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TO: IBM STOCKHOLDERS

TO: IBM STOCKHOLDERS

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Creator

IBM Workers United

Place Created

Johnson City, New York, United States

Date

Spring 1978?

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

This leaflet opposing IBM doing business in South Africa apparently was distributed at the IBM annual stockholder meeting. The leaflet says that at least one-third of IBM's business in South Africa is with the government and that IBM maintained and serviced computer systems in many government agencies. The leaflet especially opposes the use of two 370/158 system in the population registration system known as the "Book of Life" that keeps track of Asians, Coloureds, and whites much as the Nazis divided people into racial categories. The leaflet also notes that the South Africa Department of Prisons has an IBM 360/20 machine to administer a system with one of the largest prison...
This leaflet opposing IBM doing business in South Africa apparently was distributed at the IBM annual stockholder meeting. The leaflet says that at least one-third of IBM's business in South Africa is with the government and that IBM maintained and serviced computer systems in many government agencies. The leaflet especially opposes the use of two 370/158 system in the population registration system known as the "Book of Life" that keeps track of Asians, Coloureds, and whites much as the Nazis divided people into racial categories. The leaflet also notes that the South Africa Department of Prisons has an IBM 360/20 machine to administer a system with one of the largest prison populations in the world. • WOULD IBM HAVE SOLD COMPUTERS TO HITLER? • STATEMENT FROM IBM WORKERS IN FRANCE • FOR WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY, A STATEMENT FROM IBM WORKERS UNITED
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Organization

IBM Workers United

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Alliance@IBM (successor to IBM Workers United)

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