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Creator

Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid

Place Created

Forest Park, Illinois, United States

Date

Undated, presumably early 1989

Type of Item

Postcard

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Postcard to the U.S. Senate for people from local unions to sign and return to the Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid by June 2, 1989. The postcards will be delivered to Senator Paul Simon, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Africa. The postcard asks Congress to seek the release of all the trade unionists and other political prisoners in South Africa and to institute MANDATORY COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS against South Africa until apartheid is ended. Moses Mayekiso, leader of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, is on trial for high treason. South Africa has unleashed a reign of terror on trade unions and others who are striving for basic democratic rights. The...

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Organization

Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of a former member of the Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid.

Collection

Kathleen M. Devine papers