African Activist Archive

Conference report of the Free South Africa Movement (FSAM) National Organizers Meeting in in Covington, Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati, November 15 - 18, 1985. The meeting was called and coordinated by the board and staff of TransAfrica under the direction of Randall Robinson. Chapters of FSAM or South Africa organizers were present from Boston, New York, Virginia, Chicago, L.A., Detroit, Seattle, Portland. The report discusses Roger Wilkins; Sylvia Hill; the Pacific Maritime Association; ILWU #10; divestment legislation in Alameda County, Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and San Francisco; the boycott of Del Monte products; University of California campuses; the Granny Smith apple boycott; Desmond Tutu; Harvard University; Michigan Lawyers Against Apartheid; Faculty Against Apartheid; ANC (African National Congress); UNITA; William Keyes, Jerry Falwell; the Heritage Foundation; Claude Pepper; the Clarke Amendment; the CIA; Rep. Waller; MNR (Mozambique National Resistance); President Machel; Rep. McClough; economic sanctions against Angola; Rep. Siljander; Savimbi; coal; Fluor Corporation; Shell; Arco; the Freedom Letter; AFL-CIO; the United Mineworkers; the Smoot Harley Act; International Human Rights Day; the Screen Actors Guild; the Call to Conscience; Coke; Tree Top; Royal Dutch Shell; and the Bay Area Seals Campaign. • Introduction • City Updates • Political Concerns and Direction • Legislation • Conclusion

African Activist Archive

Free South Africa Movement (FSAM) National Organizers Meeting

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