Red Weekly readers should by now have pencilled 6 March in to their diaries as the dav of the national demonstration on soltnern ATrica. this Has been called by the Anti-Apartheid Movement as the culmination of six months' work to demand with the apartheid regime of Vorster.
The Scottish AAM has also called a demonstration for 5 March in Glasgow.
As part of the build up to the March demonstrations National Union of Students has decided to national week of action in the days before the weekend 5-6 March. This is a move which can only be weicomed especially in view of the important ThaT students in Soweto are playing in challenging the racist policies of the Vorster ACTION Other students are taking action not only to support the demonstration but also witnin tne student One very importantinuative nas been caree by the Manchester Area of the Nus a nationa student conference on southern Atrica on Saturday 19 February.
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In a leaflet MANUS explain the function of the conference as to provide a national forum for students to come discuss the sourner aircan situation and also assist black ends people'.
THREE The conference has three sessions. The first, on South Amrica, is to be introduced Dy Martin Legassick, Movement pamphlet. The second. on Zimbabwe. is especially relevant following the failure of the Richard shuttle and intransigence of Martin Rhodesia: White Racism and Imperial Response, and Lionel Cliffe, who was imprisoned in Zambia and now IS editorial board of the Review of Political Economy, are the main speakers.
The final session, many respects the most important, will discuss what solito darity actions can be taken by the student movement in Britan une conterences boente all students, not just aTes.
Another group of students nave aiso taken a positive role in mobilising for Red WeeklV SUBSCRIPTION RATES DOMESTIC: E7 per year £3.50 for six months FOREIGN: f9 per year surface mail £12 per year airmail and work out the author Smith, the author of Line recenty tormed Alrican and in Students Union, at its second conference held last ber, put out a call for Aircan conuingent on We the delegthe call put out by the students umon to bune geo march demonstraton in don in solidarity with all free6 March. ign wis in Africa, De Duname an Aircar Contr Asian Socialist Forum Namibia Support Comn it.ee Scrape Ntshona Pal Luthra, Student Black Struggle Portsmouth Polytechnic PanA. Sivanandan.
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LON- AAM, southern 30,000 people the ASU will streets, sive.
Both Labour Party are chairperson OverGroup, Middlecollaboration. can only hope that builds support Director of the ne raue Relations, South Africa. boutn Alrica demonstration This appeal has been endorsed by a lange or Alrican and black individuals and organsame time they also decided to convene their next conference for If this demonstration is to live up to the expectations of than -more out on the attitude of trade union movement and the likewise Labour Party will prove deciRIC SISSONS the TUC and committed on paper to opposition to the NATIONAL wnite racist regimes i south ern Africa and to end British CHISIS denis However, we TUC March MUSIC more seriously than it did for 044/ tion, which was a total failure.
Likewise the Blackooo con ENTS UNION The question is whether the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party takes that decision seriously and puts its full weight behind 6 March Red Weekly urges all its supporters in the unions and the Labour Party to put down resolutions to back the demonstrations, and also to send copies to their national leaderships to demand that they do STUDENT CON'Southern Africa 19 February UMIST •Union backvine Further details conTalbot, MANUS Old College, Devas Manchester to. tereonone vor cr For details of the AFRICAN STUD- and its conference MP, tribunal hearing former CIA agent Philip Agee's case against deportation will be sions this Thursday and Fri- TOE further ses day. Merlyn Rees's 'three wise men' will be able to examine witnesses specially flown in from overseas.
These witnesses include former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Martin Halperin, former assistant to Henry Kissinger; Mel Wulf, legal dirестог от тле American Civil Liberties Union: and Sean McBride, former US Commissioner in Namibia.
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platform at a public meeting called by the Agee-Hosenball Defence Committee [3 Febru evenine ary]. Other speakers are expected to include Judith Hart Professor Ralph Miliand Dotrinis Hawitt of
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