END Corporate Support of Apartheid BREAK Seattle's Ties with Racist South Africa

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Creator

U.S. Out of Southern Africa Network; Seattle Coalition in Solidarity with Black South African Resistance

Place Created

Seattle, Washington, United States

Date

Undated, second half of 1984 or 1985?

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The leaflet says IBM is the largest supplier and servicer of data-processing equipment in South Africa. At least one-third of its business in South Africa is directly with the racist government; it provides computers that implement the hated pass laws, control the flow of migratory labor, and link into the central data bank in Johannesburg that keeps tabs on all of South Africa's adult black population. The leaflet says Holiday Inn runs a chain of whites-only hotels in South Africa. Total U.S. financial involvement in South Africa in 1982 was $14 billion, including $2.5 billion in direct investment, $3.8 billion in bank loans, and $7.6 billion in stock holding. The leaflet includes quotations...

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Publisher

Seattle Coalition

Organization

Seattle Coalition in Solidarity with Black South African Resistance
U.S. Out of Southern Africa Network

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Collection

Selma Waldman collection on the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA), Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections