The protests by South African students and parents against the use of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in the schools and the massive demonstrations in solidarity with them by black Africans have exposed the brutality of the apartheid regime and shown the world the desire of the African masses to end the racist oppression they suffer. The Fourth International denounces the barbaric murder of more than 150 unarmed demonstrators by the apartheid regime. This brutal crime once again reveals the true nature of this regime and the apartheid system it perpetuates, a systematic denial of all political rights to the black and "colored" people of South Africa, the overwhelming majority of the population, in order to maintain the superexploitation of black and "colored" workers in the interests of imperialist and white South African superprofits.
The struggle of South African youth for their elementary democratic rights — including the right to an education in the language of their choice — is an integral part of the struggle of all black and "colored" Africans for full democratic freedom, symbolized by the demand "one person one vote" without racial discrimination of any kind.
The Fourth International calls for a vigorous campaign of international solidarity with the struggle of black Africans against the Pretoria murderers and their imperialist backers. BOYCOTT SOUTH AFRICAN GOODS, SHIPS, AND AIRPLANES! NOT ONE GUN, NOT ONE PENNY OF AID FOR PRETORIA! SUPPORT THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF THE AFRICAN MASSES!
July 4, 1976