African Activist Archive

The mailing says we'd like to thank everyone who helped make our second annual Celebration in Remembrance of Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Stand against Apartheid such a big success; close to 400 people came to enjoy good food and music and to hear Dennis Goldberg, a co-defendant with Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned for 25 years, as well as local trade unionists and anti-apartheid activists. The mailing says our nest meeting will be Tuesday, 29 March at the Clothing Workers' Hall. The mailing says the Call to Conscience Network is planning a rally against U.S. complicity with apartheid on Monday, 21 March at JFK Plaza to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre. The mailing says we have just heard from the NYC Labor Against Apartheid Committee; the South African government restricted the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) from all political action; together with the recent restrictions in the proposed Labor Relations Amendment Act, COSATU is effectively banned. The mailing asks people to send messages of solidarity to COSATU and statements of protest to Ambassador Pieter Koornhof at the South African Embassy. The mailing says in response to the new wave of repression, leading members of Congress are renewing the push for more comprehensive sanctions legislation; hearing on the Dellums-Cranston Bill should beging on 15 March, and a House vote is expected in May. The mailing says last year's Bill 251 id now Bill 11; this legislation would extent Philadelphia's current anti-apartheid policy in a precedent-setting was by prohibiting both city and quasi-city contracts with companies doing business in South Africa or Namibia, including firms that provide licenses, franchises, or managerial services to South African companies. • CALL TO CONSCIENCE NETWORK • REPRESSION/DEFENSE WORK • SANCTIONS/NATIONAL • SANCTIONS/LOCAL

African Activist Archive

[We'd like to thank everyone who helped make our second annual Celebration in Remembrance of Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Stand against Apartheid such a big success]

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