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RHODESIAN IMPORTS SUPPORT RACIST GOVERNMENT

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Creator

Coalition to Stop Rhodesian Imports

Place Created

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date

Undated, December 1973

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Leaflet apparently aimed at longshoremen Philadelphia. The leaflet says imports of Rhodesian asbestos and chrome help keep a racist government in power, where the 5% White minority controls the country and Blacks have no representation and extremely limited civil rights. Average wages are about $700 per month for Whites and about $50 per month for Blacks. Rhodesian imports hurt U.S. workers. The low wages of African workers make it profitable for big U.S. corporations to close down plants here and move to places like Rhodesia. Importing from Rhodesia is against the law. In 1966 the United Nations imposed sanctions against the White racist government of Rhodesia, and in October 1971 the U.S....

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Organization

Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports

Coverage Africa

Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports.

Collection

Vincent Klingler papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections