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Socialist Action/ Asher Harer movement against apartheid in South Africa. The successful Nov. 5 general strike in the Transvaal region demonstrated the growing organization and power of the Black working class.
The Black unions, which have grown dramatically in recent years, successfully disrupted daily life in the Johannesburg area. The two-day strike, which shut down factories and left service stations without gasoline, involved 800,000 workers.
The platform of demands issued by the strike committee called for a cancellation of the increases in rents and utilities, the rehiring of fired workers, and freedom for those arrested. It also solidarized with the demands of Black and Coloured [persons of mixed descent] students who were on strike in the high schools and universities.
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Palestine National Council: Palestinians on the West Bank and the Gaza strip watched the proceedings live on Jordanian television.