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"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society."
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"We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa."
"Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing."
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