[Today in South Africa the fascist nature of the white supremacist apartheid regime is being completely exposed ...]

The speech says today in South Africa the fascist nature of the white supremacist apartheid regime is being completely exposed to the international community; in an attempt to crush widespread Black resistance to apartheid, one week ago Pieter Botha, president of SA, imposed a sweeping state of emergency in 36 towns and cities; over 1,000 Blacks and a handful of whites have been arrested. The speech says under the current state of emergency, South African police and security forces have almost absolute power; they have been given license by the SA Government to search and arrest without warrants, detain folks without trial, and release no information to their families regarding their whereabouts; this in effect gives the police the opportunity to murder anyone they choose with immunity from civil suit or prosecution for wrong doing. The speech says following the call of the ANC to make themselves "ungovernable" for 18 months, Blacks have engaged in continual mass protests against the racist and undemocratic white minority regime; despite the fact that in the last year, over 500 Blacks have been murdered by the SA army and police, thousands jailed, the resistance from workers strikes, student boycotts, consumer boycotts, mass demonstrations and attacks of Black collaborators continues to escalate. The speech says the resistance movement in South Africa is not chaos but organized resistance in Black townships; block by block, Blacks are taking over the sprawling townships, removing puppet collaborators and setting up their own political structure. The speech says the guns of apartheid do not stand alone; the US government continues to give economic and political support which props up the apartheid regime and gives it the current capacity to sustain mass repression; the Reagan administration policy of "constructive engagement" developed four years ago to foster "peaceful change in South Africa" is little more than an excuse by the administration to look the other way when South Africa commits abuses against its Black population and the neighboring frontline states; even with the current state of emergency, Reagan will not alter the policy of constructive engagement, claiming that if there were no voices of reason talking with South Africa, it could lead to a result none of us wish. The speech says true to form the U.S. and Great Britain on Friday vetoed a move by the UN Security Council to impose mandatory sanctions against SA; after vetoing mandatory sanctions, both nations abstained as the council passed a resolution condemning the state of emergency and urging UN nations to import voluntary sanctions. The speech says the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid, along with many other groups across the country affiliated with the FREE SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT supports the struggle of the Black majority of South Africa for democracy and national liberation. The speech discusses P.W. Botha, the African National Congress (ANC), the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, Nelson Mandela, the United Democratic Front (UDF), underground resistance, Black majority rule, and white supremacy.