The brochure says SOWETO, JUNE 16, 1976: Several thousand school children marched demanding an end to unequal education. The brochure says After 3 days of demonstrations: 600 pupils were killed; Many thousands injured; Some as young as 8 and 9 years old. The brochure says Within a week there were national uprisings by school children and their parents. A three-day mass stay-away was declared by workers in support of the children. The brochure says By the end of the year: 2000 people had been killed, thousands seriously injured, and death through torture rose dramatically; many students fled to neighbouring states where they joined the liberation movement-the African National Congress (ANC)....
The brochure says SOWETO, JUNE 16, 1976: Several thousand school children marched demanding an end to unequal education. The brochure says After 3 days of demonstrations: 600 pupils were killed; Many thousands injured; Some as young as 8 and 9 years old. The brochure says Within a week there were national uprisings by school children and their parents. A three-day mass stay-away was declared by workers in support of the children. The brochure says By the end of the year: 2000 people had been killed, thousands seriously injured, and death through torture rose dramatically; many students fled to neighbouring states where they joined the liberation movement-the African National Congress (ANC). Some students were seeking military training, while others sought further education. The brochure says The last ten years: Since Soweto, the students' struggle for equal education has intensified, involving both students and parents; the Congress of South African Students (C.O.S.A.S.) was formed in 1979 to unite school children in their fight for equal education; they initiated nation-wide boycotts. In 1984 the boycotts involved nearly 300.000 school students; this continued into 1985. The brochure asks people to write the U.S. government requesting the formal recognition of the ANC and SWAPO as the legitimate representatives of the people of South Africa and Namibia, imposition of comprehensive economic sanctions NOW in response to the call by the majority of South Africans, cutting of all sporting and cultural tied with the South African racist regime, suspension of diplomatic relations, and provision of humanitarian assistance to refugees of South Africa. The brochure discusses class boycotts, troops and police, townships, the State of Emergency, political detainees, education, the colour bar, death, torture, prison, children, President George Bush, and Secretary of State James Baker.
