Pamphlet regarding Christmas against the emergency. Over 40 000 people were detained and some nearly killed by apartheid forces and thousands of students were locked out of schools. Therefore UDF calls on all people affected to strike.
Archive record
Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency

- Origin date
- 16 December 1986
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111355
South African History Online (2016) ' Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111355 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111355, (accessed 24 September 2026).
" Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111355. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. " Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111355.
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