IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

'For a black man to enter jail is almost like entering a grave'

· Socialist Challenge No. 14, 22 September 1977 · p. 10 of the scan · 507 words

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page 10 of the scan

TO ALL THE PEOPLE *FOR A black man to enter jail b hief Gutshe Bathelezi's r action to the death of Steve Biko sums up the response of the tens of thousands of blacks who have Come. out outs!

Thandisive Maribuko. tary: eneral of th cople's Convention waid are sol taking Steve's deuth as an Isolated incident. 11 i Just part of South Africa.' It didn't escap anyune's mention that Bike the twentieth black to have dies Im desention siace March last Donald Woods, a frieed af Bila's, official story that he had starved himself to death. He revealer that Hiko had said that if be wa reported to have starved Wood would know i was a le Reaction from the Imperialis capitals showed that even there it was Tell that south sinca ha tandly distresed and Andres Young, Cyrus Vance and Dic of Relations Committee, all pre individual.

Black African Minister af poored scorn on th pulice iced for an inguiry.

suddenly mark. The roll" Probably the Semite Foreig one: 1200 protestors were arrested und Knager hacked scount of like's specifically denying the Now his tome has changed. He declures his complete innocence, calls for an inquiry Kruger knem what was happening all along and no cogbi noy mour will bi a whitewash. But it is a rure cruck the stony facade of the South ment of prisoners in as follous: the prisoners were laid on the ground with their legs up over thi OR SEX CHEN CLUE the ground with bayonets so the could not escape The brutality and murder of the security forces can be lurge scale or it can be carried to the level of petty spite, ns in the following case. Africans travelling into the Trust Lands allowed to carry anything edible since it may be food for terrorBURN AC stopped and SECRETS HENAS WED eaten there and then Whenever any action is taken by the guerillas the local commu nity is immediately suspocted school was burnt. The next day the soldiers took away six of t men from the village.

Those who came back rold of low they were tortured: kept leep pics in the ground with ir beaten; electric shocks applies to the genitals and otber parts of young hay so much that he told (ben what they wanled to know guerillas. On this admission th ather was scene to cu The charge was false, and the boy, dissnessed at having to give bique with a number of ober children from the village The methods of the securit forces may deter people from helping the boys but they certainly do not win any positive support for Smith. It it for this renson that I think that taik o the man in the midde ca misleading, since il implies that the ordinary person is caught between two equally unpleasant forces Tbe lact is that ibe longSICAL JESSCS LOVE HOW SAOKEE They have voted by rheir actions for the freodom fighters. Westwhen they continue to talk of so-called peaceful settlements

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