The mailing says, in February 1987, anticipating the continued anti-sanctions position by the Reagan Administration and congressional conservatives, Representative Ron Dellums (D-CA) and Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) introduced HR 1580/S 556 to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Africa. This bill is the necessary response to the continuing apartheid violence in South Africa and to South Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia. HR 1580/S 556 mandates complete divestment of all U.S. corporations from South Africa and Namibia within six months, banning virtually all trade with South Africa, and includes some of the stronger sections of the present sanctions law, such as terminating the...
The mailing says, in February 1987, anticipating the continued anti-sanctions position by the Reagan Administration and congressional conservatives, Representative Ron Dellums (D-CA) and Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) introduced HR 1580/S 556 to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Africa. This bill is the necessary response to the continuing apartheid violence in South Africa and to South Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia. HR 1580/S 556 mandates complete divestment of all U.S. corporations from South Africa and Namibia within six months, banning virtually all trade with South Africa, and includes some of the stronger sections of the present sanctions law, such as terminating the treaty permitting air flights between South Africa and the U.S. The Reagan Administration has exploited the loopholes in the current law and weakened some of its stronger provisions. White business, academic and church groups have been encouraged to open discussions with the ANC. Confidence among some whites has been shaken, and the apartheid government has been forced to allocate more resources to sanctions busting and anti-sanctions propaganda. On February 24, 1988, it announced sweeping new restrictions on the activities of anti-apartheid organizations and leaders, effectively banning 17 organizations. The mailing asks people to CONTACT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, RECRUIT COSPONSORS FOR HR 1580 / S 556, and PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNE 16TH NATIONAL ANTI-APARTHEID LOBBY DAY. The mailing mentions the African National Congress (ANC), United Democratic Front (UDF), Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South African Council of Churches (SACC), Allan Boesak, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, disinvestment, demonstrations, vigils, church services, the massacre of Soweto schoolchildren in 1976, the Africa subcommittee, the International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, James Bilbray, James Clarke, Fofo Sunia, Dan Mica, Don Bonker, Doug Bereuter, and John Miller.
