The mailing says on August 15th, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a selective sanctions bill, 84-14; while the Senate-passed version is not the comprehensive economic sanctions contained in S. 2570, there are sane significant actions included in the bill; grassroots activists, student anti-apartheid groups, Congressional allies and other supporters have forged an effective coalition to force the national debate on sanctions to the front burner of American politics; we have spent long years battling the Congress and especially the more conservative Senate, to get meaningful sanctions legislation passed; the anti-apartheid successes in the Congress are due to that hard work; but, the battle for...
The mailing says on August 15th, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a selective sanctions bill, 84-14; while the Senate-passed version is not the comprehensive economic sanctions contained in S. 2570, there are sane significant actions included in the bill; grassroots activists, student anti-apartheid groups, Congressional allies and other supporters have forged an effective coalition to force the national debate on sanctions to the front burner of American politics; we have spent long years battling the Congress and especially the more conservative Senate, to get meaningful sanctions legislation passed; the anti-apartheid successes in the Congress are due to that hard work; but, the battle for an end to U.S. support for the apartheid government is far from over. The mailing says this fall we have two important southern African issues that need our support; of course, final action on the sanctions fight will begin when the Congress returns from recess on September 8th; in addition, an opportunity to prevent U.S. funding for the Sooth African-backed UNITA terrorists in Angola will cane up for a vote in the House of Representatives; the Intelligence Authorization Act, HR 4759, contains the Hamilton amendment to prohibit any U.S. funding for UNITA without full Congressional debate; this legislation is an important first step towards ending U.S. support for South Africa's war of destabilization in Angola. The mailing includes an Action Alert SENATE PASSES SANCTIONS, ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO UNDERCUT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; COMPARISON OF SENATE (5 2701) AND HOUSE (HR 4868) SANCTIONS BILLS TO BE RECONCILED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE and POSSIBLE CONFEREES ON HOUSE AND SENATE SANCTIONS LEGISLATION. The mailing discusses the House-Senate Conference Committee, Nelson Mandela, the State of Emergency, detainees held under emergency regulations, unban political parties, free political expression, the Group Areas Act, the Population Registration Act, violence, the ANC (African National Congress), a democratic post-apartheid South Africa, investments, loans and banking, tax credits, exports, computers, nuclear production, crude oil, petroleum products, the U.S. Munitions List, imports, strategic minerals, arms, ammunition, military vehicles, parastatals, landing rights, Foreign Agents Registration Act, African opposition movements, the ANC (African National Congress), and Black-owned businesses.
