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Leaflet by the Detroit Chapter of the National Coalition to Support African Liberation advertising a demonstration in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, DC. The leaflet says apartheid is the political, economic and physical oppression and exploitation of the people of Azania (South Africa), Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and Namibia (South West Africa). The leaflet says all over the country, the support movement for the struggles in southern Africa is surging forward; 15,000 people came out got African Liberation Day this year; right now on campuses all over the country students are demanding that their colleges and universities divest from companies doing business in southern Africa; trade unions are withdrawing their money from banks that do business with South Africa, and refusing to handle goods from South Africa; boycotts are being organized of sporting events with South African athletes; the Krugerrand is being driven out of cities all over the country. The leaflet says busses leave Detroit Friday November 10 from Plymouth Congregational Church. The leaflet discusses the Patriotic Front, Ian Smith, B.J. Vorster, the Botha government, SWAPO (South West African People's Organization), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), and investments in South Africa. • WHAT IS THE VICIOUS APARTHEID SYSTEM? • WHAT ARE WE IN THE U.S. DOING ABOUT THIS? • FOR THE LIBERATION FORCES THE SITUATION IN EXCELLENT • WHY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LIBERATION SUPPORT MOVEMENT MUST RAISE THE DEMAND TO CUT THE TIES

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Demonstrate at the White House to: CUT the TIES with SOUTH AFRICA!

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