With their owa blood and their bare hands they faced alone one of the most powerful und ruthless regimes in the world today.
-By their action they put a stop to the cruel deceit DELETE ENHUETAITE and opened ap a new period of struggle against the apartheid African Students Union has pledged itself to that the Sowete students will never have light alone. will everything possible to guarantee that in their present und Tature struggles they will have The demonstration is planned to take place weekend Unfortunately the Anti-Aparhacked the demonstration. But Central Hall Westminster on Socialist Challenge supports mis important impative. but we will also be arguing for local Anti-Apartheid groups to back the demonstration and encourage militants to stay in do London after the rally, These two solidarity events need not be opposed to each other, but should be conspicthe June.
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They have the bombers They have machinegun fire Weapons of propaganda.
Our children NGUGI WA THIONG'O, Kenya's best-known and most talented writer, has been imprisoned without trial since 31 December last year.
The Kenya Government maintains that Ngugi is a "Public Security Risk'. The real reason for his arrest — as you can see from this extract — is his fearless on continued imperialist domination Kenya and the complicity of the neo-colonial regime.
The Ngugi Defence Committee, which is backed by the African Students Union and the Pan African Association of Writers and Journalists, has called a picket of the Kenya Tourist Office on 5 May. It starts at 12.30 at 13 New Burlington Street, London WI.
For leaflets, petitions and further information ge in touch with the committee c/o 28/29 Southampton Street, London WC2 [01-240 0362]And support the picket if you can.
Below we reprint a speech by liberation who was captured and shot by the British from The Trial of Dedan co-authored by Ngugi and Micere Githae Mugo. Like other works by Ngugi it is available in Heinemann's The enemies of our people are strong Their striking power is awesome Why should I hide that from you?
They have greater and more efficient The radio, newspapers, schools, Their universities where they give An education to enfeeble minds, Make them slaves, apes, parrols games in price. return air fares:
The of fighter Kemathi, a play Shadows of the men and women they could have been.
But they are also weak, Very weak, the famed glant on mosquito legs.
Our love of freedom is our Bullet Our successes are our newspaper But Stronger than any machinegun fire Stronger than the Lincoln and Harvard bombers Mightier than their best generals Is our unity and discipline in struggle Le. In buy a ticket you base Many one of propaganda sages a an astona They must also havg and situation in Britain remains that only 50 Argentinians have been given visas and little pressure has been put on the Home Office to create a awareness Therefore. it would seem Brits arrest "terrorist suspect in 1950€ With unity, discipline Along correct lines People's line The liberation of us who sweat and labour legs and mammoth head that the World Cop should be firstly the that being distr huled by the Aman government, and to denounce ils noblical use al 1oo1dal Secondly to use the attention BULLIES 45 a means co ca ness in Britain of the reality of Argentina, and to channel that ongoing campaign within instigation With unity and discipline In our total commitment to We can move mountains We can yet cut off the giant's Truth is our atomie bomb But Discipline is our hydrogen bomb La Matement of condemnation by the British government of the sitiation in Argentina, and an end to the arms crade and promotion pf trade betweca Britain and This is a shortened version of an article which First appeared in Links. the journal of Third World First, one of the sponsors of the Bricisi Argentina Campaign