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Pamphlet on South Africa and the liberation struggle after the Sharpeville massacre at which sixty nine African were shot dead by police. The pamphlet says Sharpeville is a symbol of the violence and racism of white South Africa and a symbol of white destruction of non-violent African protest. One main pillar of apartheid is the pass laws. The pass laws became the focus of protest in 1960 for a newly formed African nationalist party, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), an offshoot of the older African National Congress (ANC). During the early 1960's after the Sharpeville debacle, the country underwent a severe financial crisis. But key international and American financiers did not loss confidence in the profitability of white racism. Thus the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, First National City Bank and others, including Charles W, Engelhard, the largest U.S. exploiter in South Africa, extended credit and loans thereby putting the South African economy back an its feet. During these years also the consortium of U.S. banks, led by Chase Manhattan, renewed a $40 million revolving credit loan to the South African Government, and General Motors bought full page ads in the Johannesburg papers expressing confidence in stable future of South Africa. Following the panic of 1960, the government launched a brutal campaign of persecution, spearheaded by the then Minister of Justice who had been interned during World War II for pro-Nazi sympathies, and who is the present Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster. African National Congress has united forces with the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and since August, 1967 guerrillas of both movements have been involved In Joint actions against Smith's troops on Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) soil. In the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau the armed struggle, has provided new victories in all the territories. The pamphlet quotes PAC leader Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, ANC Acting President Oliver Tambo, and The Rt. Rev. Ambrose Reeves. • Sharpeville March 21, 1960 • Inside South Africa • The Sharpeville Massacre • Repression After Sharpeville • The Liberation Struggle • Future Sharpevilles and International Action • How You Can Help

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SHARPEVILLE AND AFTER SUPPRESSION and LIBERATION in SOUTHERN AFRICA

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