Leaflet in support of a proposition in support of a voluntary consumer boycott of companies that do business in South Africa. The leaflet has six arguments in favor and asks people to sign in favor of each argument and return the leaflet to Grassroots Initiatives. The leaflet says a Gallop poll found 77% of South Africa's back majority favoring international economic boycotts as pressure for ending apartheid. The leaflet says South Africa has attracted many American businesses, because the exploitation of that country's black majority has produced above-average profits -- literally "blood money"; boycotting South Africa pressures them to end apartheid; boycotting corporations that do business...
Leaflet in support of a proposition in support of a voluntary consumer boycott of companies that do business in South Africa. The leaflet has six arguments in favor and asks people to sign in favor of each argument and return the leaflet to Grassroots Initiatives. The leaflet says a Gallop poll found 77% of South Africa's back majority favoring international economic boycotts as pressure for ending apartheid. The leaflet says South Africa has attracted many American businesses, because the exploitation of that country's black majority has produced above-average profits -- literally "blood money"; boycotting South Africa pressures them to end apartheid; boycotting corporations that do business there, pressures them to stop their profiteering. The leaflet says this Proposition asks the Board of Supervisors to determine and publicly identify the most appropriate targets for a consumer boycott of companies tied to apartheid. The leaflet says San Francisco's Supervisors unanimously passes a city purchasing policy to avoid companies tied to South Africa whenever satisfactory alternatives are available; this measure asks the public to follow that example. The leaflet says the AFL-CIO and other unions have called for a boycott of Shell Oil, because of Shell's tied to apartheid. The leaflet discusses Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the African National Congress (ANC), the South African police, Steve Biko, segregation, "relocation", family, lawyers, press, victims, legal rights, employment rights, a stand for justice, and labor. (See: SAN FRANCISCANS TO VOTE ON NEW SOUTH AFRICA BOYCOTT PROPOSITION by Apartheid Boycott Campaign, January 1987, available on this website.]
