Sounding names but whose only purpose,
the Bantustans, was to maintain their
on with black collaboration. This policy,
ie ich the late comrade Cabral called a pol-
Y of ‘‘Blood and Smiles,’’ did not deceive

the liberation forces who fought through to .

€stroy Portuguese colonialism and those
Supported it.

€ must not be tricked into accepting

Bey institutions, empty reforms and

er compromises in place of real peo-

Ple’s power. Majority rule NOW is on the

Benda of struggle. There can be no com-

Promise with white supremacy. New oppor-
of aie are opening up. It is in the power
€ people to turn the enemy’s fear into
Panic and its panic into a headlong re-
€at. This we can do through united action
Courage and conviction. We know that

€ racist minority will not surrender its
ntrol without a violent struggle. Laying
7 basis for such a struggle and demon-
° ating a capacity to hit the enemy on his
ihe ground, remains in the forefront of
ed tasks of the whole national liberation
Ovement. Organized action related to
pate issues most affecting the people, in the
Uurse of which they will feel their strength
Da Zain more confidence, is an essential
ag of the immediate perspective of strug-

aoe black working class, the most revo-
the w2ty force for change, together with
Drop eoPle on the land, the youth and the
. -Ssional classes amongst the oppress-
Must act in unity to reject and resist

White domination in all its forms. Fight for

a4 - Tight to strike and to have independent

union organization! Fight the at-
Mpts to uproot our people and to send

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‘ : Unite ations
A kindergarten class in Soweto, the complex of segregated Black townships near Johannes-
burg. Some of the children display their knowledge of the symbols representing the struggle
for equality and victory over apartheid. :

United Nations

Segregated exit at the Elsies River Plant of the Chrysler Corporation. Vorster’s stated inten-
tions to end such “petty apartheid’ manifestations will not alter the system of super-exploi-

tation of Black workers.

‘them into the wasteland of the reserves!
Reject Bantustans and all other dummy in-
stitutions and lay claim to the whole of our
land! Fight for the immediate release of
the true leaders of the people from Robben
Island and the other prisons! Defeat all at-
tempts to attack the independence of our

brothers in the newly independent territor- —
ies! Above all, the fight for majority rule

over the whole of South Africa and people’s
control of all its wealth are the immediate
targets of all true patriots and revolution-

aries!

All classes and groups amongst the op- _

pressed Coloured and Indian communities
must act to reject the fraudulent compro-
mises which they are offered and thwart

the attempt to divide them from their black

brothers with whom they must march to-

gether to achieve total liberation.

Those white democrats who uncondi-
tionally accept a majority-ruled South Af-
rica, not only in words, but also in deed,
will be acting in the long-term intere-

~ ests of all the people and will find an hon-

ored place in the liberation struggle.
The key to liberation is unity, organiza-
tion and revolutionary action. Our national
liberation front headed by the mass organi-
zation of the most exploited and oppressed
section of our people—the ANC-—stands
where it has always stood—in the forefront
of the freedom struggle. It will lead ail the
oppressed people of our land in inevitable

"triumph against the racist state. The in-

spiring victories of our-brothers in Mozam-
bique and elsewhere have helped to create
more favorable conditions for a real revolu-
tionary advance in our own country. Now
is the time to go forward on every front!

Communique of unity

In December, John Gollan and Jack Woddis, general secretary and head of the
International Department of the Communist Party of Great Britain respectively, met
with representatives of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party.
Following are excerpts from a joint statement issued as a result of the discussions.

ae defeat of Portuguese fascism by the combined efforts of the national liber-
ation movements in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau and the actions of the
democratic movement in Portgual have opened the way to the full liberation of the
former Portuguese colonies from imperialist exploitation and thereby created a
new situation in southern Africa.

The white minority rulers of southern Africa, faced with new pressures from
the African people in their territories and from the independent African states
supported by world progressive opinion, are being compelled to maneuver in an
endeavor to find a new basis for the continuation of white control and imperialist
exploitation. ‘ :

What Vorster and his-backers hope to achieve in South Africa are some mar-
ginal changes in minor matters while retaining the substance of apartheid and dis-
crimination, continuing the system of cheap African labor, and denying democrat-
ic rights to the majority. It is intended to combine minor concessions on fringe as-
pects of apartheid with increased emphasis on the system of Bantustans, with the
fraudulent purpose of presenting these administrative dependencies as the fulfill-
ment of independence for the African people.

It is important for all supporters of the African peoples’ struggle in southern
Africa to understand that the struggle is not one for civil rights, but for national
liberation and political power, for the ending of a systerh based on minority rule,
repression and discrimination, and for the introduction of a jenuinely demoeratic
power based on majority rule, one man, one vote.

The working people of Britain and of South Africa have a common enemy and
a common cause.

The joint actions of the people of Britain and the oppressed people of South
Africa to end repression and apartheid in South Africa is of direct benefit to the
British people themselves, who, to solve their present crisis, need to challenge the
same big monopolies which exploit South Africa, and which invest their capital
there to the detriment of Britain’s own economy.

We appeal to all labor and progressive organizations and people in Britain to
press the Labor government to carry out the following measures:

— End all forms of military cooperation with the South African government.
— Ban all exports of capital to South Africa.
— Cease all trade with South Africa.
— Support all UN decisions to introduce sanctions against South Africa and
to expel South Africa from UN membership.

.— Call for the release of Nelson Mandela; Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu,
Bram Fischer, John Hosey and all other political prisoners.

e

Walter Sisulu — Bram Fischer

Ahmed Kathrada | Nelson Mandela

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