Boycott South African Cargo Committee
Boycott South African Cargo Committee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Duration: About 1975 - Unknown, about late 1970s
The Boycott South African Cargo Committee was an anti-apartheid coalition of about 20 Bay Area groups. It campaigned against imports from South Africa and to convince longshoremen not to unload ships with cargo from South Africa. Many members of the Boycott South African Cargo Committee were longshoremen who were members of Local 10 of the International...
The Boycott South African Cargo Committee was an anti-apartheid coalition of about 20 Bay Area groups. It campaigned against imports from South Africa and to convince longshoremen not to unload ships with cargo from South Africa. Many members of the Boycott South African Cargo Committee were longshoremen who were members of Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). (Source: Alex Bagwell, a former member of the Boycott South African Cargo Committee, and Southern Africa magazine, June-July 1977, available on this website.)
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