Word: itness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The plans were adopted late Saturday at a closed session of the largest anti-apartheid conference ever held in South Africa. It was attended by 4662 Black, white, Indian and mixed-race delegates from 2128 organizations.
One resolution urged whites "to break decisively with all apartheid forces and side with the majority." It urged them to conduct solidarity marches into Black townships and proposed a campaign to create new municipalities by merging white cities and their adjoining Black ghettos.
Another resolution urged an escalation of confrontational activity by Black trade unions. It said workers should be prepared to occupy the Johannesburg Stock Exchange if necessary to prevent possible privatization of major state enterprises such as the postal and transport services.
Wuer Kaixi and Liu Yan came Sunday to remember their friends and fellow protesters who died six months ago or who have been exceuted or arrested since then in the government crackdown on the movement. Liu Binyan was there to express his displeasure that the movement failed to advance the...
Wuer Kaixi and Liu Binyan both reflected on the movement that temporarily ended on June 4 in Tiananmen Square--Wuer Kaixi to canonize its martyrs, Liu Binyan to castigate its errors. They are both right, and they are both wrong. No one could possibly fault Wuer Kaixi for waiting never...