- Title
- LACOM News issue 2 November 1986
- Creator
- LACOM, SACHED
- Subject
- LACOM, SACHED
- Date
- Nov 1986
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/117787
- Identifier
- vital:34559
- Description
- On June 16th 1976 the youth of Soweto once again opened the struggle against Bantu Education. It is now 10 years later and COSATU has united the workers movement more than ever before. Workers must now become active in the struggle against Bantu Education. As we show in this booklet the struggles of the youth against Bantu Education are part of the struggle of the working class, part of the struggle against oppression and exploitation. On June 16th 1976, 20 000 students started a peaceful march through Soweto to protest against Afrikaans being used as the medium of instruction in schools The police opened fire and were shot and killed. 1976 was the year in which the bitter anger of the youth of our land spilt over. The reaction of the state was violent and direct. Hundreds of our youth were murdered or maimed, others tortured and tried and many more had to flee the borders of the land to avoid the cruel sjambok of the police state. It was the year of SOWETO. It was the year in which students once again saw the need to protest against the rot in their education system. It was a year of blood, fire and bullets . Ten long years of determined struggle have followed since then and there has been no peace. Hundreds - even thousands - of our youth have died in ongoing State violence in our country. The working class has been drawn directly into this bitter struggle. It has suffered the loss of its sons and daughters. It has mourned their deaths. Together with the students, thousands of workers have been brutalized and attacked by the State and its collaborators. Sadly, these events have often left some workers confused, powerless and even divided. As workers we must clearly understand what June 16th means for the working class in this sick and violent society.
- Format
- 23 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- THE LABOUR AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROJECT (LACOM), South African Committee of Higher Education (SACHED)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- South African Committee of Higher Education (SACHED), THE LABOUR AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROJECT (LACOM)
- Rights
- No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher
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