Contents: Wednesday's OBITUARY • Wednesday • BISHOP TUTU TO SPEAK AT THE GREEK!!! • Films on El Salvador and the U.S. • BART ALERT ON TRACK • 400 ARRESTED OVER EMBARGO • Sleep-In Continues • The newsletter reports that, according to witnesses, Andries Raditsela, a regional vice chairman of the Federation of South African Trade Unions, was dragged from his home and charged with unspecified crimes under South Africa's security laws; after his release, Raditsela was admitted to Baragwanath Hospital where he died of massive head injuries presumed to have been sustained while in police custody. The newsletter says today at University Hall several poets and artists will be arrested...
Contents: Wednesday's OBITUARY • Wednesday • BISHOP TUTU TO SPEAK AT THE GREEK!!! • Films on El Salvador and the U.S. • BART ALERT ON TRACK • 400 ARRESTED OVER EMBARGO • Sleep-In Continues • The newsletter reports that, according to witnesses, Andries Raditsela, a regional vice chairman of the Federation of South African Trade Unions, was dragged from his home and charged with unspecified crimes under South Africa's security laws; after his release, Raditsela was admitted to Baragwanath Hospital where he died of massive head injuries presumed to have been sustained while in police custody. The newsletter says today at University Hall several poets and artists will be arrested for a blockade to protest UC ties with South Africa; Maya Angelou, Jessica Milford, Tillie Olsen, and others will sit in. The newsletter discusses the People's Divestment Street Festival, the People's Park, the University Hall blockade, the Berkeley School Board, South African Airways (SAA), Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Greek Theatre, Pedro Noguera, ASUC (Associated Students University of California), Mayor Gus Newport, the Freedom Song Network, apartheid, the Biko Steps, and Reagan's trade embargo of Nicaragua.
