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The weapons and vehicles with which the apartheid regime gunned down over 170 South African school children in #Soweto 1976 came from West Germany.
East Germany (the #DDR), on the other hand, had been a leading supporter of the anti-apartheid struggle. A very brief thread:
East Germany (the #DDR), on the other hand, had been a leading supporter of the anti-apartheid struggle. A very brief thread:
https://twitter.com/PeoplesForumNYC/status/1669712795254890500
The apartheid troops that were deployed to suppress the #sowetouprising drove trucks made by the West German Mercedes-Benz corporation. Their weapons had been delivered by West Germany, which maintained close relations with the apartheid regime until the very end.
We recently interviewed the anti-apartheid militant Ronnie Kasrils, who recounted his experiences & impression of the socialist states' solidarity with the ANC.
Kasrils was 1 of hundreds of anti-apartheid militants to receive military training in the #DDR.
ifddr.org/en/interview-r…
Kasrils was 1 of hundreds of anti-apartheid militants to receive military training in the #DDR.
ifddr.org/en/interview-r…
In the interview, he describes the ideological and material basis of the solidarity and cooperation between the socialist states and the national liberation struggle. He also recounts his impressions of the GDR and discusses some of the reasons for its stagnation by the 1980s. 
"Comrades, solidarity is a two-way street. It is not just that we come here from South Africa and we receive solidarity from the GDR or the Soviet Union. It is what we can also provide them: they require this steadfast support, this alliance – ... "
" ... for example, through the ‘non-aligned movement’ which is progressive and anti-imperialist, which the socialist countries support and don’t simply see as neutral between two camps."
The full interview is also available on YouTube:
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