Africa
Sir,—Although I have no desire to engage in “trumpet blowing,” I would point out to J. J. Verkerk (July 21) that I have come to know that other people in the anti-apartheid movement give some of their time to various organisations, as individuals. In my younger days, I witnessed oppression in England, America, India, long before I had heard of
Karl Marx. Then, the small number of people who voiced disapproval did not need to be labelled “Marxist.” They were totally ignored. The fact that today there are so many concerned people in so many caring organisations around the world, that they have to be a “target” in turn, is a tribute to the determination of the small number of people from way back. The oppressed are usually told how well-off they are; and black South Africans are alert to such excuses.—Yours, etc., KENNETH EBER MARTIN. July 21, 1987.
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