Leaflet possibly sent out as a mailing. The leaflet says the snowballing movement against the South African system of racism known as Apartheid may move to a new stage if San Francisco voters adopt a policy initiative proposed by the Apartheid Boycott Coalition, which is now collecting signatures to put the issue on the city ballot. The leaflet says the Apartheid Boycott Initiative calls for a general boycott of businesses having the greatest ties with South African Apartheid; this would extend the city's existing divestment policy (adopted by the voters as Proposition J in November 1984) to include a consumer boycott and city purchasing policy; the boycott would focus on the worst offenders...
Leaflet possibly sent out as a mailing. The leaflet says the snowballing movement against the South African system of racism known as Apartheid may move to a new stage if San Francisco voters adopt a policy initiative proposed by the Apartheid Boycott Coalition, which is now collecting signatures to put the issue on the city ballot. The leaflet says the Apartheid Boycott Initiative calls for a general boycott of businesses having the greatest ties with South African Apartheid; this would extend the city's existing divestment policy (adopted by the voters as Proposition J in November 1984) to include a consumer boycott and city purchasing policy; the boycott would focus on the worst offenders (companies most responsible for upholding Apartheid) and be flexible enough to allow exceptions where a boycott would be impractical. The leaflet says supporters say it makes no sense to protest Apartheid profiteering by removing city funds from stocks of offending companies (having little direct economic impact on them), while continuing to support those same companies by buying their products and services. The leaflet says sponsors of the Coalition and the Initiative include: Arla Hale Smith, Atty., Co-author of Prop. J.; Terrence Faulkner, Co-author of Prop. J.; Pedro Noguera, Student Body President, U.C. Berkeley, Representative, UNITED PEOPLE OF COLOR; Patricia Noguera, President, M.E.Ch.A., U.C. Berkeley; Jesse J. James, Founder, San Francisco MISSION REBELS IN ACTION; Dorinda Moreno, Director, ACTIVA UNLIMITED; and Paul Kangas, Chair, San Francisco PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY. The leaflet discusses U.C. Berkeley (University of California at Berkeley), and Proposition J.
