CLUW invites organizations to co-sponsor an event commemorating South African Women's Day on August 9 - a picket outside the South African Consulate, with the demands End Apartheid! Stop the Executions! Save Theresa Ramashamola and the other "Sharpeville Six;" Total U.S. Sanctions Now! This is the third annual demonstration marking South African Women's Day. The Sharpeville Six were recently granted a stay of execution only because of international opposition, so this public pressure must continue. Co-sponsors include the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, the Chicago Labor Education Program at the U of Illinois, Mayor's Commission on Women's Affairs, Illinois Labor Network Against...
CLUW invites organizations to co-sponsor an event commemorating South African Women's Day on August 9 - a picket outside the South African Consulate, with the demands End Apartheid! Stop the Executions! Save Theresa Ramashamola and the other "Sharpeville Six;" Total U.S. Sanctions Now! This is the third annual demonstration marking South African Women's Day. The Sharpeville Six were recently granted a stay of execution only because of international opposition, so this public pressure must continue. Co-sponsors include the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, the Chicago Labor Education Program at the U of Illinois, Mayor's Commission on Women's Affairs, Illinois Labor Network Against Apartheid, National Council of Jewish Women, Illinois Women's Agenda, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Free South Africa Movement, and Chicago Mozambique Support Network. Immediately after the protest, Nomonde Ngubo will be honored at a reception. Sister Ngubo is a founder of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa and serves the United Mineworkers of America as an International Representative. Contacts are Johnnie Jackson and Carol Friedman.
