The newsletter reports on the visit to the Twin Cities by an international delegation of five experts and activists on Namibia on December 7-8 as part of a four-city tour following participation in a UN-sponsored conference on Namibia. Friends For A Non-Violent World sponsored the visit along with the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Board of Social Ministry of Central Lutheran Church, the Minnesota Anti-Apartheid Legislative Coalition, and the Twin Cities Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa. The delegates were pleased with their busy schedule and promises of strong support. Members of the delegation were Daq Hareide, Lutheran pastor and chairman of the Namibia Association of...
The newsletter reports on the visit to the Twin Cities by an international delegation of five experts and activists on Namibia on December 7-8 as part of a four-city tour following participation in a UN-sponsored conference on Namibia. Friends For A Non-Violent World sponsored the visit along with the Council on Black Minnesotans, the Board of Social Ministry of Central Lutheran Church, the Minnesota Anti-Apartheid Legislative Coalition, and the Twin Cities Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa. The delegates were pleased with their busy schedule and promises of strong support. Members of the delegation were Daq Hareide, Lutheran pastor and chairman of the Namibia Association of Norway; Gail Hovey, Research Director for ACOA and author of "Namibia's Stolen Wealth: North American Investment and South African Occupation''; Bill Johnston of Episcopal Churchmen for South .Africa; Terry Shott, South African in exile and active in England with the Namibia Support Committee, End Loans to South Africa and War Resisters: and Hinyanqerwa Pius Asheeke, Deputy Observer for South West Africa People Organization (SWAPO) at the United Nations. The schedule included Mayor Don Fraser granting honorary citizenship; a reception for Minneapolis City Council members and other public officials hosted by Alderman Vann White; and meetings with Bishop Anderson of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, officers and staff of the American Lutheran Church, representatives of the United Auto Workers (arranged by Bob Killeen), anti-draft and anti-nuclear activists (at Northern Sun Alliance office), and students and staff at Bethel College. A reception for legislators and members of the Black community was hosted by Randy Staten and the Council on Black Minnesotans, and an evening Forum was attended by more than 120 people. David Jones taped a program for "Harambee," channel 11. One delegate met with George Latimer and, at the invitation of Alderman Bill Wilson, spoke before the St. Paul City Council. The newsletter discussed the role of the U.S. government and transnational operations in strengthen South Africa. It also criticized U.S. support for South Africa's demand that all Cuban troops leave Angola before South Africa will cooperate for Namibian independence. The newsletter mentions World War I, the League of Nations, a mandate over South West Africa, apartheid, the UN Council on Namibia, natural resources, uranium, human rights, transnational corporations, and Margy Ward. [Note: This page may be part of a longer newsletter.]
