Editing Steve Biko (section)

===Foreign and domestic relations===
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Biko opposed any collaboration with the apartheid government, such as the agreements that the Coloured and Indian communities made with the regime.{{sfn|Ahluwalia|Zegeye|2001|p=462}} In his view, the [[Bantustan]] system was "the greatest single fraud ever invented by white politicians", stating that it was designed to divide the Bantu-speaking African population along tribal lines.{{sfn|Mangcu|2014|p=244}} He openly criticised the Zulu leader [[Mangosuthu Buthelezi]], stating that the latter's co-operation with the South African government "[diluted] the cause" of black liberation.{{sfn|Woods|1978|p=98}} He believed that those fighting apartheid in South Africa should link with anti-colonial struggles elsewhere in the world and with activists in the global African diaspora combating racial prejudice and discrimination.{{sfn|Ahluwalia|Zegeye|2001|p=463}} He also hoped that foreign countries would boycott South Africa's economy.{{sfn|Mangcu|2014|p=250}}

Biko believed that while apartheid and white-minority rule continued, "sporadic outbursts" of violence against the white minority were inevitable.{{sfn|Woods|1978|p=104}} He wanted to avoid violence, stating that "if at all possible, we want the revolution to be peaceful and reconciliatory".{{sfn|Woods|1978|p=71}} He noted that views on violence differed widely within the BCM{{snd}}which contained both [[pacifism|pacifists]] and believers in violent revolution{{snd}}although the group had agreed to operate peacefully, and unlike the PAC and ANC, had no armed wing.{{sfnm|1a1=Woods|1y=1978|1p=104|2a1=Mangcu|2y=2014|2p=198}}

A staunch [[anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]],{{sfn|Mngxitama|Alexander|Gibson|2008|p=3}} Biko saw the South African situation as a "microcosm" of the broader "black–white power struggle" which manifests as "the global confrontation between the [[Third World]] and the rich white nations of the world".{{sfn|Kamola|2015|p=66}} He was suspicious of the [[Soviet Union]]'s motives in supporting African liberation movements, relating that "Russia is as imperialistic as America", although he acknowledged that "in the eyes of the Third World they have a cleaner slate".{{sfn|Woods|1978|p=100}} He also acknowledged that the material assistance provided by the Soviets was "more valuable" to the anti-apartheid cause than the "speeches and wrist-slapping" provided by Western governments.{{sfn|Woods|1978|p=107}} He was cautious of the possibility of a post-apartheid South Africa getting caught up in the imperialist [[Cold War]] rivalries of the United States and the Soviet Union.{{sfn|Mngxitama|Alexander|Gibson|2008|p=3}}