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If We Want Any Significant Development, We Must Co-opt Civil Society.

At The Meeting I Argued That The State Had Given Us No Alternative To Violence. I Said It Was Wrong And Immoral To Subject Our People To Armed Attacks By The State Without Offering Them Some Kind Of Alternative. I Mentioned Again That People On Their Own Had Taken Up Arms. Violence Would Begin Whether We Initiated It Or Not. Would It Not Be Better To Guide This Violence Ourselves, According To Principles Where We Saved Lives By Attacking Symbols Of Oppression, And Not People? If We Did Not Take The Lead Now, I Said, We Would Soon Be Latecomers And Followers To A Movement We Did Not Control.

It Is A Grave Error For Any Leader To Be Oversensitive In The Face Of Criticism

The Un Took A Strong Stand Against Apartheid; And Over The Years, An International Consensus Was Built, Which Helped To Bring An End To This Iniquitous System. But We Know Too Well That Our Freedom Is Incomplete Without The Freedom Of The Palestinians...

I Understand That The Legal Position Is Under Review In South Africa And That There Will Soon Be A Broader Set Of Organizations To Which Donors Can Give And Claim Tax Deductions.