African Activist Archive

The mailing says enclosed please find our latest Action Alert and a number of other items constituting our Legislative Action Kit; there have been major developments in southern Africa and the 100th Congress has gotten off to a busy start; we wanted to provide you with as much necessary information as soon as possible; there are so many southern Africa bills before Congress, and it is important that we begin working together now to establish legislative priorities am focus our lobbying efforts where they are most needed at this point in the session; last year we were able to win a sanctions package which, though limited, repudiates the Reagan Administration's failed policy of constructive engagement and imposes some important restrictions on U.S. trade with and investment in apartheid; we must begin now to build on the last year's momentum to realize a southern Africa policy which truly respects the goals and aspirations of the region's people. The mailing says the Legislative Action Kit contains 1) the Action Alert, which outlines some of the current southern Africa legislation and suggests possible action handles, 2) a Fact Sheet on the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) detailing SADCC's history and its projects and priorities, 3) a list of the key committees for the aid to southern Africa legislation, 4) a sample letter to Congress regarding this legislation 5) a new set of talking points on comprehensive economic sanctions and 6) a laundry list of southern Africa legislation so far this session. The mailing says for those of you receiving this mailing who attended our First Annual Martin Luther King Jr Symposium on Southern Africa, thank you again for helping us make it such a successful event; now is the time to begin organizing grassroots support for the various bills before Congress. The mailing discusses the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, President Reagan's veto, H.R. 776, the Urgent Supplemental Assistance for Southern Africa Bill of 1987, Representative Mickey Leland, famine, the loss of life due to military aggression by South Africa, H.R. 967, the Urgent Supplemental Appropriations for Southern Africa Bill of 1987, Representative Julian Dixon, Representative William Gray, Representative Walter Fauntroy, H.R. 1034, the Economic Assistance to the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference Bill, Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Lowell Weicker, H.R. 1153, S. 556, H.R. 1051, Representative Mervyn Dymally, the House Ways and Means Committee, comprehensive sanctions, U.S. policy in Namibia, UN Resolution 435, HR 340, Rep. William Dannemeyer, military assistance to UNITA, HR 1074, the Promotion of Democracy in Angola Act of 1987, Representative Bill McCollum, HR 1199, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and development assistance.

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friend: Enclosed please find our latest Action Alert and a number of other items constituting our Legislative Action Kit.]

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