This brief history of the Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC) lists the organization's educational and activist work on Angola, a selective purchasing bill about South Africa adopted by the East Lansing City Council, divestment from companies involved in South Africa by Michigan State University, banking and divestment bills on South Africa in the Michigan legislature, and a campaign against the naming of a stage in MSU's Wharton Center for donor John McGoff, who had secretly cooperated with the South African Department of Information. It also describes SALC's approach to its political work, focusing on sound research, persistence, and innovative actions. The document was prepared on...
This brief history of the Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC) lists the organization's educational and activist work on Angola, a selective purchasing bill about South Africa adopted by the East Lansing City Council, divestment from companies involved in South Africa by Michigan State University, banking and divestment bills on South Africa in the Michigan legislature, and a campaign against the naming of a stage in MSU's Wharton Center for donor John McGoff, who had secretly cooperated with the South African Department of Information. It also describes SALC's approach to its political work, focusing on sound research, persistence, and innovative actions. The document was prepared on the occasion of giving an award for Peacemaker of the Year to SALC members Frank and Patricia Beeman by the Peace Education Center (PEC) in East Lansing. SALC was a Task Force of the Peace Education Center, as well as being a registered student organization at Michigan State University.
