African Activist Archive

The mailing is addressed to people who are active in the anti-nuclear movement; it urges them to better understand the international nuclear networks, including the nuclear collaboration between the U.S. and South Africa. The letter argues that adding an awareness of this international dimension will be helpful to expose the de facto control and the vast profits which have been made by the nuclear industry at the expense of the American public and to develop economic/social/political structures which will benefit the majority of the population. U.S. nuclear collaboration has been with some of the most repressive regimes in the world: South Africa, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and Argentina. These regimes use their control over nuclear power and weapons capability to further entrench themselves in the face of mounting resistance from the majority in their countries. Dismantling the nuclear industry will be assisted by supporting similar demands being made in other Third World nations. South Africa's nuclear role is quite extensive and is definitely being used to preserve its apartheid system in the face of international condemnation. The mailing asks people to publicize the "South Africa Nuclear Connection" resource and to write Secretary Samuel J. Chilk at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to demand an end to U.S.-South Africa nuclear links, specifically by prohibiting sales of nuclear fuel and the transfer of nuclear technology and technicians. Also, you can withdraw funds you may have invested in banks that lend to South Africa. The mailing mentions redlining, deficient 'affirmative action' practices, and denial of employees' right to collectively bargaining.

African Activist Archive

[Dear friends: As participants in, and organizers of, the rapidly escalating movement saying NO! to nuclear power, you're well aware of the role a small number of corporations play in the nuclear industry.]

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