41, vortt can wait be so-Oed? Sorew n'.. enfime V", othrs mlay sayr noW*tlw' Itwy be 0%0 wai'. ores tti.fl carw~o tor, clo~uted tht we stand to gan *1ea wood of pla and to loss .n A OK06 -1i W41 Wver ofial vurelr cffYt -,.

Solidarity With theEritrean StruggleTRISH JOHNSONIli the [.t 2'0 veats the pilople of I - Ie.The EthuQiin army of OC~uPat-on The war hat created more thart hall a. mIt-unCSAgir" mal~Jny in! r-itiout-li9 SLAIJ' andJ has uendered h(Xdiwts vv,thmrftsifid twit a fur ther rmi'lun prucil It 's the

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he~ [th.oilull WIC, it teing *valm with(Sai~m andI ctltter b(Jmb used ago -fl I.nkd.b14 .nffog to mll. heaO locket Ituittir Recent ly the E th~u.iri have addedhifiicoptet glorbubps an -f-v gas tu their 'wr.&I Do,%,pe thme "ejA Ut the .*atand tho Curans~nuitl'a human Sul flg the nied~a land tbefdtunt supQul giuaplPidw p.d it ficant attention. aoJ pruodo roeywetiwfe *o largely i9mmaE't 1it AMovemenft lot nist*ofi and ux-al 1.1fl.Iuri'l cUSW to) 4mk56)Vijqiii'i clamd aft . , C, .-. wt-sheei *stem-wov piantat~cln ie1we th" cultivated fruit and virgtebdel for expoirtto thee hoirialan The newly t"nIgm 0t61.wit' sought work in the citses wrte thtywere wg'.gated into "fltoes underl Musseol.n.s racist laws~ The ItMi~ans btoltfactoir.es and uwd tN% army of the do$toseied a a tabour force The s" ligtInwig and wothing Ct)'ditood of ,ndwitrt.tjt.tof led to the forrition of a miitantwo'kmfl (tau. thor bgst in Aftuc.. at that tinineBritain togA Adminitrtive cotrol of Ertrea after Italy % dfeat in the Second WooldWar and harneswd the woik foce in iapQot 0f the Alied wvw *tlfori in Aft-cjBritain bourght the.: jiuMserw by Permitting the formation of P01.1"C pot-*%and trade ijn.OiflOwtow the Allied victory *dig eccoahp I-~he andi br-lumn nlo lfl9,Io neededC%%ittedi blbliut off MUVlI.unasith.uiai. b~j MlCItV%j to ih tn* 4.* . . .% .U%-1 ". ps L 'U.

*In 1962, in volaon of the danmc~s of theErit,.anwo p691 frinependenos the UNplaed Ertea in a federaion with*Etheopsa.Foe Etheopiat dctuota Emperor he"mA Seassie Etbees advnce level of poba -OWgetean wis oO Owre& uuW The Eteopbee army was amt ato Eritreaprovokinlg posta~~wtsons and sm" .wd it blooa put doni. fokuce; paes r rad eunions wo I~d The natioald kenpAg and luwas suppreaud. Roeainin mr ef wesre rgoved to the caital of Ethiopia.Ukn;*Vsponwfll cam diewatealI U-veIl inresed.This shtam fedration wes On n 196 whn eal. Samoae*& troops sur founded thePuwIGN 0 dhw're WWd ft o-'a Eretrean deputie at pVonPtn to vote teeeretwesout of eftunWe E6~ behere mation had been forced Owcum A-oOdIt had taen toWw oeusfti and on 1961 a volts VOf gMinIwg announcd is berlt Of As Imump4s, The US-end htnk-thaanidan eumps Ethiopian cWTIy was ur~1 tocotem the netoonei mtumps bad by 014 EiVeen PeoplesLjbWense F rantOEPL FBy U Ad-1977 the &datson nuvaynt ha sabemete 96% of " tu entr Three Yompve'nosniy thw E thopsu' MIreY two onve-l- on ie Emperor. Oim n 1977 theyexpeoWe *ae Amwiruces The So'viet Ujnion filled the ma with a b*Uion doharsworth of arigs awl hundreds Of MelftIVThos huV~l~ 611" 4 Of~ W - e*nd e* erbs appared to shift this balanc Of jormsein fa8~u of Eshiopia in a wone of ofeM on 1978 and 1979. amMOW ng 120.=~ Unw So~e dareCtion.

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rbacked by far*s. rockew. atillery andaltrat. owe Efs~opiai fn ced ow Enat rea 5 CA Of *A conS w4 bec to thei*baes in the samunun This was a pseudo, Sw4wdV for Via Etwooss in apluweerodid aauwtaic wqobvij Vie EPLFCosrrVed its wert strngti and de. the Ethoopien army into teron wows@ oweEPIF coud use g..iats tactic pedwecte an many yews of mumps. Late 1979 "n 196saw a turning of the Wie with the E P LF Iautxxn a counter -offns whachanflectad hewVy losses an the Ethiopian &my and f M ed their into relteatThroughout the strNlg9e a the EPLF hs taken control of the couantryside it hesPuA in hand a pross of raical oc change The people how boew for rue intodemocratic whip and reeponai seen. anid orgenrid into popular osat-or of womien.woilten. peasants and youths throuffr wtis they con ttstiutad to the natuonai 'ststruli and run theirwn affairL~snd has been redrstrimbid to poor pesaents L twav campeipis we under taken Ad - strfmd proramw'w of mledical gwiarv%.' has bras4ot hefitf% care to everyonefor Vtwi~~t tons In & niftw of * rctus concealed une rouind ~40m~ awash amw ecd woo guns. bubits. ovense. bitcden uteri wkA. ploughas. haei. X toyequpfaint "rw truaceft tools Sdio' desk. Crutdes and artafeal mi s we made thecwrpesrv Veops and on tOe sewngl thop uoufarens and Usuadren't daoVie& ewnloaom baws of cloth stolen an n~ght raids onto Cliie ocjm by the E Ifuoptan atmyAm"n the maost significant ach-ew ments of the Ereteen fatieratoon stujo has beethe emwcpstpon of womn loom ttidstowsal domestac sackspor In the'. POPirfOrFsneuW worywn Wir tasmght to tead and write "s gie POnitcaf vONM f0 thefirst tIsm an few.#. histotV Anenged IndWen have born banned and womani gverthe t*0 to hot tis Prop"r ane de e~In of devoict Mare than a Owed of te EPLF~sitI.#101 ae wof mn. There is rno saae dhewateon tin allocation of tab&% &nong;feqetes - ~u cook end b. women tepee tanks &We tucks

The EPLF has 75 Per cnt of the popuAtion in area stll under its control-marny of the people folopsd them in ow" withdrewal from the cities in 1978- yet uYnlke il other African liberation group at has no intrimional bickers." Evenwhen more then 10.000 Soviet led toops nd sophiicati d Soviet weapor" vweethrown egaart it it a#, fused 1o appeal to te West lt help. This is in line with It%polcy Of non Migrvent anid self .resarCeAs the Etreat liberation stru90 entat its 21st year it sers to be break Iraq out of itsisolation on the Internat ponaJ SCI The Ertream haw learned the hard way toplace no faith in e'"r of thie sUpe Poell. arnd are concentrating theor diptorratICnat vets in Africa Th&y have picktd up Support fr On Moarbiim. Gwowee8mm,.Guinea Con a, ard A" 4ra and delegtions hav been reemud by Tenaara. MaPoa#ac and Benin The molt important remntdevoloprmnt is the allianor currently being formed betwei the EPLF nd prop'wwmforces inide Ethkx)a fssting anmu the prewl military regie.

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The EPLF knows that it could cwh in an the Tories end Reagan's wuleniy anti-Soinr stance but it does not wok wport forn ovnnents which woul use thi Eritrealca fa taccal purpOwse but which Indarwntjy Oppose thwsoc&l m tnht is beang practied in Entre today. There Mrs Thatcher is still recalleda "Thatcher. Thatcher. Mik.Snatcher" ir wmory of one of her earty attacks onpublic sendg, and Entreees talk about ed express solidmiry wth the strun.es beingfood by workiq people in eritair nd elsewhere. We owi it to them to learr aboutand support their strugles alsoRoades wishing further infoemetior or to help the Entrteans should gt ir touchwith the Ertrean Relief Assooma ton c/o 261A Finheyv Road. London NW3.United Kingdom$MY FROM~trD~ MeTUN

The worbom dkMained by 0 0 A - ban Cm"d sm DUPPCKIin VWk !,,g@' by eaking Ow pubft not 60 buy Wft*"-PANMW"ProduclL.MOPke Of W11360'd Ned PUbIIC SUPPOPI

DECLAflATION OF PPINCIPLES(11 The Ndational Denw~riat-ir Revolu tiOn a based upon the mewrim animiselat the oppeeuad masses of Asana. ftUnm#y. the reconquest of &N Ou v o &Wdits enciare and the attsixinitnt of "iA doavocetac: leits(21 The Skark ConsW. iougsallp &kpipifn 'eCOW114e Mtat die notionalowolseuon Of Our Peoote is a dirict rmwut of c~apilr W" O -paperar "n t"~u ~MsttuUI 16 bothi ant, c.6,tM'VSl and ants mpipe'M,st13 The BNsck Conecioum M0voie~nt Consequently d~pb the tthgv "n >rec :KSof scacl somw to guide it in the smagle(49 Hoevr b*CAKn of Vie Muctwial" inao ial nature of facdort -rthe South African socasl systwim. the cls stuggl Wclnitw and weoll continue tomnw -boil9 .n cokxx wrnm s f oo Owl, re4sal we '01ige to blwl an dhemoblssrmns role of MIae* Conscious rds in the stiugpe on which the b(SC PIOraffy qwmt t9w o""OM In response to Vie popular sttrupios of the msaw for Political, "Cal anidesmowe vnipaion Ow cornt wete"~ of o e eiiam~j as rsvwted by the Souh Aft cansupmise udshihng arpheam from eapreming itielf in PurelyfWA W~ff- to a Sap** Cli~ c, lsa.t. a wvtnea.. J by its ov,r's to 04e blac* mWdleclsi Thie undoot. -s the cs essnce Of ti strggle agaist neleonal(61 The 84kk Con m A.inn04 Agen tecirin.ses that the Wlac workers are the onost oppressed MWd eaploitedsection of our socery. and. tPWrfofe. COnstuse the malor force in out struggieThw thve strategy foe the revolutione should be bse on the his torsK01.POdutinca end OsgentIoChl osersWwe of &iw 64&AS wofAwn cAes.(71 OrW-nUlsOrNly. the Black Cars. mswiewl Mover'mng will be guided in ibfunections and coemkoct of the Sttuggle, by a form of d~ep~wV. wfi.ch donielops

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-.it of a COArKIeceUsn which itsf IS a product of etrtailrsad uuwoketoorweyCirmos0t1 cnuCw's and 10'rikmd1WnrfruC c00)rnalawi. coillctiiq Amdr sp. the Principift Of iIVCf and &eliv*(69 In order to advance the Aweanm truggle against inmperussn an a globalscale. Via $11ck Canecii..se Mive*ill wek to esablush and mnane fraternal links msnti-oresal writh proymurv"e revolutuorwy forces. gowven. lierationr' myments enW solidarsty p(ous.