An Evening of Solidarity liVIth WOMEN of Southern Africa , TWIN CITIES COMMlTTE.E for U\£ .Presented by l..l\\ERATlON .~ So\Jl'HERN AFRlC.A Who We. ARE The Twin Cities Committtc for the Liberation of Southern Africa is a group of local resid~nts committed to supporting the struggle of the people of Southerr Africa for freedom and self­ determination. The principles bet ·ind our work are as follows: 1. To carry out po 1i ti ca 1 c·Jucati on about the current living conditions of the oeople of Southern Africa. 2. To expose foreign domination in the countries of South Africa and Namibia. We intend to target the role of the U.S. government and U.S. corporations in exploiting Southern Africa and in sustaining the present repressive and racist governments in the area. 3. To link the struggle of the people of Southern Africa to the struggles of people in the United States in general and U.S. black people in particular. 4. To disseminate information concerning the activity of the liberation movements and liberated countries in Southern Africa and where possible lend material aid to the liberation movements. 5. To give political support to the Southern African states which have won their liberation through armed struggle - Mozambique, Angola, and Zimbabwe. To expose the role of the white government of South Afria and of the U.S. government and corporations in undermining and attacking the progressive governments of these countries. If you support our principles of unity and would like to join us in our work, we would be glad to accept your assistance. For more information, speak with a committee member tonight or call 822-8712. SUPPORT ANC All proceeds from tonight's program will go the African National Congress. The ANC, founded in 1912, is the oldest liberation movement in Southern Africa. Today the ANC is devoted to the total destruction of the apartheid system. ANC's current strategy was capsulized by their imprisoned leader, Nelson Mandela, when in a letter smuggled out of prison he said, "Between the anvil of united action and the hammer of the armed struggle we shall crush apartheid and white minority racist rule." 1980 THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES From South Africa 0 •• ... to the U.S.A . On June 1 guerrillas of the AFRICAN On May 17th an all-white jury acquitted NATIONAL CONGRESS blew up 3 oil conversion four white cops · in the Tampa, Florida plants in South Africa, causing over $7 murder of black insurance executive Arthur million in damage. The action was the most McDuffie. In response, thousands of sophisticated to date by the ANC's military blacks took to the streets of nearby Miami wing- Spear of the Nation.... Also in in protest. By May 20th Miami was occupied June thousands of students, black, colored by 7000 troops, dozens had died and proper­ and Indian led a boycott against discrimi­ ty damage in the rebellion was set at over natory education. The student walkout $100 million .... Weeks later a similar sparked anti-apartheid activities through­ scene unfolded in Chattanooga , Tennessee, out the country's schools and eventually when black people reacted to the not led to massive workers' strikes. The guilty verdict of another jury in the case spirit of the Soweto rebellion of 1976 is of white defendants who had gunned down alive and well in 1980. young black girls in the streets. Today an all-white jury sits in judgment of nine Ku Klux Klan and Nazi members who murdered five anit-Klan demonstrators in Greensboro, North Carolina last November. Later this fall in Illinois 17 black and Latino pri­ soners face death penalty charges in a trial resulting from the Pontiac Prison rebellion of 1978. Where will the next 'front of resistance be? South Africa "The Minnesota Connection" Sunday, August 2 4th, 1980, 7:00 p 0 m o Modern Time's Cafe 3200 CHICAGO AVENUE SO. M PLS . MN . PANEL OtSCU3SION AF TEA FILMS •MAHMOUD EL- KAT I, I MACALESTER COLLEGE F'ROFESSOR OF PREMIERE FILM AFRICAN HISTOR':'l.JAN t :.;E OORL t:>C,tNORTH · S'OE FIESIOENTl 51BALALA NTSEANE.' I STUDENT IN 1976 SOWET O RIOTS) I..ORI HANSON CRANKS FILE ACTtVIST,OEAMSTERG LOCA L 11d5l " CROSSROADS / SOUTH AFRICA" .JOHN ~OBINSON I TWIN CITIES COMMITTEE J.'QR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTHERN M.f- RICA) A DOCUMENTARY BASED ON THE DAILY LIVES OF BLACK SOUTH DONATION $ 2o50 A FRICA NS ALSO SHOWING All proceeds will go to support " Six Days In Soweto" A " The Struggle tor National Liberation in South Africa." DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE 1976 SOWETO RIOTS Fo r m o r e i nformatio n l ist e n to K MOJ Radio 89 .7 Jfm Wednesday Augu s t13 . 7 :ooor c a ll 823 - 6709, 872-1919 . Co-sponsored by " The Neighborhood Film Project, Twin Cities Committee to r the Liberation ot Southern Africa and the Twin Cities Workers Organizing Committee. " THANK YOU We are grateful to the indi viduals and organizations who have supported this event by being endorsers. They are: African American Cultural Center Karen Clark Alley Newspaper Don Fraser Amazon Books Lee Greenfield Chile Resistance Committee Phyllis Kahn Clergy and Laity Concerned Allan Spear Freewheel Bike Co-op GLC Voice IN FACT Lesbian-Feminist Organizing Committee May Day Books Neighborhood Film Project Northland Poster Collective Pressure Drop Band Third World Institute Twin Cities Workers' Organizing Committee Women Against Violence Against Women Women of Color A special thanks to the following who have also been of great help: Rick Daniels Lisa Blackshear Pat Kaluza Ricardo Levins-Morales KMOJ - Radio KFAI - Radio Morabik Abdul Women in the Struggle Mississippi Market West Bank Co-op Notlc.e ~ We will have an orientat,·on meetlng -for new members on Au9ust 31 at 3=00 f·tn· at 3'139 'Portland AY. S. •I SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN'S DAY On August 9th, 1956, over 20,000 women marched in Pretoria, South Africa, to protest laws requiring black women to carry pass­ book I.D. cards or be subject to arrest. Thousands ,of them were beaten and arrested. But in the face of the police they defiantly sang, "Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed." Their militant example is celebrated every August 9th by all people struggling for freedom in South Africa. To the spirit of August 9th, we dedicate tonight's program- "An Evening in Solidarity with Women of Southern Africa." AN EVENING IN SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN OF SOUTHERN AFRICA August 16, 1980 Presented by The Twin Cities Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa (TCCLSA) SPEAKERS (in order of appearance): Emcee: Candy Kirksey (TCCLSA) Naomi Jaffee (TCCLSA) Betty Mtero -- Resident of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe and member of Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) Janice Dorliac (TCCLSA member and Northside resident) Barbara Masekela -- Chairperson of the New York Branch of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa Entertainment will be provided by: Poems of Resistance: Lori Hanson Lee Hoover Mary Ellen Kaluza Sara Olson Women in the Struggle: Jerri Alexander Rose Harmon Jarwhar Hi 11 Mazie Johnson Tiffany Patterson Songs by: Cedric Watkins (TCCLSA) Pressure Drop - members: Brendan Coleman Millie Hurley Jeff Nygaard .