Contents: Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Now! • Timeline • URGENTLY NEED ACTION ON SANCTIONS • The action alert says on October 2, 1987 in compliance with PL 99-440, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, President Reagan issued a report on the extent to which South Africa has made significant progress towards dismantling apartheid; as expected, he concluded that sanctions are counter-productive and have caused increased repression in South Africa; he violated the sanctions law when he admitted that South Africa had made no attempt to end apartheid but refused to recommend to Congress additional sanctions to be imposed on the Pretoria regime. The action alert says at an October 8, 1987 press...
Contents: Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Now! • Timeline • URGENTLY NEED ACTION ON SANCTIONS • The action alert says on October 2, 1987 in compliance with PL 99-440, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, President Reagan issued a report on the extent to which South Africa has made significant progress towards dismantling apartheid; as expected, he concluded that sanctions are counter-productive and have caused increased repression in South Africa; he violated the sanctions law when he admitted that South Africa had made no attempt to end apartheid but refused to recommend to Congress additional sanctions to be imposed on the Pretoria regime. The action alert says at an October 8, 1987 press conference, a bi-partisan group of Congressional anti-apartheid leaders in the House and Senate denounced the President's report and called upon the Administration to comply with the law and recommend additional sanctions; Congressman Howard Wolpe (D-MI), Chairman of the House Africa Subcommittee opened the press conference by outlining the escalating South African repression and destabilization in southern Africa and the unwillingness of the Reagan Administration to act decisively against apartheid; he also embraced the Dellums bill, (HR 1580/S 556) as the primary legislative vehicle in the upcoming sanctions struggle in the Congress; HR 1580 sponsor, Congressman Ronald Dellums (D-CA) called on Democrats in the Senate, who are now the majority, to take the lead and embrace strong sanctions against South Africa; the Senate companion of the Dellums bill, S 556, has been introduced by Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA). The action alert says HR 1580/S 556 mandates complete disinvestment of all U.S. corporations from South Africa and Namibia within six months of passage of the legislation. The action alert asks people to recruit cosponsors for HR 1580 / S 556 and to write their Representative and Senators now urging them to actively support and co-sponsor H.R.1580/S.556. The mailing includes PENDING SANCTIONS LEGISLATION IN THE 100TH CONGRESS dated October 29, 1987. The action alert discusses HR 1005 denying foreign tax credit for any tax paid to South Africa (introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel), HR 3328, the Apartheid Profits Discrimination bill, to prohibit investment in U.S. capital markets by South African mining companies (Rep. Mickey Leland), HR 3317, the Petroleum Sanctions bill, to end petroleum trade with South Africa (Rep. Robert Wise), and HR 1051, to prohibit imports of South African and Namibia diamonds.
