Leaflet handed out at a demonstration by the War Resisters League. The leaflet says more and more resisters to apartheid in South Africa and Namibia are being jailed and subjected to various forms of torture. It argues that U.S. backing of South Africa's racist regime provides support for these violent, repressive actions and calls for an end to this support. The leaflet says the Reagan administration's pursuit of "constructive engagement" enables U.S. corporations to invest billions of dollars which are essential to maintaining South Africa's economy and apartheid system. The leaflet says it has been 20 years since Martin Luther King called for an international boycott...
Leaflet handed out at a demonstration by the War Resisters League. The leaflet says more and more resisters to apartheid in South Africa and Namibia are being jailed and subjected to various forms of torture. It argues that U.S. backing of South Africa's racist regime provides support for these violent, repressive actions and calls for an end to this support. The leaflet says the Reagan administration's pursuit of "constructive engagement" enables U.S. corporations to invest billions of dollars which are essential to maintaining South Africa's economy and apartheid system. The leaflet says it has been 20 years since Martin Luther King called for an international boycott against South Africa. The leaflet encourages people to join the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) in its campaign for the release of South African prisoners who have struggled against apartheid. The leaflet mentions Nobel laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu, detentions without trial, increased arrests for violations of racist laws, nonviolence resistance, a democratic society, war, racism, and sexism. [Note: the date and location of the demonstration is unknown; the text indicates it was in 1985.]
