Report of the Southern Africa Program of the AFSC Portland Area Program Office in the Pacific Northwest Region. The report says that, in solidarity with the Free South Africa Movement, the Portland Chapter of the National Black United Front, POSAF (Portlanders Organized for Southern Africa Freedom), and the Rainbow Organizing Committee called for bi-weekly demonstrations in front of the office of the honorary South African consul, Calvin Van Pelt. The demonstrations included civil disobedience, and there have been 14 arrests; the National Lawyers Guild has provided a team of attorneys to handle their defense. The report discussed contact with Miloanne Hecathorn with Witness for South Africa...
Report of the Southern Africa Program of the AFSC Portland Area Program Office in the Pacific Northwest Region. The report says that, in solidarity with the Free South Africa Movement, the Portland Chapter of the National Black United Front, POSAF (Portlanders Organized for Southern Africa Freedom), and the Rainbow Organizing Committee called for bi-weekly demonstrations in front of the office of the honorary South African consul, Calvin Van Pelt. The demonstrations included civil disobedience, and there have been 14 arrests; the National Lawyers Guild has provided a team of attorneys to handle their defense. The report discussed contact with Miloanne Hecathorn with Witness for South Africa in San Francisco, which has supported dockworkers who refused to unload cargo from a South African ship. The report discusses local coin stores and the Krugerrand. It also says members of POSAF and friends picketed a Chick Corea concert. The report includes a POSAF leaflet distributed at one or more demonstrations against the South African consulate. A number of newspaper articles are included: "U.S. - South Africa Ties Challenged" by Hank Stratton, "Anti-apartheid protesters arrested at Yamhill Market" by Lanita Duke, "Protesters Call for Consul's Resignation," "Demo chief, solons cited in protest," "Apartheid protesters will force arrests" by Wendy Mader, "Detroiters picket General Motors" by Bill Collins, "Oregon Democrats join South African Protests" by Lanita Duke, "Poor news coverage," "2 arrested in South Africa protest," "U.S. demonstrations noted in S. Africa," "Wyden takes heat for South Africa views" by Lanita Duke, "Wise investing, social concerns bit linked in law" by Dana Tims, and "Protesters: U of O fund out of South Africa." The report includes a copy of a POSAF letter to Representative Les AuCoin, a letter from State Senator Margie Hendriksen, and a leaflet related to a concert by Chick Corea. [Note: the report spells the name of Miloanne Hecathorn incorrectly as Miloann Heckathorn.]
