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CONTINUED/ June 1990, Notes from the Anti-Apartheid Activist Briefing June 1990, Notes from the Anti-Apartheid Activist Briefing, Friday, June 22nd, New York Lisa January Attending OPENING PLENARY: The briefing was opened by M. William Howard, board member of the American Committee on Africa. Remarks were mde by Rev. Bruce Southworth, Pastor of Community Church. He was followed by Prexy Nesbitt, who is a member of the committee which convened the briefing. The day began with observations from anti-apartheid activists from different cities under the title of "Challenges for the Grassroots: Three Views." ALBANY: Not able to be consistent. Able to rise to the moment, but not much past the moment. Have to move past project-oriented activities to being a movement by developing a national and regional structure and developing goals. Suggested goals are 1) on-going support for the ANC, 2) support to the frontline, 3) moving past the rhetoric of addressing racism in the US. Also should get more honest input from dialogue with the national liberation movement. MEMPHIS: Need to keep people who are coming forward to see Nelson Mandela involved in the movement. Need better command of communications. Need to get institutions (churches. in particualr) better organized. LOS ANGELES: Pointed out east coast chauvinism and political opportunism. Have to be aware that the struggle is not just racism but also classism. PLENARY M. William Howard introduced Mrs. Marcia Coggs, Wisconsin State Representative who introduced liberation movement speakers: SISTER BERNARD NCUBE, FEDERATION OF TRANSVAAL WOMEN: Three aspects of the situation in South Africa, the church, women, and the pillars of apartheid. Church: In 1988, Bishops formed a convocation to "stand for the Truth" to take over the vacuum left by the banning of organizations. Now that the organizations have been unbanned, the church is looking for its new role. Women: With the unbanning of the ANC, women need to reflect and re-evaluate their role. They need to get educated and mobilize. Pillars: The pillars of apartheid are crumbling. Prospect of a black, ANC-Ied South Africa is scaring whites and stirring growth of the radical right-wing. Need intensive mobilization. CHRIS DLAMINI, VICE-PRESIDENT, COSATU: Stressed the need to ahve a homeland referendum for reunification. THOMAS NKOBI, SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE ANC: The ANC is advocating the election of a constituent assembly based on a common voting roll to convene a negotiating team. Negotiations are a new arena in the struggle. The ANC has opened an office in Johannesburg and divided the country into 14 regions in which they will open regional offices. Need money to: 1) Open branch offices 2) Organize seminars to explain the implications of negotiations 3) Need transport, housing, medical cre, etc. for th repatration of 20,000 ANC members living outside of the country 4) Need housing, medical care, education, etc for newly released political prisoners Police brutality is increasing. Massacres are on the increase in Natal. Children are running away from home in fear. Thousands have run'to Lusaka, Tanzania and Botswana. ANC supporters must not be lulled by the fact that Nelson Mandela is out of jail. "Put the Pressure On" is a good slogan. CONTINUED/ 2. Cont'd Activists must work harder to get people to understand the situation in South and Southern Africa and raise more money for the ANC. WORKSHOPS: Chris Dlamini, Barbara Masekela, and Sister Bernard Ncube held workshops. The goal of the workshops were to provide activists an opportunity for interaction with the liberation leaders. WORKSHOP WITH CHRIS DLAMINI: Chris Dlamini was charged with economic sabotage and was jailed with Moses Mayekiso. Labor unions in the US helped to get them released. REMARKS: Labor figured out that there must be more to the relationship between the state and employers because the army and police always intervened on behalf of the employers whenever there was disagreement between the workers and the employers. It was a struggle to get unions to understand the value of sanctions. Q&A: Difference between SACTU & COSATU? SACTU, the South African Congress of Trade Unions was founded in 1955. SACTU was forced to go underground when the ANC was banned. SACTU was allied with the ANC and the SACP. COSATU was founded in 1985 and is similar to SACTU. In April of 1990, SACTU and COSATU met to discuss repatriation of SACTU. SACTU opted not to reemerge and be absorbed by COSATU. Does COSATU produce a newsletter? COSATU did produce a newsletter but it was produced irregularly. Does not have equipment. Has COSATU identified a model for an enterprise system in another country? No. That will come out of discussions with all sectors of South African society. Nature of problems between ANC and PAC? PAC is hard to find and elusive. People appear and say that they are spokespersons for PAC. PAC wants to continue armed struggle, but has no army. PAC wants land handed over to the blacks, but the ANC thinks that this should come out of discussion. PAC is now in support of a constitu ent assembly. What does COSATU think of the industrial democracy model from the west? Does COSATU have an affiliation with the ANC? What is COSATU's stand on international affiliations? Industrial democracy model is unacceptible to COSATU. COSATU remains independent, but existing policies of COSATU AND ANC congruent. COSATU stays away from international affiliations. Does not want to get caught up in the cold-war situation. New socio-economic order and nationalization? The movement for the socialization of some industries comes from the hardship of workers in certain industries, especially the mines. Black miners earn 1/8 of white miners' incomes. Final type of socio-economic order will come from all sectors of South Africa. Does the Harare Declaration move away from the Freedom Charter? The Harare Declaration addressses the mechanics to create conditions conducive to a new society. What is COSATU's vision of foreign investment in post-apartheid South Africa and "codes of conduct". for investment. Individual unions have codes of conduct, but as of now COSATU does not have these codes. White workers' view of sanctions? Sanctions have polarized white and black workers. The government paints COSATU as terrorists and communists. Mailing Address for COSATU: COSATU Acceptance House, Crnr. of Rissick and Anderson Streets Johannesburg 2000, SA Donations for COSATU can be sent through the ANC. REPORTS FROM OTHER WORKSHOPS: Workshop with Sister Bernard Ncube: Recommendations to organizers: 1) to avoid problems of disinformation from the media, go straight to the source for information 2) DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE ANC 3) Need to address problems of racism in the movement 4) It is an insult to the ANC for anti-apartheid activists to go to South Africa 5) Should include ANC offices in anti-apartheid networking. Also discussed possibility of creating a city-hall network so that cities wich have adopted sanctions can network and provide assistance for other cities. Workshop with Barbara Masekela: Always consult with the ANC before travelling to South Africa. Should only go if invited. NO IMMIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA. It is OK to send books and films in consultation with the ANC. The workshops were followed by lunch and caucusing by regions. The group was told that there was a good possibility that Nelson Mandela would be addressing the meeting. The participants were moved to the basement of the church for the Secret Service to perform a bomb sweep of the premises. The afternoon plenary was chaired by Jerry Herman. Aubrey McCutcheon opened the plenary with a talk on the 'US response to DeKlerk': It is up to us if Washington lifts sanctions. This is an election year issue, not just an intellectual debate. Three things that Congress responds to: 1) Political Action Committee money 2) Material by educational institutions and think tanks 3) Constituent pressure We have influence in the districts. How far are we willing to go? Are we prepared to get arrested? Anything that will happen to modify sanctions will happen in three months. We should separate what the" administration wants from what'-Congress wants. The administration gets around sanctions by lax enforcement. The first bans that would be lifted would be in terms of agriculture, aircraft, and new investment. If the US lifts sanctions, Europe will follow. Following McCutcheon's tlak, Jennifer Davis spoke on "Sanctions Until Democracy &Other Responses": The anti-apartheid movement is entering new and dangerous times. First talk is "Keep the Sanctions On". If we are not careful, the US will throw its weight behind some complicated constitution that falls short of "one person, one vote" in a unified South Africa. There is a danger that we try to appeal to the broadest audience by appealing to the lowest common denominator rather than addressing the actual issue. We have to remember that SA is a capitalist sytem of the grossest inequality. US capitalists may let go of apartheid, but they will not let go of their monopolies We cannot confuse political work with charity. There is a place for charity, but not in anti-apartheid work. Jennifer Davis's address was followed by reports back from the regional caucuses. The main priority in all of the caucuses was to connect the anti-apartheid organizations and to increase communication. The regional reports were followed by discussion among participants and updates on the situation in the region. Important points discussed were the deployment of UNITA troops to Natal and the possibility of Congress giving UNITA another 10 to 15 million$ in aid, an appropriations bill to given $85 million to SADCC which we should su~port as long as there are not any restrictions against Angola and Mozambique.
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