Written statement by Jennifer Davis, Executive Director of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), at a press conference with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, with its spokesperson, Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston. Boston is one of 12 cities and five states that have voted to withdraw funds from U.S. banks and companies operating in South Africa. Davis points out that there is over $14 billion worth of U.S. involvement with South Africa, including companies in key sectors, supplying oil, computers, and vehicles to the police and military and helping support the whole violent system of apartheid. Many thousands of Black South Africans are risking their lives to demand an end to apartheid....
Written statement by Jennifer Davis, Executive Director of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), at a press conference with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, with its spokesperson, Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston. Boston is one of 12 cities and five states that have voted to withdraw funds from U.S. banks and companies operating in South Africa. Davis points out that there is over $14 billion worth of U.S. involvement with South Africa, including companies in key sectors, supplying oil, computers, and vehicles to the police and military and helping support the whole violent system of apartheid. Many thousands of Black South Africans are risking their lives to demand an end to apartheid. People across the U.S. are demanding that their tax dollars and pension funds should not be strengthening apartheid but rather working here, in the U.S., to rebuild cities, stop plant closings, and generate desperately needed jobs. [Note: This press conference is covered in the Fall 1984 issue of ACOA Action News, available on this website.]
