Vol. 2 No. :I ,.au, 1987_.

The South/Nonh ~IopmentGroup ofWuhin&ton. D.c.. a regi&tered .nt of thePeople'. Republic of Angola, is calling uponAmericana to proteM increaaH U. S. supportfor South Africa'a war apmst AnP TheIfOUp '* alening U. S. citiuna to three"damaging bllis' prellltntJy bef(n Concreu.On Mil,. 21,lansuI8e from Senator J>eCon­anr. non·binding reeoIutlOn (S.R. 174) ..•ing lhe PreAidenlto bioc:k CMaln bulinalltrade prac:tic;es wrth AnaPla .. attached tolhe Supplememal Budeet Act and ...unanimous/y paI8elL A1800n May 21. SenaIorDok: introduced • bmdinJ bill (s. 1228)impoaing I trade embargo upon Angola.Although thil bill .. rrierred to lhe Com­mllteeon F"1IWlCe, it .expected lhIt SenaorDole allOwill attach it to pendmg~1On.uch U the Trade Bill or lhe 1988 Fitcal YearForeign AaBiSlan<:e Bill. And on Jan. 6, HouseResolulion340 was introduced by Rep. Dan­nemeyer, authorizing$27 million in militaryaid to ONITA. The South/Nonh Group iiiasking Americans to urge their Se.nalOI'l andRepresentalives to prohibit all coven andO'fen atd toUNITA and 10oppolle'UsanctlOnltgnmlt Angola. U you desire further infor­malkln, Contacl: South/North DevelopmentGroup, 610 Fourth Place, SW, Washington,DC 20024 (202) 554-7032.

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NamibianConference

U.S. CongressionalBills Imperil

Angola

From July 23·25, Clel'lY aDd Laity Con­cerned joined with mall)' of the ..me 01­

pM.tiona to bolla Uniud Nation. Con·r.",ace OD Namibia-.U.s. policy. AlmoIi260 peopl..wndiNi thuonf.nnee held atthe LuthuanSchool ol'l"lwoqy..Cbicaco­The American Conuniuee on Africa, theCOlIlition for lIllnW DiveIcment I'ru:D SouthAfriea, the Free South Africa Movement,the Coalition mBllck1"nlde Uftionl.", andthe Chkaco Chapter of T'ranaAlrka joinedwith Chicaco CALC a1d the U.N, Councilon Namibia to arpnil.l thI. rare Mid­wellem ,vent.

Durin. the flnt two dlyaof the Conler'mel .pecial worklhoPll were held for topNamibilUl activllta lroro around the country.Durina the last dAY, 130 Chicaco cltiuMattended Yt'orkJhO{M open to the public.Top official. of the South W.,t AfricanPeople'. OfllUlb.ation (SWAPO) attended,indudin, SecteWya.nefti Adlm. ToivojaTolvo. Repreae.ntativtl John Cony.,.. (D­MI), Rep. Chari., HaY" (D.IL), and Sen·,tor Peul Simon (D.D.) ChairmAn ollheAfrican Alfain SubnwnmittM 01 the SenateForelpl Relationl Commit," alaeattended. The cooterwnce alto drew the...lUmber 01 trO unIonilU In Cble.co'a......,..

investment council kxaietl replacement.ock. and bonds promiaina: • high • r-teof return.

SenMor Bill Frye (D-Eugene), the bW'aSenMe ipOMOf', said Orqon'aadm "will behean::I in the halls 0( Pretoria". Besides Frye,theontySenatortoapeakonthebill ..JImHill, one 0(the"e'. two Blackaenalon. He_~ hal coIlM&uet that the meseure

to IUppart tbr \t.:Itcommun. freedOm {'ihlen. U. pnx_ClI'pIUImI hope thll~ at the dealhlU1 Hol'nome will persuade .AmmatM tooppote Illy effc:wu 10 lupport the MNR.

The State 'Treasurer, who had oppoRddivestiture under the old adminiltrahon.-dropped hia oppclIilloo when he learnedGokfachmktt favored lhe action. The tr~

IUrerworked with biUlponlICn 10 falhion anlICCeplable arranaement for Ie:I1iI1l affected.... /undo.

Unlkr the new law, SMlO minion in Itocband bondI 01 U.S. CXIIIlpltftiet doinabusme.in Stub A&ir.a will be IlO&d over I four yearperiod.~. will be lOkIalhe Ilate

hdl:oncaIIr-.... t...a\·I1al~:efttIthe: U. S.stal~departmmt haI~theJare murderus Wllh httle pohtx:al direction.Dnpile ltus. Sel1Ollon .Je-e HelrM andRobm Dole have cll"'UKd Ibm wiab fur

Oregon Divestiture Becomes Law

Mozambican Massacre

In 1985, OttROO State Reprl!SefllllliveMllrgaret Clrter lucceMfully puahed • di·vatmml bill throuah the HOUle and SenateonIylohlYe.vtto«Ibyl~Victor

Aliyeh. This year, luc:etI .. swetter. AmlK:h ICraneer dive.tment bill piMed the&-nate by. 22-8 vote on May 20, and it.,.-.ned into law by • new iOftmOC'. NtllGokItchmidl:. A ~ihon cI Inlt-aparthc!ktIdMII.can~O¥erlhe,.,lO-.ure

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Th6 ul424peoplf'ODJ&,..118thmMldImblqut! by the MNR n. caUlltd OUI­rage In the International oommunny.INmoMtratonacJl* the U. S. pn:lCNled thetenael_ d~bI aI the hands oltn.e SouthAlnan-supported MNR. MNR lAr1JeU hav~

UNITED STATES

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lth AhW.n .4d""," ah. d•.m:Nd lhlIIt",,-11.., .ut1.,..,d hy thou.antl,' 01 he,1dWl1t)". claldt.n A, .hI.j.It.k••• cia.. otrtu14ltJ.lpbul .c-hooI (hlld..." IlIlinttd

Divestment Successful in South/West

• compromlAt!.. Thll allowed lhem 10 con­lln\H' inyelhna in motit of the m~ cor­ponltionl optntm. in Soot h Africa becauseI"" rortlpantet adhul'd to the Principles.

Sullivan', announctmenl was greetl!dWIth pralle by anti.apartheid organiutionswhKh have Iouaht.lnll the princtplessmcetheir 1n($1On. The Reagan IdmlnistrationVOKe!d~. hit decwonand .everalcor­porMJCInt. aICh • MobiJ Oil. ¥OW«llo remamin Sooth AfncI WIthout hit IUpport. TheU. N. Special CommlltH: Apmst Apartheid_!Jed , at.emenl welcoming SUUlvan',anoouncftMnt and mdorted his call fOf" I

loW tmbrIrF on trade and fOf" the tennlM­lion 01 III dlpklnwlC relations wuh lheapartheid~mt.

"'teoo the RoorJuly 10. and Itpaued by."Ok' "'ole. Bf:elUM the .mendment dc».not "ppel1 irl the Hou.. tnIde bill, WOAhopu It will btl dropped in Oae: Hou..'Senate: eonI'IINm-. committee. Ho-'ever.WOA utle. con.t1IUeDU to make their(Milnel !mown if they want to eNure illd.fHl.

Finally, Aft 1580/S.5&6. lbe Compre·MllIlve Senction. Bill intmduce:d Feb­Nel)' 19 by Rep, Ron Oellum••nd SenltorAlan CraNton, hu been refelTed tD theS'naUl Foreign RewuOf\I Committee andth. HOUH Forelsn Alr.in Commillee.Sub.tlnUve eeUon mi,bt ooL.we p"'ceunWI.te Frll.ln the mellltime. Ihll,oal ofrupporterlta to edd to tbeliat of toDp"U­IKlneI co-,pof\lJOrl, M ofJune 6, therewueM Howe CG-IlPOl\lOrI and only IS Senaleto-liJ)OnlOn. The Wuhinewn Office: onAfrica would Ii1a to _ 100 Houn eo­~ .nd 26 Senale eo-.ponIOrI. Theyuk ronIli1.Uf:nl.l to urae their Conry·peopl. to "Ill onto thi.I lelislltioo .hich""'OIl1d .nd aU U.S. Ind• .nth and bu.lnHIin South AJrica.

F~ antonuuon on .U teC*nl divut­1IIftlt. contMt the Amrri«n Coaunit~OD

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SullivanAbandons Code

LegislativeUpdate

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CHEERS ANDTEARS

'TIY1«OPfdJUlJIMi' tfFrrncJu.atiotu. whichmd in QuebecCity in AUBUIIt. Oneoftbeonly unanimous retOlulions to corne 0111of the conference wa. R resolution callingfor the end of apanheid and the introduc­lion of majority rule in South Africa.

people anywhere 11\ the WOI1d. Thday,labor leadenare being ilITested. torturedand murdered in South Africa and c:annotcome htte to klbby. 'That ..why Iam he~My plea to you is10pleMe stand by-thesepeople and paIIlhese resolulw:m: 10 thatwe an CQ 1he JP)(! name of HawaiiW

Lujtho,.Ja, the West Gennan airlines,wbich has dillO)nlinucd it, Nairobi-Johan.nesbulll nighl.. Luflhansa.ioins SAS,theScandinavian carrier, as the sec::ondEuropean airline to discontinue SouthAfrican nlghl..

U. S. torporQhtMs 'dud! lioN hmud dotnI..SCMltli N"alll IJI'IlahoJl10partICipate inthe MOMeI Bay fuel-from.p' prn;ea.Bechtel and KellOllX turned down oI[ttIU did engmeenng finn FoeleT WheeleT,which is disinveating.

TUBnsloI. E1tI4t"d~r_Mr4 whichwilhdrew all itl facllitte1l • two tennistoumam~ts when it Ieamed that SouthAfricans were Invited to compete. Teanto the English Lawn Tennis Anociation,.-hll:h spenl an a<khtJonaJ 10.000 poundsto st. the evenl, wnbout COUncilIiUP­pan, 1'II.her' than expd the South Ahicanpi.,....

AJfJtmlltJ. whole economic sanctionsagainst South Africa were eJ.tendtd toNamibia.o(June L An AtIlltraJian sp0kes­man eJ.p[aincd his government fearedSouth Africa could exploil its illegal OI:C\I.

pallOCl of Namibia in order to circumventintemationaltrac!e sandions.

T1wI J"tmliltimJaJStxm,/arr HI4mm1 Riglru(ISHR), , West Germsn·based groupwbich hal released a study recommend·inal hat the West end its isolat ion ofSouthAfrica. The IJ"OUP, in calling for the end ofcullural. economic and spon, boycotts.elfplail1l that loch iaolaUon I, painful andrCliU11I in lhe isolated penon fcelinarejected They label iIoIatm .. "inhu­m&ft policy'"

1'M Bolito,. Judge who dulalklwed thenee_ity defense In the trial of sevenHarvard .udenllarrested fordemonstrst­ing oullide a fund raising dinner given byHarvard President, Derek Bolt. The acti­villi wanted 10 prove the necessity ofbreaklllll the law in order to prevent thegreater harm of Harvard', suppon forapartheid. Wilb the diSllllowal oflhe de.renae, many expert wilnelleS could nottestify and the ~ven were round guilty.

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~oot "aliUb&:'diaryoflht! U. S. engineer -...;::, ,elinenes In London, where it is still legalmg group, HAllIBURTON COMPANY. to Import South African gold bullion.Thepr-ofedwilJallO~ireonshorepn> Engelhard II aleo panWly owned byoessmgpWI18locooVe:rttbegasmtohquid AngIo-American.. huge Soulh Africanfuela. MOBIL, SHELL. and CALTEX are eongkImerate.reponed mterested in the proceuing,.is the engineering company. Badger, a.ub&:,diary of RAYTHEON, To part icipatein thlt project, U. S. companies would ,have tocontravene the Nov.lO, 1986 U, N.General Auembly Resolution on the OilEmballle agamlll Soutb Africa.

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TIM U S. Mi,,', which has admItted thaithe gold In its all-American eagle coin.could come from Soutb Africa. While thelaw requires ''U, S, newly mined grlld"lObe used In lhe &tgIe coin, wheneverpouible, foreign gold may be used, Andgold refinel1l melt down gold from alllheir 1OUn::ee logether. Mini DirectorDonna Pope has told the HOUle Subcomrmluce on coinage that she hal no way ofknowing if the gold in the coins is U, S.gold, South African or Rusaian. columnistJack Andenon has discovered that EnaeI­hard. the company auppling the mint with83lIIt 01 the pd blanb (or the coil'll has

quickly, in seconds. I jusl wasn't prepared tofighl a Soulb African, whileapanheid aiMs,for all the money in !.he world.~

The WBA is the only hoJ.ing federationWhICh slIlI rankl Soul h African boxers. rn-.­lure is no... mountma: on the WBA \0u~South Africa when they hold their aMuaIconventlOl1 III October. The Nevada Alh!et)cCommisslOll, ...hkh has withdrawn from theWBA in protest. is e:K])edcd to pcesent Imotm It the convention call Ing fOl' a tOiaiban on ,poning links wilh South Africa.

TM UJllttd SUltn. JajJa" and tM NATOlOtlJltnn. whooppoaed a U. N, resolutioncondemning "the inaftltd recnutmetlt,financi~ training, assembly,tl1lnsit. useolandsuppon to mercenaries fortM pur·poee of deat.abilizing and over throwingthe governmentl of Soulhern Africa,Central AmerICan and other developingstales." Cheera to the 38 countrie'l o( lheU. N. Eoonomic and Social Countil woooverruled thl' Owe-it ion 10 pall theresolutIOn. ThouRb no mercenary groupswere ciled 8peclfiCilly. it W3t genel1lllyunderstood thaltoo..e condemned werethe Nicaraguan oonlra8 and lhe AngolanUNTTA and Mot.amb,can Renamo guer­rillas.

Tilt U, S. C(1r/lOnltiortl which are involvedin South Arrica', MOdel Bay fuel-from­gas pro;ect. The pro,ect II pIln at SouthAfrica', plan 10 become aelf·,ufrlCienl Infuel so lhat they are invaluable to fulureinternational oil boycott.. 8«lluseSouthAfrica IacU the6~ise to oomplete theproiect, they are dependent on fordenparticipation. Brown Ind Root. I Briti'hEneineerina comPll\Y. iaMCretly recruit­ina 100 offshore oil worIten. Brown and

CHEERS

WelterweightChamp Honored

for Anti-ApartheidStand

n late 1986, Lloyd Honeyghan became thendisput~ world welterweight champion,mtingthe wac, WBA and IBF belt.. How­er, when offx:iailiold him he mUll defendlitle~ I South AfTican, the number

contender in the WBA rankmp.ahan publicly lbrew hll WBA world

lie belt Into a dUll bin.AsI retult orbis.elf­leu 1ICI.1On, Honeyghan wa awarded a clta·lion at a reception held 11\ hiS honor by the:

niled Nlliona. Honeyghan lold thoee pre.sent that the citahon "means~ to meIhan any 01 my titles. I made my mmd up "ery

em, Rodnqua. StaI, Dtr«turt{tM U,ul#JdP14b11c WodmofHali!tlu and PreaKlent ofthe HawaII AFlA:IO, who eloquentlyWllCed labor', support ofdivestment. TheHawaii Senace passed I divestment~lutlOl'l aCler hearing his It5Ilmony andthat or mlny Glhe.... Rodnques Itlled."""'e have the: retpoo lbtlity 10 rome 10the auppon and lid 0(oppreMed .--kinR:

TIw *""y PBS I*bllc tdmslDft Mahotuwbollrtd "BOPHAr dUringthe monlhoCJune. The one hour film inl r"ft2Ye1louc. of rac:w unrest In South Alncawllh ICtnet from ~llOPHA!~, I pbyabouttile ttNale bttw~blade South AfricanpoIw::e and blICk IdlvillC.. The at lric playv-Tillen by Soulh African pla~Pt:n.:y Mtwa. co-author or '"Wou Albert,"probts lhe cooflkt, apanheKl causeswllhm the black communlly in a tensrtivemanner .hll:h baJanc:a the sm­IlIltonah.,.don o( Ihit islue PractICed byIhe U. S. prt'U.

San FranciscansSalute South

African Women

The cily 0( 0110, Noway, whach p1anl toImpose /I boycOit again't Shell Oil', IU~lidiary In Norway i( Shell has IlOt with­drawn from South Africa by August 1.The city will nOi renew itl fuellupplycontAct Wilh Shell, which expirN inAURUBI, if Shell continuN doing busineuIn South Africa. Cheers alao to EQebjergand Clutrup, Denmark, which lavealready changed to other oil companies(or fuel contract.; and 10 Odente andArhu.. Dt'nmark. which have stoppedusingShell (uell for public lBfllporlationvehklea.

Syracuse ActivistsCommemorate

Soweto

TM tlaotumulll(A...mtmt.I1to'ho Itnt ~­Ittllothe U.S.Stale~mentin~pan 01 Dl."an ranum', rr:1e..e fromd~entlon. Tht LuthrTan Church', cam-­patgn 'I"MIO IUa.W&luI that State~.ment offICials reponed 21' ol all matir~lved by the OepanlMnt m)Mluary.... on FanAIII·, behalf.

OnJune 1.5, MayorTborMs Young iasued adlrl!dlve reqUl"n, banks boldine SyracuseCIty fundi to atop rxtendinllines olcndlltocorpomlOOl dort\J( buSltle. in South Africaand Namib... On June 16, l00antHparthetdIClrvllila I1Illicd on the II~ of City Hall tocelebrate the new law and to honor thememoryolau thole wbodled inSouthAlnc:adtven years ago. Thaho Raphoto. an exiledSouth Afncan woRm. for the AmencanFnendtServn Committee, haded the bank­ing m~asu~ but uratd that the entire nattonmU$l reacll"the mOlllmponant point in theleale of economic dlltngagement-lhe ter·mlnatlCln of aU South Afra proHt makinglC!iYitlei by U. S. corporation&W

Representative 0( cel~bmfionllwldthrough-.0111 the world In honor or South AfricanWomen'l Day, August 8, was the e\lenlauended by over XlO people in San Fran­alOD, The theme or the event, "And Still JRise," WII derIVed from I poem by MayaAnaelou. "You may lhoot me WIth yourwords. You may CUI me Wilh your eyet, Youmay IIU1 me With your Mtefu"'-, But lull,like Ilr, J'U rise."

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AJ'RICA PEACE TOURTour participant, Ann Satdaao (I) de.criba. how ao ~rlcan

.10_ to u~~d In Anlola. The tour visited ••ven atat•• 10 thedup aouth tn Aprll, 1987.

Amandla 198

Co:Philadelphia 1Itti..1*tht'id 'IIl'Obn InC

oth« critica cJ Reepn pobciee had 10 iipIbard for • place in the 200th anni\~ceIebnltion 01 the U.s. Conttimtion.

Ho.ieYer. in aplte 01 oppoeitiM by the Nttiona! Park Service and the City o! Philldelpbil, the c.U to Conscience joined wnlother local JtOUPI in • succeufu! mardInd "Ilyon July 16th. ThepIof the 200(pattic:ipanll ....re dear· End U.S. IIDCSouth African raciam."

While U.s. Concre_ members pthereclfor ., te-enKtmetlt 01 the 5iIninI cl t.bIConatitution., demollluaton ,.thered atJFK Plat. 10 protelt the repeated ca.'promlH of the ideail of the Conatitutka.

The optnin, raIJy carne to. head with thIper{orman('l!: of I rap due. The .udienctwu led throuah intr'k.le politieel·e<onomil:arW)'ti. in the form of ••pirited ,..p tune.The two rnuliciant followed 1Ibor. gO';em·

Labor. Religiousand

Anti-ApartheidOrganizations

Call forCongressional

Hearings

LutSprinfover 1500 peopI. from acrouthe country oonvaned In Wuhinpon, D.C.to .nenel the nr.t annual Martin LutherKIne:. Jr Sympoclum on Southem AfriCII.Tbll event __ 10 lue:c:euful that the W..h.iqton Office on Arne. Educational Fundwill lponeor the evenl "aln In April 1988.Fnm! April 1·9. reprHentltiY" of Contreu.tndeuNol\l, women'. orpnb,atiol\l, educa­tional lnatiwtion., houlll1l .nd communi~crouP' will meet to diaCUII the IXlOfl pre...in( !huea reprdiq IOUthem Africa lindU.S. fOl"flrn pOlicy toward the rePen. OnThunKlll)' • community rally will be held. OnFriday and Saturday, penel p,..aentationl.nd film ahowinll will be held at Shiiono.pUet Cbun::h. To rectiv. information ondileuulon t.opin Ind ralPatnlUon, contactWOA Edu~tionaJ Fund, Suit. 112. 110MIt)'Iand A..... HE. Wuhlnc:ton, DC 20002.(2021646.1961.

lAade,. 01 the Uoiud Mine Worbra.Unl~ Auto WorkUl. TrtnaMrica. theWuhtnpon Office on Africa, the. Amtrl­('In Commlttel on Atriet.. the Coeliuon for• New Foreip Policy, the American Friend.lSel'Vletl CommmM, N.tional Council oJChurche. of Chriac. PfOIrIMiv, N.tionalBaptillt Convention., Uni..-d Chu~h 01Chritt and the Interflith C.nter 00 Cor­poRta Re.poneibility have written 10 theChalrpeopl. 01 lMVetal Conareukmalcommiueea u.k1nI thet they hold hearin(!lon the role oImuitinationli corporltiont inthe provl.ioo 01 petroleum pl'Oduclll toSouth Africa. The)' lUIIe" thlt the h.1rinpbe held in Odoberfollowinc the Preaidflnt'.report on pr'ClIrUI toward endina: apartheid.

The joint letter chart" the oU ('(Jl:J'Ipaniliwith continuing to undtrmint the Inum' ofthe Anli-Apartheid Act and .Ullflt.l thaiIddltional lepalation m.y b. nKea..ry.Companlll .ina1ed out.re Shell. Mobil•.Chevron and Teltaco.

Sports BoycottUrged

WOA AnnouncesSecond Annual

MLK Symposium

The South Atticlln Non·Radal OlympicCommittee (SAN.ROC) hi. it~ued • CIInfor atronpr enforcement 01 the lPOrUboycott of South Afrie•. 1'1le JtOUp laud.Ol. Dectmber, 1980 Uni N.tiona Reeo­luuon on Cultutal, Ac emit .nd Olher8oyroc.tI of South Afric., but il II ton·c.rned that international .portA orcanl·IItiOM are not .Iwt)'t honorinl it.

In an open letter WIeld July 14, 1987.Innni.a BNtu.t. the Pre.ldent of SAi"IJ­ROC. focu.aed hIa protel1l on the conlin­uld panicipiltion 01 South Atrian golfers.nd tenm. playt,.. in intel'l'\ltional rom­petitiona. The problem. Brotul a1Jele., ittNt KlIne t'Ontrolling bodifl 01 interna­tional e...enlll are UMble Of' unwalliq to takeICUon .pinat boycott violIton. nul. h..latH. is ollen due to the (act thal SouthAfrlcana c:banae their nalionllity••cquil'edual nationality. or succeed in mllrepre.""nlm, their nationality.

The SAN-ROC caJJ for toetlon ur'lf-I aUwho an oppoeed. to J't,Clam in apon tomount Itlle~tionaIprotutl apinat v\olI.doNI of the .port.I boycott. For moreinfonution cn how you can beJp, contact.:SAN-ROC. P.O. Bolt 5366. E...IDStOft,IT. 60204.

tu Talks byPhone

Durin,lh. fiftll .fI.k,nelln Aurun. th.CoIOf"ldo eo.utlon A,"inn ApllJ1.held .ndthe D.nv.r omc. 01 the Am.rlcln Fri,ndaServic. CommluH '1)OnIOI'*d I rei\onl1c:oN'eruc. on the Front-line Stat... Actl.VUI" from JOWl. Ntbrub. MI.aourl, CcHO­rado. Wuhi.ncton. Id.ho .nd W)'omlnlcilKu.-d Ie(lalaUon. ecNCltIonI1 c.mpelanaMId rnaterW .Id to counttln In the IOUth.1m Atri", rqion. Partlt'Ular .mphqlt nIpl.«d on MO&lUnblqu. .nd Al\IOlI.Sp.lkI,.. lnd\lded Oullliuni Kumalo andMonic. NuhandJ 01 SWAPO.

Colorado Coalition

The U. N. Special Committee ApinttAa:-nheid held • Rminar in Kingston.J'OUIICI (rom Septembn"9 to )110 promoteimplementation of the cultural boycol:t of'prlnheld in South Africa. The goala oflheconference wert to define IlIld c1Aril'y lhemain thrust of the boycott, tocall for ita fullestimplementation by all ptl'lONl!ihei pro.ftt.IlOnally In'lOlv~ in arll, culture andentertainment. and 10 de...iN! strategies 10

achlt...e Ihe tOlal itoIahon of the apartheId~me. Allendlng Ihe conference were~miMnI petIOl'I.Ililiea in U)e cultural world,repreaemallVea of inte:rgovemmtfllal andnon(lO'o'ffllmenlai orpnilllJons. and re­preaentauvet 01 Southern Aflian hbtoralOl\.........

On April S. tOO _\ldent. In SNtlle. Waab·lfIIIon ~e by phone wtlh ArchblabopDeamond Tutu in Capetown, South Afnc:a.Ounnalhe aU ThUa preehded ,,,*~yrule: will be tohowtld by • multi-party. pu.IlIIMfllatydanoa'kY. "I would hopebanundmded South Africa WJl.h unafl'f'Ul suf­

l &aet: he ..cd. "t would hope b. com-peioMle,~~·ThtuprUedo

the It\Mkra for Ibtu" drtelUMnt dfortt.Before Ind after the caI.I, lhe .uchtnct

hnrd apeechea by South Alncant now _ Iheuniftnity 1tId... ttpe1U on Soulh Alnca.AunlmUJ' I"ld _udmt, Soph.. MOlnune,who it aim • mtmbn 01 Stlldtru••Ap.anhul. the rorum'. tpOnIOr, told theaud.itncr of her reunt trip to ber SlIter.f'wKoraL Anoehrr South AIncan Jt'Id Rudenl,Fl&Ih Me. Mllthobotlcllne:, decried lhe"e:01 edUQIJOn fot bIacb In Soulh Afnca. Theevent. "'\Ich look ,lX montht 10 plIn. ..t'OnIKiered • Jh*l 'U(ftII by orpmltt'l.

U.N. SponsorsCultural Boycott

Seminar

Chicago CALC

Fall ActionsIn New York

Thla Jun.'1 Sow.so 0->, Demomtndon.otpmald by Clerv and ~\Y CotIcunMlandto-.~ by. ~lition01 onr 90cwpniuUont, ...... dw ........ Ind·apwthiedMmomlr.tion h.ld in Chit.IO', hlatory.oY... 1200 peopl. !'tilled In front of tMSouth Arrie.n conaul.lAland !hen marc.hldto I rommflmOl"lth·. pl'OlJ'llm .nd pray.r..rvic. hlld .1 Uoly Nem. C.thedral 'ThId'l'DOOItnlion. whlrh focuMd on ft'Mln(d.t.tlntd thUd...n, ...le.tina pohtit'.1 pria.Onarl, .nd IIUlbU,hln, compreh.ntivel.ndlONI apInn Sooth Arne., broulht to.pwr mlny VOUp. who h..... not. worktdtol.lher berot'•. It w" ,lao 001 01 the I'V'I

~.lon. In -.hlch I political or 1Oci.1It'tivll~ VOUP WI. IhJlted p.nniulon toUN the C.th.d,.1 b)' tM A~hdb:Me 01ChIQ11O. Oralnlltn'tom CALC.AFSCME,the CotlJtkJn 01 Bl.ck 1hde Urdonilltt,the CQlUllon 'Ott llllnolt' D.....atJunt fromSouth Atrica, the Fn!fI South Atnean M~·mini and the hltll'o hnnm of Tnna­Africa WI,.. bHtuud by the IUCcetl 01 tMft.nt

Attivi.t.I rtp.....nl1na: the eitibankCamPllIPl. Lh. Sout."-m ACricla SolidarityCoalition, Inlart'allh Center for Corporatelatponalblhty, Anlerloan Committee onAlrlCl', and W••khullr People', Actioneo.Jltion carried out two joint and-apll'theidaction. thiI f.l1. On September I,they pro·w.ted lh. partlc:ipallon o( SOUlh Africannthl,I•• In the U.S. 1'ennl' Open. OnOclOb,r 14, thlY demon.l..r,lad II Mobil.,Oil h••dquartel'll to prote.! the eonlributionIlIt'm11llon.1 011 companl" make 10 lh.malnleMnce or IlPlrthllld. When LeonSullivan WIthdraw hi, IUppor1 from theSullivan Prlndpl.., Mobil announced ItlInt.ndon. to remain in Soulh Arne•. Formore Inl'onnatlon, contact: Antl·ApartheldAcUemi c/o ICCR, .'76 Rivandd. DrIve,RAi 668. New York. NY 10115,(aU) ~1IH9;l8 AU fat Donna K,lWl.

FREE SOUTH AFRICA!

----------Coke Campaign

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D.C. GroupSponsors

Southern AfricaWeek

Oregon

The North American church leaden whoattended the May 1987 meetinr of theWorld Council of Church" Procnmme toCombllt Reciam In Lullka hlye illued aIt.ltement of IUpport for the liberation.ttugle in South Africa. The .tatemenlreadJ. In part; "WlI' fell. ~ prnmu of th.tHolySpint tit W.tWiWuNw~atJonof~th AfricCM and NamdJi,atu {rom in·Ntk their COWllnf' lL'Uh /h0l~ ill uik, o/Un{or IN '"' wn.t. PorticuartY POILw(ul aridmoIIiIII wcu 1M ~nt om~ Tambo,PmidVlt ofrM 76y«v-oldANC. rMt{ortM/int WM tJfld apmml hU admVation fOl'8t,}wI Nawk, W A{riJt0Mr ehurch ~,.lL<ho hoi JtTonIO' oppoHd t1p(JI'tNid {rom...... S<>utI> A/ri<o. "

The del~., imprelled by rtnt·hand;1lCCOUD1i of human ItIfferinlo concludedthat "in contest of Southern Africa today.the church, if it II to btl faithful to theGo.pel, mun moe- to wpport activelythe liberation .trullie. We bava concludedtUt the cburche. 01 our continent mullIlide with the Iibel"lbon movemellt ... MChri.tiarla we have the: ri&ht. to abow byeumple thal nonviolence -orb. but we donot haVI the ri&bt to leU people In litua­dona 01 oppNuion and naLe violence bowthey can or CInnot achieve their lihefttion...

Church LeadersIssue Statement

(COnttnuecfJrom Page JJ

would not hlnn ltate: retirees whose pen­-'onl are affected. He added that It is unfor­tunate tbat the Reagan Administration is notwillins to promole divestiture nationally "'to.and up end in lOme way try to liberate theauffering in South Africa~.

park Icroll from Coce Cola beadqlW'tetlto commllDOl'ltl the Soweto Uprilinl andto demand that Coca Cola letually with­draw !rom South Africa. Oevid Ndlba, anAfrican National Conlte.. repreHntative_00 went into exile 10Uowini the Upntine,pl"liHd the crowd for continuing to pre.­.url Coca Cola and other U.S. campanilito withdrlw their economic IUppon. 01Ipartheid.

On July 16, Boycott oraanlxen madetheir prellenee lelt It the Call to ConlCieneeNoCompromil. rally in Philadelphia, CokeBoycott. bumper Illcker. we~ amxed tomOil. of the Call to Colllcience pollencamld by the 1500 demonltrllter.. Inaddition, the c.mpalm coordinator .pokeon behalf of the boycott to lin enthlllie.tiecrowd,

Now the campalen I. planninc to workwith .tudenu Ind the labor movement.AFSCME i. achedulinc demonatratiolll,and campua poopa "4tlonwide are rudyincto malta their achool. "Coke·Pree Zon"."To becoml Involved with future Koone orto order Boycott T·Shiru, .uc.kers andhutton., contact: Coke Campalrn/Boycott.e/o AFSC. 92 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta,Georaia 30303. (404) 586-0406.

Connecticut UpgradesDivestment Law

In July, the ConnectiCUt ltlta IqiaIa. productland NtvlC." The new law man­ture finiahed a tadt becun in June, 1982 datu total divlltmel'lt of all .tata fundiwhen they became the r1l'lt .tlte to pau di· inn.ted in compania. doine bwil'llu inyeltment lerillauon. 'MIa pion~rina 1982 South Africa by July I. 1989. The lawlaw wu only a pattial meuure baled on den~ "doinr buI.iMu" u manuflCOJrinc,

ullivln compliance and 11141 01 .tnteaie ....mblinc. warehoulina:. or leDdina:.

panheid" dre.....VN ofapplauH from thecrowd. Since then, thauAnd. bey. reo.ponded to the meuqe that Coke'. with­drawallrom Fouth Africa ..... only e.hamdiv..tmenl.

On June 16. Soweto Day, I coaIJtion offorty OI'Ianiaation. in Atlanta raWed in •

FREE SOUTH AFRICASANCTIONS NOW

1'ha debate over diYHtmenl bas beenI'&JinI for I lone time UI Hawaii, Reure­ment ')'Item director Staftley Siu hal wam·ed .tlte lqialaton thet div..t:menl forlOCiaJ and mcnI reuom would be ecorlO­nuca1ly m.ponIible. HQlI;'ever. ill AUIU't,GovemorJohn Wllibeerejected Siu·.IJ'IU­mentl dunna: I pre.. cotIfuencl. Waibeeltlted that eautioal lboul fiduciary reo.pon.libUity are uaed u an ..CUM not todivtllL II diveltment it done correctly, hf,added, retirement profil.l oeedn't llUfTu alall The covemor indicated tMt the reure­mint lyltem hal commiaioned I ItUdydue out in October whicb ahouJd identityhow any ptObleml encountered in dlVNti­ture could be overcome.

Hawaii's GovernorGives PublicSupport to

State Divestment

IBM Protest

Maine DivestsThe Southem Africa Support Project

(SASP), a WuhinflOn. D.C. community­bued, Blick acuvitt ora.niutioll, .pan.lO~daSouthemAfrica Week from MIQI 18toMay 24. 'MIa ....ed·. activitie. included.fundtaiainl radKlthOIl, televiled r1lme and

At.everylelialltlvelHlionfor.tbepaaten intervi inf'onnational radio prorram.yeara Stlte RepnMntatwe Harlin BUe1' of nUnaand ~ community forutnl. LocalPortland bat introduced alt.lte diveat·ment TV .tatian, WHMM-Cblnnel 32. lindbl11. but evlry year unbl now I P'OUP of South Africa.related doc:umentll'iu for fourRepublican lecWaton blocked itl pueqa. rUChti. _hilt radio .tadona WHUR endHO'QV1Ir, thiI June. with the increued WPFW aired radiotholll,beckin( of the dernocratic ludlll"llup and L ~~ ---Jthe auppon r:i StlteTre.auw, Sam St.piro,the bill became law. Th. IIW prohibitl the.tate from de~tinI funcia in be.whichhave any ouutandina loaN or lDitin,line.of credit to South Africa or Nlmibia afterJuly 1. 1992. After thi. dati the .tate a1Iomay not mvelt in &f\Y corpGrltion doi.nabuIineM ill or with South Africa, and Namibia.Until the 1992 dlve.unenl deadline, theatate will vote itt .hare for divellment inany .tocltholder Proceedinll.

Since Coca Cola Cempaian orpnIlIr'ItrlveUed to the MobWlltlon Mll'th forPeace and Ju.tict in Wuhinrton to call forthe mUlmetional boycolt of all Coca·ColaprOOucta. the boycott hal won many aup­porten, Durin, the l'1W'C-h. a boycott fIoaland bann.r readlnlt, "Coke SweeUiDl A-

On April 27, I nadonwide coalition orlabor, reliaiou' and ffiM worken' cqani·lationl met in New Orlean. to protelt.mM'. South African dealinp. The P'OUPdiauibuted lealle.. to lharebolden attend·inl the corpontion'. annual meetln, call·ina on mM to liye III WOlken the riaht. toorsanlJe and demandine thallBM end alloompu~ Q. and ervlCII in South Africa.

The coalition, which includ.. the Intar­faith Center for Corporate Re.ponaibllltiy,the American Commlttle on Africa, IBMWorkel'll United, National Black Worker.Alliance of IBM, TrIIllMrica, Louill.llllaState Committee Againlt Apartheid andthe Communicatlona WOlken or America,deelertd that.mM'.8I'lnounced withdrawalfrom South Mricawl Octoberwa. a .h.m,They produced proof that the now of IBM1OQd. end lervice. to South Africa halcontinued unint.el'Nped, and they oontendedthet thil .upply 01 computel'l Ind tech·oo1olY h•• aided th. apartheid .yltem,

Donna Kallin, Dtrectot of thl SouthAfrica ProcNm for the Inllrlaith Cent.eronCorponte Re.porlAibilily. clalmed thll"m~r." temaination of utea would h.lve a'lIlIifican! Impact on the white minoritycovernment'. abUlty to compute and .n-­force .plU"lheid and would baaten the dayof equality and freedom for Black SouthAfrican&."

Rick Bru_ll, mM Campaim Coord,·Illto1' for the CommulUcadolll WOrUn ofAmelie-., charaed that mM', ".ham with·dnIwa1" it indi~veoflBM m'lIaIemmt',arTO(anet! toward the public and tota1 dil·reprd for the n,hlA and welta~ 01 itlwon:er1l and th.,...orkf eommunity."

Richard Laonard, IUtbor olSwth Almaat War. produced a 3 pacl document.IUPportinl the poeidon of the coalitionCopier are IvliJl,ble from the Communica·doDl Norkert 0/ America (CWA), PubliAIfl; t Department, 1926 "K" St..N\V,Waah.JlIt.on. DC 20006.

2000 Demonstrateat

Celebration

_nt, and ~tiV1lt Ipt'lbra to berm themarch in an upbeat mood.

;.. the march reached ltIckwlut point totheC~na1tz*t!Ilc p1M:e, orpruunbrou,ht out the bull hom to lead lb, uowdlJI cril. 01 "NO CompromiM" which allhoped membt:ra of Concn" could Mardnpltl the din.nee Philadelptu. police~ OUt in tzue (twm, b.nInr IU'H!tIthouJderto aboulder, and It one point ..."vinamotort)'c1u thtouah lb, crowd.

The M1n lhat the. tMM,ed *Hl of. co­warbt til the PA diYMbMnt Ittuale o.vidMoiekinJ. b.d been killed bySouth Africanpolice lDOYed the crouP ... Imlill deJerl'tion bore • coffin I)'tIlbolil.in, the manyd)'Ull children put police hn.. and on tothe ,up' 0/ Carpenter Hall. The marchcotltmued to Wuhln(tOn Squ..... the hi.­lOne ..~ 01 coIonw alive auctions

At1UIndla. ilia nattONJ culwral.~mbleolth. African National Oon,I"I:", ",\II belln• ' Iv. week concert tour of the UnitedSUit In SfIpt.ember, 1988. The tWlI!nl)',

nme paraon uoope, ,II IIlIel. cel'bnlteblack South African culture tNoulh dnJ,mll,danel and 10111. Their 8Iuberant pertor·lNIncet hive received critical acclaimthroulhout the wotld.

Fundra11lnl Ilfld tour plannlna: are al·ready underway. A U,S, Tour Committeehu btlln ronned and already meL A tenta­tive Itinerary echedulel conclrtl I~ NewYork Bolton Philadelphia, Baltimore,WllhmllOn. Al.Ianll, Raleilh. Binnlnl­bam Miami San Juan, hlcalo, Detroit.MII';'uk.. Loullvill, and ..vera! citiee mCalirornla ;nd Or.JOn Por mON informe­linn, tonuct LhI Amandla U.S. Tour Com­Min.., 293 tate St, Brooklyn, NY(71 1936·9697.

SirtHn lIni...emly of Teua anti·aparthpdPl'Oleitori who Iall Spnn, blocked theentllUlC'l to tbe IChooi pre,ldenl" Omtlh8,,' betn (ivan jad tannl I"Inp"I (rom 9().180 d~. JudIe Llilia Taylor lMOUncedto ••tanled uowd thaI the IInl.olnCel wereIPPl'Opn.1I (or people who had uMd "ter­I'Orittic weclet." Community activd'i vowto ovlrturn thl untenu. Ind local nlws­papl~ haVI edllorieliaed "Iinlt what theybelieve to be In llTluonaUy twah punlth­menlo

On September II and 12, 100 Itudenrsfrom around the country met in New Yod:Cl1yat lconference orsanlzed bythe~ udentgrouP' and the American Commllite onArne.. The Student and Youth Conferenceon African Uberation Sobdantyand its linksto Struggle Again. Domestic Racism washekl in COQjundlOn with hearingllonstudentanu-apar1held work beCrore the U. N. SpecialCommlUee Agalflst Apart~

AI. the Friday monung hearinp, studentleaders from 21 Qmpultl and national BIKkS1urlenl orpnizahona testified about theiranti-apartheid atmpai&nJ and how they rclaI:eto protestl 1Pi'* domestIC raciim. SchoolsIepleeenied ranged from tho6e to ldaboandMontana to BIat:k campuses m the South.

On Friday afternoon, lIudent testifllrs,oiMd thole from enn more IChooh toexanune~ confron1ina: the move­ment today. WhiluanctlOllland sham disin­vtltments were also di!CUssed. the central_ue wall how to orprnze the movementitself_ Student, were concerened with I'IOw tobetter coordinate their efforts. A proposalfrom the Umve.rslly of Nonh Carolina wasendonled which called for nat ionwide candle­light Vlgillon October 13 and February 21and Z3.1l\e VigiiSIll1U a1lowstudent!l from allcampuses to speak WIth I unified voice inIUpt)Ol' of dlvtllment and III opposition tothe detention of polillOll priaoncn in SouthAlTica and racism in the U. S.

The issue of Itudent empowerment wasraised, and in rcaponselothila commitlceoflIudenls wae formed to draft the conferencedocument. Thlt committee will recommendW8)'11ll which studenls can take charge of acoordinated movemenl and rely on pro­feaalOOal organillltioni only for llUpport Ilndreference. not dirflctKln.

The moaI difflCUlllS8ue raised was that ofthe need for Third World IUdenlhip in themulti--racial movement to become moreInvolved in protesting domestIC racism.Hours 0( lIOI1letlmes belted debate resultedin the group's ~ment of lil MichigandocumentlddreIIN these iMl/4

For funher information. mntaet JOIhNeeeen (212) 962-1210.

TSNational Student

andYouth ConferenceConfronts Racism

inStudentMovement

In Ihe spring eleaKlni for new membenoflhe Harvard Board of{Mrse-en, lhe Mar­vwd and Radcliffe Alumni/at AjlW'IIlApartheid IUpponed a slate 01 au pro­dlve.ttnmt candMbtes. last feaT the (VOlIpsucceeded in having one candidate elected- only the second time in Hanard'a hial:orythat a "auae" candldate became a memberof the Board. This year, twoandldlfn Wtteelel,,1ed: Consut,1a Walhmgton. (JD 73) andPt'tt-r Wood. ('64, PhD"72). Heartened by thisunprecedented victory. the group wllliup.port another full llate next year.

The alumnVat organization. Cormerlyheadquartered in WashingtOn, DC hal movedto the Roston arl!a !to that the)' can workmore dosely with the lIIudent group. The)'~pect to be more active as the result ofhlr­IllJI a full·tlme staff PIllIOn. Dorothce Bent'87. In late September, they will hold I forumCXl-IJX>09Oted by the Harvard/RadcliffeDemocntlland the Student Government. Atthe forum, sevl!f81 Board membe~ will di..CUll Issues including divestment with theItudenla. 10 conlact the organltation. callDoroc.hee Bena at (617) 623-1065.

Harvard andRadcliffe

Alumni/ae

belna: hired 10 auislant to the edltor-in.-chiefII beina: hired to work on lhe new campaignfor lhe Children of South Africa. AnyoneInte-relted in tbe wotk ofD. C. SCAR, a multi-­racial. gruaroots coalition of student and)'OUtharou~ lhould write: D. C.SCAR. P.O.Box 18291. Wllhinglon, DC 20036.

D.C. SCARCampaign

Southern AfricanChildren

During the au.mmer, the D. C. Student

eoam""..."","""'......... Radom ....p1anl\eCl a series of media and educationaleventa designed to draw publIC attention tothe plight of cll1ldren in IOUthem Africa.Beguullng September 14, members of theCoahuon plan to hokI weekly nenlll whichwin dramatlU the t~ ~tuatKlll beingchildren In the frontbne Italel bordenngSouth Africa. Every four minutes a child inAngola or MoamfJtquc dk'l ... rKUk ofSouth~ dealb'l1lAllOC\.Tbtr"e~ ckrnonstnuon pAIn to t.echild­lUI colfualo 1M lliea of thelf proc~andwill nail one Ihut every four minut

The dt!monltnton Do plan 10dlllributeUl-farmation sheets wt\lch wtll describe howSoulh AfrO lunda UNtTA in Angola endRcnamo m Mou.mbl~ The sheets willexplain how ttk'lc grouP' mount militaryIItacUand..roy cropa. irrigation pr'OttClIand ttlnlpOrtatm 10 that children die fromboth~ and malnutnhon.

DemonItratlOl1l will take place llihe W'tuteHouw. Congreas, the State Departmenl andthe CIA 10protelt U. s.lJM!mment fundmgofUNITA and othn IIlUthernAlrica:n poIiciThe groupplansprotellltlocalcorpora1i0n8with tielloSouth Africa and ill b8nkl whIChcontinue to fina~ apar1lw:!id.T~ plan toehallen(re grouP' which lobby for UNITA.Renamo.,d South Africa. auch lithe: Heri­taie Foundat1on, theF~Angola Offq andtJNITA', public: relatiooa firm, AIIO In orderto draw parallels between apartheid anddomettic radllTl, theyexpect to demonstrateIII a Wnhingtonjail where youn, AmericanlIre decained and al local IOvemment agen·cies they RlleKl are responlible for infantmortality rates in Waahington, O. C. Tho8einlert'llted in part'clpatlna: should call Joanl"fcckscher It (202) 546-7961.

The D. C. Student COilition AlPInItApartheid and Racism hal announced planlto tIplnd it, newaldter (rom 8to 12 puaes.from lcircuiattOf\of5,000 to 10.000 end from6 to 8 iIIues ~ 1f:1r. The opansion Itdetianed to increase the national coverqeand circulation oi the papeso. A new ~ llow ill

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Howard UniversityConference on

Sanctions

The African Sludiet Ilnd R~arch Pr0­gram, the OWce of International Affalnl andthe Intenuuional Cenll'r (or DevelopmentPolicy of Iloward Unl ...e~ily convened a two­day conference on Oaober 13 Wld 1410 reviewthe i!lluel of IllncliOll' !tRlIlnsl South Africa.The objectivet were 10 provide t forum fordiicullllton and debo,te, 10 illuminale theUnc!101Ui controverty with Informed andOJlPO'lnR Yie..,toprell!l\I research findingsInd guide future research on I he Ilubject, andto adviae thole involved in polley making.boutlh1!: optiooJ for future actIon.

The confKl'1l«"ltlminll was k~td to theAnli-Apartlteid 81/1'. dIrective lhat Presi­denl Reapn lhould prftlnt a rh'noleon.dillonl m South AlTia to CongTeSa in earlyOctober. Hli rq)Of1 Will be followed by Con­IP'taIlOna1 htannp m late Oct~todeler·mine what the next leplatlVe It~will be.Conf~enct orpmurs hope that their cltl"benu.1Oll1 WIll haYe an impact on lholat

"""'"Works'" wtr"e held on cultural andIPOfU boycott.. economIC PI' ura. 1epJar1llea- the bulmeu rommunlly, the d..vCIlmm! tnO¥emt'nt, Namibia.- SouthernAhic:.ll and SADCC, and lhe YJeWI of BlackSouth Afric.ana. T1'IerewaJailOa roundtableof H!';whna filUrft from boch lid of theIanCtMlnS debate.

On June 16, It )"I!an aftl!r the SowelO

UpriSlO1lo Iludenll It IndWII UOIVfTll1fmarthed III memory 01 the hundred. ofIChool-c:hildml who wtr"e killed becauee theyproIt'ltecl the ltate of tht-lr educatIOn. AJlIle:ady rain prl!\'ented crowd!; from pther­mit. lxil 50 people btlvtd lhe wf08ther 10nweh Ihrough lochllnapoh. Ind htar apeechesby Afncan &ludenll t1udyil\8on ampu&. Thept'etrldent of the African Student. Aeeocia­tlOn, which hili organized th,. event Cor thepailli1e...eral yean, remmded marchen thatApartheid II lIttonJter than evtr". A SouthAfrican graduate Illldent warned hill Ameri·can hlltenM'll lhat "the people thlll allojWItlltlf to ecquletee 10 inJuJtice anywhere will.:quietce 10 if\jultice in It I own backyard."

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LawyersMount Campaign

to Free SouthAfrica's ChildrenOn June 25 and 26. almo.1 600 people

altend~ I .ymJlOllum on children in de­t.entaon In Sooth Arrie. hoIted by IheSouthern Africa Project 01 the L.wyerw'Committee ror Civil Rilhtl Under lAwOver 16membertofth. Houaeand Senlltlpuut:ipaled U PJlnellltiln the Wuhinatonevent. and 15 South ArriClina O«IM ey._MlMU lHtimoay. A woman deltt'ibedIeC'Unty po6~'. lortunl or her .on, and •-ehool:boy told how h. J*l).ic:ked wtw.n policeItlt1"OUnded hU achool and detained himand III: d'''INII••.~ Sympomum Arved .. the kick-od01

twO~ CJrIIOlac project&. The Commktaehat "tabU.bed • Lelll Det'riM Fund (orthe Children of South Africa. The fund willhire lIwyen to reprl.Mnl t:hilcmn. A lund­raialOi campa!ln iii und.~ beuuae COllian! hip; it COlts about $700 JUI' to m. anapplicauon for the rei.... of one child fromMttodon.

Company HaltsShipments

The S..·I~and Corporation, lb. lItll'!.hlppln. line ulloa th. Port or Oakland.announced on April 14 that they will noIon,.r t.rllUlport Sooth Arrietn Clra:O. Thi'announcement followed. me.dnl with theRay A" ••'ree South Ahie. Movement,which had conducted II (lviI·month cam·pAi,n to halt thll ,hillmllnta,

In NO\'lImber 1986, the lAbor Commit·t.f!1I or BAFSAM end the San Franci.coAnti.Apartheld Commluee bt,an to co­op.nUl with S..·Land employee. who pro­vidld documen'atlon or their firm', aend·lnlt and rec:elVin, South Alricln carro.When they contACted UniO'~ and oonvnunityn1ty IfOUPI wilh thl' Information, theirmembt... were It\I1'Y and anlllOOI to help,In .1.nulry, thI C!OIhLion unt I leUAlr tos.. l..and clem.ndin, W)' c.... theahipmlnUl,

When s.a·Land rephad Wlth claim. thltthey wIre not ruUty, RAFSAM .uppliedmanU'elUl pt'O¥inl thl lhipmlnll were OC"

CtIr\n,. A coalitIon of ,.llIiou" labor lnucommunIty poup. batan plannin,ln Apnl15 delDOftltrlUon Sea-Land, bopll1f to.".rt tha ICbOn., reqUI.tId. meetil1f .....thBAFSAM and repNHnlltl¥I' oC O.klandCity Council, On April I., one day berorethI.bedw.et protNt, the mHtUlI rHUItadUI S.I·lAnd·e~uion.On the fiftHnth.a ~Iebretor)' damOMtn.tion waI held._hel"ll I alat. of Inll·apartheld CUldidll••to O.Jdand City Council wu InlrOduced.

The "rna Fund of the Amenean Com.mittH on Afric:. bat launched I flaW eaJl1.I*(n. "UnIoc:k Apartheid'l JaIh... The<:amPlllIP'l c.u. on peoplli to (Q/i~t key.and IIInd them to 1M ACnca Fund 10 thatthe)' can be prelllnted to South Atri<:aDclficiah .. I 'ymhol ot each per$OQ', d.·mand that Pretoria unIocklputheid'I""Orpniu... point out that .....". twelvemmut.. another pel"lOn La detlUnld InSouth ArricI and that nearl)' ha1f 01 the30,000 peopl. dewned in the prII-t )'Mt

have been cbi1dru.. To become prIIn.ofdwcampailD, con~; The Mnea Fund, 1988r'C*l-.y, New York. NY 10038.(212) 962·1210.

Defense forChildren

International-USAReveals Startling

· Information

Derenae rOt' Children Intl!tnation.I·USAhal published a report on tha phlhl orchildren In Soulh Africa. The report., fund­ed by Global Minlstrlel oC the UnitedMelhodiat Church, call' rOt' the ..labll.h·menl or II South A!'rican Children'. IAralCenter Ind the creation or • ddenle and.uppon. Fund apecific:.Uy ror chUd,..n.Amonr the by OndJ"Il wbteh indlclll theura:ent. need ror luch actiol\l .re:

• Hun,.r .f1ecta nurly 3 m1Uion blackSoul.h Arrican children, an eltimated50.000 or whom dl...nnu.elly. Aamany u .0... of all black SouthAfrican children are ma!nouriahed,

• The Iman\ mortality raUl amona W"­ban b1ldt.a i••ix tim"e thatof'white..in the homeland, it i. 14 tim•• that.orwhite c:hildl"lln.

• Leu lha.D l~ot.u c:hIJd.ren."...lIdrecel\.. IllY lepl reprHtnlalion. At,"at 10.000 childnn. have bHn d.­tained without mal

• Approxilllalllly 660,000 b,""ck chil·dren work on~ rlttl1l.detpiUl chlJd labot ,""w

The report. whkh ia 204 pea" WIth lUu­IU'IIUOnJ, iI .....i1.W. (or,IUO (rom De·renN (or CblJdAn InterullOnl.l-USA, 534Eilbth tJ'Ht. BrooItbn. NY 11216.

United MineWorkers

Launch Campaign

Ttuny·two ptOple. moec. dthRn 't:ueUonlirrom the South AfncI.n Youth eon,r.­(SAYCO). cumntly .WfII,t .ua1t:ion InSouthMnea. Some Irt: membe... at the N.tionalUnion of MIn.-ortera. The lil1lted MUMIWorke... or America are relpondiq to •call by their (ntemal union In South MnClto rally the AmerielUl public In .upport ofthe condemned .etivi.ta. They uk WIc:onc:erMd peopl. write to Pnme Mlnlltet80tha and MInilter of lAw lUld Order.AdNan Vklk berore In appNJ Is b...rd InSeptember in the ca.. oC lOme 01 the con·demned pnaonel"l, They .110 urp thatrneaaqlll '01 .upport be IIInt to AYCOand to the Parent', of Oetaineel SupponCommittal In care 01 the N.Uonal Union orMlneworb.... PO. Box 2.2•• Johannei'bwJ 2000. South Africa. The nam.e or theIiI priaon.l"I ..nlencH in ~mber 198&w~ appeal 11 due Ul Sepumber are:MojaI..ra ReaWJd StlfatM, Oupe MoMIDim.. Dome Joabul Khumalo. FranciaDon Mokhui. Reid Malebo Molcoena. andTheft.. Rama.bamola. 7

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A re:pon exnmlOing U S. policy optionsloward Angola. followinlC an analysis of SouthAfrican and U. S. involvement In the Angolanm.urgency and CIvil ~trife Copu~. availablefrom Ihe Washington OfrlCt on Africa, 110Maryland Avt'.,N.E. Room 112, Washington,DC 20002. Bulk rates avail.1ble.

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ProceedinpoftheJatL 21. 1981 Olal PalmeMemorial lecture on Disarmament and J)eve­lopmt!nI.lndlKles speechesby Oliver Tambo,Allan 80eIak and Wm. Sloane Coffin, with aneuayon lpanheid by the- late Olaf Palme.

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InMemorium

The .tafT of the U.S. Anti-ApartheidNe_l.tter Wllhes to extend thelt' condoI­.nca to David Morekelll••taff member orthe PtnMylvam. PubUe Intere.t C~tio".whoM tMn-ace liOn. Tabo.... killed inSouth Africa on July 8 .. he ren !rom amilitary vehicle, Th. boy ... abot in thebuk near hiI hom•. Oavid MoCelt.el1l hasbaen wtnJ.mental in orpnmnr the cam·p&i,n to put diw.tment ltPt.tion inP,nnaylvania.,. He hal been in ltJ:ile ror overa decade

Th. V S Anll·Ap3rth.1CI NewSltllll' .s tlwbl<shed by .h, P'flce Educallon 0",•.&IOn ollhe Am,"un F'''nd. Setv.c. COtNnoll,e 10 ptomol' CQmmllnoe:aloonItnOr\fiI OI51"n'lJltlOl'llltlvo/'wl<l In alIens 10 Ind IPilflhel(\ '" South Alflel 1,,*N'WS1.1I11 w.a ~jlO putlloe:,ze In.e flctN."es 01 gfilS$foot. 'eQlOf\~1 and n~I'onal

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Churche. meetinglD TOIO, cburch lead·ars from an <War the world pledled rullIUppon. ror the liberation movemenu orSouth Africa and Namib",.

• DI1U\le11'jonp.mo and Antoft Lubowaki,two hllh IUkinI SWAPO offie.w. InNlmibl.a....bo were 1lT'elted wt monthh8ve beton bof;pltallud with kidneyaUmenu.

• Britilh Dotkworlte... Boycott SouthACnean Uranium.

• ThfI Cunene PruvUlce in Angola halbeen hit by c.hemicallYeapom or SouthAfrica', Invadlna fortes, aceordlng 10rapona flied by the BBC.

• BritJlh firms continue a..iltinl theSouth African iovemment'l CentralEnel'JY Fund in eonvertillilu cOlli re­IOUreel to oil.

• In July 1987, Nohandla Bani (56) ba­eama the rmt woman political ,prisonerto die in detention In South Arnea. Herdeath bringl to 63 the numberol polltJ­cal prilonen murdered lince 1963,

• Great Britain'. Standard CharteredBank has followed Baret.y. out orSouth AfriCfl.

• Norway claim. thal ita boiMII ret.­tJona with South Afric. have droppedmore than 7M' In the fU'lt quarter or1987.

• SheU. the DutehIBritilh oil Pant. aDdthe German motor car c:ompa.ny DaimJerlReM h8ve holh reafrlmled their com·I'nItment to their South A1rican aethitieL

• tarat!. Iw annotIncad • tet of limitedIInctlolUl .,.nn,t South Arnca.

• Delepllon ofWblte Namiblln Lawyenbelonalnl to the N.miblan Pee~ PlanContact.nd Study poup held alb withSAWAPO in Lusaka.

• A d.ler_tion or WUI German GreenplU't)' memben were detained by policein Namibia.

• Atlanta baud RJR N.bi8CO IncvOWI tocontinue dolna bu,lnt.. in South Africa.Their South Africlln operation .ecountlfor 38 mlllion in 8nnulll ",III.

• Lewll and CI8rk College in Pnrtland,Or.gon voted to end a poliey whichallowed school fund. to be invllted inbu.lnllil. opel'llllna: In South Africa.

• Callfornl.a RepreMntatJve Ron I)eUumainIlodUC'1 leli.lalion to terminatemilitary aid to Zaire.

• Sh.n Boycott eo.litiOrt calla ror •Wilrld·wide Week or Action A,aInatShen OilCom~ from November 7-1 •.