beople of South Africa, would fight for our rights. We made this known not only with words. Dynamite blasts announced it... Why we fight To you, the sons and daughters of the soil, our case is clear. The white oppressors have stolen our land. They have destroyed our families. They have taken for themselves the best hat there is in our rich country and have left us the worst. They have the fruits and the riches. We have the backbreaking toil and the poverty. Ne burrow into the belly of the earth to dig out gold, diamonds, coal, uranium. The white oppressors and foreign nvestors grab all this wealth. It is used for their enrichment and to buy arms to suppress and kill us. n the factories, on the farms, on the railways, wherever you go, the hard, dirty, dangerous, badly paid jobs are ours. The best jobs are for whites only. n our own land we have to carry passes; we are restricted and banished while the white oppressors move about freely. Dur homes are hovels; those of the whites are luxury mansions, flats and farmsteads. There are not enough schools for our children; the standard of education is low, and we have to pay for it. But the government uses our taxes and the wealth we create to provide free education for white children. Ne have suffered long enough. Over 300 years ago the white invaders began a ceaseless war of aggression against us, murdered our forefathers, stole our land and enslaved our people. Today they still rule by force. They murder our people. They still enslave us. Only by meeting force with force can we win back our motherland. What we fight for Ne are fighting for democracy majority rule the right of the Africans to rule Africa. We are fighting for a South Africa in which there will be peace and harmony and equal rights for all people. Ne are not racialists, as the white oppressors are. The African National Congress has a message of freedom for all who

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On 16th December, 1961, Umkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, made it known that we, the oppressed
people of South Africa, would fight for our rights. We made this known not only with words. Dynamite blasts
announced it....
Why we fight
To you, the sons and daughters of the soil, our case is clear.
The white oppressors have stolen our land. They have destroyed our families. They have taken for themselves the best
that there is in our rich country and have left us the worst. They have the fruits and the riches. We have the
backbreaking toil and the poverty.
We burrow into the belly of the earth to dig out gold, diamonds, coal, uranium. The white oppressors and foreign
investors grab all this wealth. It is used for their enrichment and to buy arms to suppress and kill us.
In the factories, on the farms, on the railways, wherever you go, the hard, dirty, dangerous, badly paid jobs are ours.
The best jobs are for whites only.
In our own land we have to carry passes; we are restricted and banished while the white oppressors move about freely.
Our homes are hovels; those of the whites are luxury mansions, flats and farmsteads.
There are not enough schools for our children; the standard of education is low, and we have to pay for it. But the
government uses our taxes and the wealth we create to provide free education for white children.
We have suffered long enough.
Over 300 years ago the white invaders began a ceaseless war of aggression against us, murdered our forefathers, stole
our land and enslaved our people.
Today they still rule by force. They murder our people. They still enslave us.
Only by meeting force with force can we win back our motherland.
What we fight for
We are fighting for democracy majority rule the right of the Africans to rule Africa. We are fighting for a South Africa in
which there will be peace and harmony and equal rights for all people.
We are not racialists, as the white oppressors are. The African National Congress has a message of freedom for all who
live in our country.
Transcribed Image Text:On 16th December, 1961, Umkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, made it known that we, the oppressed people of South Africa, would fight for our rights. We made this known not only with words. Dynamite blasts announced it.... Why we fight To you, the sons and daughters of the soil, our case is clear. The white oppressors have stolen our land. They have destroyed our families. They have taken for themselves the best that there is in our rich country and have left us the worst. They have the fruits and the riches. We have the backbreaking toil and the poverty. We burrow into the belly of the earth to dig out gold, diamonds, coal, uranium. The white oppressors and foreign investors grab all this wealth. It is used for their enrichment and to buy arms to suppress and kill us. In the factories, on the farms, on the railways, wherever you go, the hard, dirty, dangerous, badly paid jobs are ours. The best jobs are for whites only. In our own land we have to carry passes; we are restricted and banished while the white oppressors move about freely. Our homes are hovels; those of the whites are luxury mansions, flats and farmsteads. There are not enough schools for our children; the standard of education is low, and we have to pay for it. But the government uses our taxes and the wealth we create to provide free education for white children. We have suffered long enough. Over 300 years ago the white invaders began a ceaseless war of aggression against us, murdered our forefathers, stole our land and enslaved our people. Today they still rule by force. They murder our people. They still enslave us. Only by meeting force with force can we win back our motherland. What we fight for We are fighting for democracy majority rule the right of the Africans to rule Africa. We are fighting for a South Africa in which there will be peace and harmony and equal rights for all people. We are not racialists, as the white oppressors are. The African National Congress has a message of freedom for all who live in our country.
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