Armed Struggle

To a question on the black people's acceptance of the need for armed struggle, Isaacs replied that it is widespread and that this was the position of the main mass organisations inside South Africa.

What was the effectiveness of the black student movement? asked another questioner. The student organisations worked closely with both the black trade unions and the Azanian Peoples' Organisation (AZAPO). Presently it is co-ordinating a campaign against black 'education' and also has some links with the movement based outside the country.

Asked about where the call for the Tour to be called off had come from, he replied that its origin was the South African Council for Sport, an affiliate of which was the South Africa Rugby Union (black - ed), the largest rugby organisation in the country which has 70% of all players in it. AZAPO has also called for the tour to be called off as well as the Azanian Students' organisation and the Soweto Committee of Ten.

A question was asked on the PAC's attitude to the relation between the race question and the class question in Azania. In reply Isaacs stated that equality would only come through equitable distribution of the country's wealth and that meant socialism. But the first step would be the fight for black freedom. He added that the black people were triply oppressed - as working class people, as people with black skins, and as an oppressed nation which does not have self determination.