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Southern African freedom struggle
Date: 6/2/1905Call Number: JG/ 027Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with Ellen Musialela (sp?) from SWAPO, South West Africa People's Organization, speaking about their armed struggle against apartheid. Discusses role of women In the struggle, links between U.S. black liberation struggles and those in South Africa, and the CIA's attempts to thwart those alliances through memorandum #46 in 1978, the effect of Angola's freedom on the struggle, and the living and working conditions of everyday life in apartheid.
Diane Lacey interviews Judy Jensen of Material Aid Campaign for ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union)
Call Number: AFR 017BFormat: Cass BProducers: WWRL New YorkProgram: Black Dialogue ProgramCollection: Zimbabwe
Jensen speaks about changing American’s attitudes toward Southern Africa, and the Material Aid Campaign’s “Dollars for Bullets” Campaign. The Campaign supports the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe and also SWAPO’s (Southern African People’s Organization) call for United Nations sanctions against South Africa.
Conference on liberation and reconstruction struggles in Southern Africa
Continuation of AFR 034
See enclosed note in AFR 035
Conference on liberation and reconstruction struggles in Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia. A representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) speaks about the international community being in solidarity with Southern African countries, and asks for support for SWAPO’s continued struggle for liberation in Namibia. A member of the Zimbabwe admission to the United Nations speaks about the bonds formed between liberation fighters in Africa and internationally. He speaks about the leaders of ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union), the ANC (African National Congress), and the PAC (Pan African Congress). He speaks on the history of the struggles for independence and human rights in Southern Africa, and the contued struggle for liberation. Sylvia Baraldini of the May 19th Communist Organization speaks on the National Campaign in solidarity with the ZANU Women’s League. She talks about the lessons of the struggle for liberation in Zimbabwe and looks at the process of reconstruction. A permanent representative of the PAC of Azania to the United Nations speaks about South Africa. He comments on South African president P.W. Botha’s refusal to erode Apartheid through economic means. He talks about a socialist solution incorporating equal distribution of wealth and power, and calls people to work together to fight oppression.
Imperialist oppression in Southern African countries
Judy Jensen of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU makes a speech about Southern Africa. She speaks about ZANU’s defeat of white settler colonialism in Zimbabwe and also women’s contributions to the struggle. She discusses the different fronts in the war for the liberation of Southern Africa, and the struggle against the US’s attack on their independence. She talks about struggles in Namibia, South Africa’s control over Southern African countries, and calls for solidarity with Southern African countries. Lastly, she draws comparisons and similarities between the oppression of blacks in America and Africa. Next, Serge Mukendi, US Representative of the Workers and Peasants Movement of the Congo (MOP), speaks about weaknesses in natural and human resources in Africa because they are not in the hands of the Africans. He speaks about the struggles in Congo and tells the audience that it is our duty to strengthen the fight for liberation in Congo through support and solidarity.
On Side B, Eve Rosahn, political activist, Students Against Government Misconduct, speaks about political activists for black liberation who have been tortured and beaten for their actions. Next, a member of the Anti-Springbok 5 chants “Up With Azania, Down With South Africa!”, and speaks about her experiences as an ASB-5, and tells the audience about the Springbok 5 and what they represent. The Springboks are an elite white supremacist South African rugby team traveling the US, representing the spread of white imperialism. Lastly, PAC (Pan African Congress) representative Jackie Mazibuko, speaks about white alliances between Ian Smith of Zimbabwe, the South African government, and the US in their oppression of black Africans. She also speaks about the land issues in Africa, and that all land originally, and still should, belong to black Africans, and that people must have the ideology of revolution to struggle against oppression.
Pan African Congress speeches
PAC (Pan African Congress) speeches.
A PAC representative gives a speech on his experiences as a political prisoner in Robben Island, South Africa. He recounts the PAC’s role in fighting Apartheid and describes the PAC’s goals, which are not to remove Apartheid, but to destroy the whole system and create a new South Africa. A woman representative of the PAC speaks about the PAC’s and United States’ roles in fighting Apartheid in South Africa. She also speaks about the Springbok tour in America. Others speak about reconciling the US and South Africa, being involved in the community, and about PAC accomplishments in Southern Africa and Azania.
Questions and Answers with Chairman Pokela of the PAC
In an informal conversation, Chairman Pokela of the PAC talks with members of Material Aid to ZANU, Free Azania (NYC Chapter), and the Anti-Springbok 5. Within the course of the question and answer session, Poleka details a wide range of issues facing South Africans and the liberation struggle in 1982. He talks about the significance of the Soweto uprisings, types of resistance, Bantustans and separate development, history, aims and objectives of the PAC, the role of workers and capitalism, armed struggle, political prisoners, and the PAC’s connection to other regional struggles for liberation. Three tapes.
Upfront
Publisher: Upfront CollectiveYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 2-1 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Namibia- Obstacles to Peace; Nat Crisis; Democratic Party- The Challenge
Juneteenth '85
Publisher: U.S. Out of Southern Africa Network/Southern Africa Freedom Committee-APCDate: 6/15/1985Volume Number: 15-JunFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
To get people to join the anti-apartheid section of the Juneteenth parade
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