Wing the Obviously African my and is a sick joke joker in this pack -Led on their names, lose their matters; citizenship.
military- Crime designed to phuthatswana, Botha's have no desire to go to of line crime like government finance and the South African arpolice to keep unpopular governments in power But there's an even nastier • black people are assigned to homelands by 'tribal' origins, usually basand inel South African Thus black people born and droly find themselves citizen themselves citizens Boor some other olace they have never seen anc The moment they step out • by comming somt becoming unemONE important objective in Botha's 'reform' strategy is to change South Africa's international image and make it easier for the capitalist powers to co-operate economically and militarily with the racists.
With the election of Reagan, moves are already being made in this direction and the recent offensive to re-establish sporting relations with South Africa is a small taste of what's to come.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement has responded by launching a national campaign under the banner 'Isolate Apartheid South Africa Activities planned so far include a national consumer boycott day of action on 25 April, a month of action against Shell and BP during June, and a series of regional trade union conferences There is also to be a conference on South Africa's nuclear plans, a national trade union week of action in October, and a Stop the Apartheid Bomb rally on 31 Information from: Anti-Apartheid Movement, 89 Charlotte Street, London WIP 3DQ. Or from your local AA group.
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tional in Europe, and Africa and Asia, Group had a stall at the Fête.
INGTON who attended on behalf of the IMG Political Committee spoke to Alain Krivine on his campaign.
What did you achieve in WCIC organisation to stress the need for workers' unity.
fought the sectarianism of the Communist and Socialist Par. ties. At our 80 meetings we Hau mole than ever before.
But very importantly we attracted a number of SP and CP miculucis.
Often they would argue and debate with each other in the meetings. Thus we PLANS for our National Sales Week, from 30 April to 6 May, have been finalised in most areas. From the list of activities proposed by our supporters, it looks like being a great success. Local activities include:
Aberdeen: Selling on the Mastrich housing scheme.
Birmingham: Selling on May Day y stanas at Mad march Day festival.
Cardiff & Newport: SellRévolutionnaire (LCR) Like other sections of the Fourth Internaorganisations the International Marxist BOB PENNprovided a forum for disFi between rank and file militants of the two main workers' parties This just does not hapLevel of the parties, or in the trade unions. Generally it is impossible to get agreement betweel sociausi and the Communist led CGT (Conféderation Generale Du Travail) to turn out a common leaflet.
Olly people that gain from this are the ruling at valleys.
Selling while canvassing for Labour Party candidates.
Coventry: Covering local ing class, so our whole callpalg! Was based around for the unity of the working class and their organisations.
Did your campaign have an impact in the factories?
We went to 25 factories to do meetings, them at factory gates. In other places, although wanted to do meetings, the CP leaders in the factory Diocked us and were unable to speak to the WOrKIOICC We organised a petition among trade unionists and workers which called on the workers' organisation: unite in common struggle.
Alr nave signed this In a ple have signed this. number of unions and factories, groups have been formed to unite against the sectarianism of the leaderships.
Did you gain many new members in the campaign!
We have made more May Day events including all day Irades Council ex hibition.
Edinburgh: Selling Mav Dav march Glasgow: Using the sales week launch an am bitious programme public sales at local factories (Hoovers, Wills, Rolls Royce) and on housing schemes. Also selling at May Day demo.
Hemel Hempstead:
stall in May Day market plus sales at Alain Krivine contacts among trade unionists than ever before This summer we are planning a party school where are expecting a minimum of 700 new contacts and supporters. In fact we hope to 1,000 figure and that many of them will join necessary signapresidential ballot? tures to on the collected nearly hundred signatures. Then al de asi ninte nec and SP leaders threatened expel LOeN signatories if they did not off my forms. lake unem The SP alone blocked 250 signatures.
This made things imDossible. A signatory can only sign once, so people who had signed tor Lutte Ouvriere or the PSU could not then sien for us Who are you asking people to vote for on the first ballot?
As the main theme of the campaign has been to worker's unity and CP/SP government we do not think we can now turn round and say vote Lutte vuvnere. called for the unity of the workers organisations We are therefore ing for a vote for any of the workers' candidates in the first round In the se cond and final round we shall of course call for a for Mitterand who will be the sole challenger to Giscard.
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