Reply #161: The antiwar movement connected with the rest of the world

[Elbee]

In ’68 we (students) occupied the Admin building at the University of Cape Town in South Africa because the Admin had caved in to pressure from the Apartheid Government and rescinded the appointment of a black lecturer. We were demanding that the admin let the government do its own dirty work instead of doing it for them.

What inspired us to take over this building for 10 days until the cops finally got us out of there: The civil rights and antiwar movements in the US. In South Africa we didn't make a clear distinction between the two movements. We were just inspired by the overall spirit of fighting for peace and justice that emanated from the US at the time.