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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
I think, too, this has shown the real feeling
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of solidarity with those who are struggling against apartheid,
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and it is symbolic of the unity in this,
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the United Nations year of anti-apartheid,
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that it shows the determination to finally wipe out
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all remnants of detested colonialism.
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The declaration that we have adopted as a concrete proposal
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proves that this roundtable has all [[met??]] its aims,
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but the real test is what we are going to do
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when we leave this meeting.
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We must take the messages of suffering
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and of struggle that we have heard out to the women, out to the people, all over the world.
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We must have meetings, we must speak over the radio,
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we must write articles in the press, on TV.
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We must speak to women's meetings, youth meetings,
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particularly to trade union meetings.
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Of course, here, together, it was a wonderful feeling of solidarity.
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We are all like-minded. We know the horror of apartheid.
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But let us remember. All people do not know these facts.
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They must be told. This is our job. This is our responsibility.
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They must not only be told, they must be aroused.
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They must be united into action. They must pressure their governments.
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We must carry out the concrete proposals that we have adopted today.
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We must widely publicize the declaration that we have adopted.
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Dear friends, I too want to thank all the participants.
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Some for coming, for traveling so far, and for the speeches that you have made.
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Of course I want to thank OMA. To all of us, it was a wonderful inspiration
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To have the opportunity to hear those young women,
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fresh from the provinces, who spoke so willingly about the work they have done.
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[[applause]].
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But it was very moving indeed. For me to have witnessed
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the women who have made it possible for the young women today
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to be free in a free Angola.
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I want to-- to thank OMA, and thank the pioneers
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who came and greet us, because they brought right into this roundtable
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the joy and the beauty that free children need.
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I want to-- to thank the [[WIDF??]] and, particularly,
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[[??]] Violet for the clear, concise, and decisive
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contribution he made to us.
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And most of all, to thank President Neto for making it possible. [[applause]]
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[[applause]]
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Of course we say thank you to the technical workers and to those friends of OMA
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who provided the lovely cakes and the lovely snacks
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that reinforced our strength in between all our speeches,
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and also the drivers and-- Do we call them the outdrivers;
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those beautiful, slim, young women, who handle those motorbikes like real veterans.
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[[applause]]
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I want too to thank all those who work behind the scenes,
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and particularly, to thank our interpreters who've done such a patient [[??]] [[applause]] job [[inaudible]]
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[[applause]]
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I want too to thank the mass media, the television, the radio, and the press
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who have done so much to help us to take our message out to the world.
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[[applause]]
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{SPEAKER name="Freda Brown"}
I think you can say that the message from this roundtable is:
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that the struggle against Apartheid is not the struggle of the South Africans;
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it is not the struggle of the front line--
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Transcription Notes:
You don't have speaker names. Have to fix other things. The speaker is Freda Brown, president of the WIDF, Added this to first line. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-07 14:23:58