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Remember Soweto! Remember Soweto! Please, Please Don't Forget, Apartheid is Still Alive! On June 16, 1976, South African police In Soweto killed hundreds of black children who were peacefully protesting Remember Our Sisters the imposition of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in their schools. and Brothers in South Africa! Today, violence sponsored by the regime continues to be a growing obstacle to democracy In South Africa. Since March 1, 1992 more than 700 black South Africans, including children have been killed. Security forces have trained death squads which terrorize black communities and take part In the killings. Pretoria, In Its current budget, has allocated more than .1.5 billion for covert operations and special forcesl The Bush administration has supported Pretoria by lifting federal sanctions and condoned the killings by its silence. It has given $'2.5 million of our tax dollars to Inkatha, a major force in the violence. The time has come to STOP violencel Educators Against Racism and Apartheid urges you to organize students in your classes, schools, towns and cities to commemorate Soweto Day and to call for an end to violence and apartheid in South Africa and violence and racism in the United States. EARA urges you to plan educational forums with speakers and videos (see resource page), letter writing campaigns, and participation in local marches and rallies. Commemorate Soweto Day - June 16 Environmentalists Alert Solidarity Call On May 20, the New As you read this there are at least 417 political York Times reported that a prisoners still in South Africa's jails. However Pretoria is former South African military making more political prisoners even as it play the role of officer pleaded guilty to a reasonable negotiator. In March over 854 people were smuggling operation that arrested for political reasons, bringing the year's total to brought rhinoceros horns and 1,672. the heads and skins of other The Convention for a Democratic South Africa endangered species Into the (CODESA) represents the best hope for a peaceful start to United States. Marius Meiring the beginning of the process of creating a new South was once the second-highest Africa. The various working groups all have critical tasks in ranking South African Defense the country's only multi-party forum. Force officer in Namibia. Working Group 1 of CODESA is charged with Conservationists have II creating a climate for free political participation," and said the case is important includes a sub working group focusing on the release of all because it sheds light on a political prisoners. thriving underground economy We can support this political process and the effort that threatens the black to free political prisoners by writing letters of SOLIDARITY rhinoceros with extinction. The and ENCOURAGEMENT to CODESA: investigation is expected to Secretariat CODESA P.O. Box 307 Isando 1500. indicate complicity in poaching Johannesburg, SA. and smuggling among SADF Special letters about the release of political prisoners can be and govt officials in Southern sent"Attention, Working Group 1.II Africa. (Infomuztionfrom the Afnell Fund. 198 Broadway. NYC, NY 10038) (Just a reminder: The SADF soldiers eat Kellogg's cereals Severe Drought produced in Springs, South Africa. ThreaJens Namibia SADF is responsible not only for "After Independence on 21 March 1990, one killing endangered species, butfor of the main aims of the Govt of Namibia was to the deaths and injuries ofmillions increase food production in Namibia and to expand of South African people. Boycott agriculture to such an extent to ensure food security Kellogg's products. Write to: for all its people. President, Kellogg's Company. All our efforts were, however, of no avail as 1 Kellogg Square. Battle Creek, a result of the severe drought that we have Michigan 49016-3599. experienced In our main growing season, and Also boycott SHELL OIL and Namibia Is, today,facing a crisis of unprecedented CHEMICAL BANK.) proportions. Experts agree that this drought is the worst in 30 years and could be the worst since 1932 when a total crop failure occurred. As a result, the survival of a large percentage of our population Help South African Students in Namibia is being threatened." Returning to South Africa (For a complete copy ofthis Statement by His Excellency. Dr. Between 1976 and 1990, tlwusands ofyouth Sam NujoTtl4. President ofthe RfPublic Q,fNamibia at a Press fled SA to escape the brutality. At the Coalerence on the DroUZht Situation in the CountY. write: ANC's Solomon Mahlangu Freedom CoUege Pennanent Mission ofthe Republic ofNamibia, 135 East 36th (SOMAFCO) in TaMAnUI they received Street, New York New York 10016. Plwne: (212) 685-2003) educlltion and training. Now SOMAFCO is closing and students are returning to SA. Please help. Send contributions to: Friends of SOMAFCO, c/o R.Johnson. 623 Park Lane, #1. Philadelphia, PA 19144 o~ · ~1lCtt ~:'~ATE ~~I!IIOHTHLY ~:f"GI!MONTHLY st FoRU OF flEPRESSlOH -Q e~tfl\es~sr\C(.\ ~~_"·'.I'-es-~,·.:,,':;;;;--,~..~. ~ ·····i-ii- iJ.---- J.'" ~ .~ _.__- -;"544'·---514.7- ~--- ~l\a _:_d_~__ e S01f4 1:5-=- 17,0 11,1 2,3 0,8 1872 ,557,3 T72,2 • 1 e1\C 1.1\ UN PoINalArresls 01 20 59 19,7 47,9 0:1\1,\e '~1 D'S 7~= 314 759 253,0 270,5 'Vl,O" 32 105 35,0 20,2 Hi Ni Nil 3,8 ~~~~ :~ Hi 3 t,o 81,7 5 8 2,7 7,1 DEATHS AND INJURIES IlL ~ ..._ .... .... __ March was a disastrous month for the cause of peace in South Africa. The total of 437 deaths (was the highest since August 1990 when violence exploded on the Reef resulting in 709 deaths countrywide. The total 898 known injured mirrored this extreme level of violence, undoubtedly the result of forces at work to destabilize the referendum and with it the process of peaceful negotiation. SOURCES Vigilante-related action accounted for 369 deaths; while security forces were responsible for 14 deaths, hot squads for 5 deaths and other definable sources for 4, while another 45 had uncertain origins. TRAIN ATTACKS A feature of attacks in the Witwatersrand area of the PWV has been the indiscriminate killing and maiming of train commuters, aimed solely at terrorizing and destabilizing township residents. The record-to-date is as follows: In 1990·: 11 attacks resulting in 59 deaths and 277 injuries In 1991··: 23 attacks resulting in 38 deaths and 206 injuries In 1992: January: 37 attacks resulting in 30 deaths and 98 injuries February: 35 attacks resulting in 22 deaths and 46 injuries March: 58 attacks resulting in 74 deaths and 91 injuries * The identifiable victims were: ANC supporters and township residents for 76% of the dead and 75.4% of the injured. Inkatha supporters and hostel dwellers for 24% of the dead and 24.6% of the injured. (Ratio of 3 to 1) ** The identifiable attackers were: ANC supporters and township residents for 9.5% of the deaths and 19.7% of the injuries. Inkatha supporters and hostel dwellers for 90.5% of the deaths and 80.3% of the injured. (Ratio of 1 to 9 and 1 to 4) BANNING OF GATHERINGS: Permission for a march in Alexandra, organized by the ANC,PAC and AZAPO was refused. In the Ciskei, 2 political gatherings were declared unlawful. Security Force Actions account for 4 deaths and 106 injuries. Almost all of these injuries occurred during action in Alexandra township on March 26, the day Alexandra residents staged a stay-away to demand the closure of the Madala Hostel. (from tM Human Rights Commission. PO Box 32723. Braamlonttin 2017, Jolulnnesburg, SA. Fax: 339-1422) For Your assslOOlII Math: How many people dUd each day from politiCQ/ violence in SA? What does the data show regarding the perpetrators 01the violence? Action: Write letters to President Bush and Congressional Reps. colling for the u.s. govt to pressure the SA regime to end the violence. Disgusting!!!!! Are you into the "whole language" approach to teaching? Then you'll just love the new Journey of Discovery: A Social Studies and Language Arts program with a Whole Language Componentl This program includes all of the "buzz" words you'll need to satisfy the local school board: learning by doing, interdisciplinary approach, literature based lessons, integration of reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills, whole language..... -' .~. clal dies and Language Arl' ""uJ(rlllll with. Whole Langullge C:omllllnl'"1 i' In this outrageously commercialized society in which we live, the Columbus myth is being used by hundreds of companies to sell their products. Just the use of the word "discovery" or a picture of Columbus seems to make a product more marketable. It is time that educators, parents, and students conduct a massive effort to expose this. EARA urges you to be on the lookout for all advertizing which uses the Columbus myth as part of the sales pitch. How can you help? Urge friends and family to SAY NO TO PRODUCTS WHICH PROMOTE THE COLUMBUS MYTH. Send letters. Send postcards. (Purchase postcards from the post office or ask a student artist to design one.) Call the companies. Organize a boycott of companies which refuse to halt promotion of the Columbus myth. Write articles for your local or school newspaper. Design posters to expose this commercialism. Post a speCial hallway bulletin board with samples of this advertizing. Ask people to bring more ads for the bulletin board. Make a video about this issue. Show it within your school and on public TV, if possible. Press release Christopher Columbus - Indicted by Grand Jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota!!! CONTACT: Kristi Rudelius-Palmer University of Minnesota Human Rights Center (612) 626-0041 Room 437.
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