ment's Ruskin College in Oxford have launched a compaign against their college's association with the Institution of Industrial Education in Sout Africa.
with the lIE was taken in November by Ruskin's Executive Committee, following recommendations from the college Principal. who had just returned trom a visit to South Africa.
As the working party set up by Ruskin's Student Association to look into the matter say in their recently published Report: "No attempt was made by Principal to consult with informed a and interested Ruskin students bers of the Kitson Corimities, ctive members of the Oxford Students at the trade union move and students from Southern Africa al present studying at Ruskin Collegei' While the HE is nominally concerned with the educationmainly through correspondence The decision to establish links courses of black workers to un derstand their industrial environment and to improve their vicious apartheid system.
Ruskin stucents state: The Huthelezi... who recently featured in adverlisemients in the Britiso to invest in South Africa that they "trouble-free workforce".
Despite this fact. ptior to his visit to South Africa recently announced that it Interested students Included mem donating £11,000 to the HE.
the Roport points out, chis is part of a contnuing retecat by Altican trade unionism, but, as ted in the ahout similar need the agrecent of the Vorster regime to function, otherwise the situation as workers', it cannot be leaders and full-time black organineutral in the struggle against the sers would become a very easy As the prey to the security forces and suffer the sume fate as those Chancellor of HE is Chief Gatsha before chem. If the South African Governmeat, with its strongly held opposition to black trade unionism Press, advising capitalists intending allows the centre to operate free ly, then it a kely that tne woul enjoy the benefits of riotives of the parties involved will be open to doubs." the TUC bas is TUC has been deceived by the Assuperficial Hace lift that the South African Government is trying to give eration al Free Keport hax warned projects:
It is certais that the ceatre woald graver suspicions students tical structure, The Report suggests that the repressive carried out in conjunction with Trade Unions'-a notorious tool of American Imperialist policies freely used by the ClA-gives ground for even After a thoroughgoing study of the British lahour movement continue the wile question, the Ruskin party comes lo the following conclusion: *1. There can he no effective African working claw organisation withdr present repressive conomic and poliTherefore sach a body students deserves every support, as the HE would either have to conform to and be accommodated with in this structure-or challenge it. None of the evidence mailable indicates that your support for these recommend dey would take the latter course.
In any case, either alternative would reiler it practically impotent entil the College present apartheid system is crushed. 2. There must be a continuation of But the fuck for the foll effective implementation of the Geneva Resolution of the Internalional Trade Union Conference on Aparthold Iwhich calls for a policy of total aon collaburation with the South African regime] and to stand firmly against any attempts to divert the struggle, 3. As a result of 1 and 2, we recommend Wat Ruskin College and the policy of total economic. social and academic boycott of South Africa thenchy breaking off this new association with the HE which all too clearly contravenes the Genera Mesolution.
The stand of the Ruskin and we would urge militants in the Labour movement to take up their request to make known ations to your own organisation and to the Principal of Ruskin Further information and copies of the Report obtained
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