Contents: Rev. Boesak - Standing for Truth • Namibian Independence: A Dream Deferred? by National Namibia Concerns • Dollars for Democracy in Namibia • "Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope: Montgomery ... Soweto ... Providence" • South Africa Now: Filling the Void • African National Congress call for Defiance Campaign • Mobil pulls out of South Africa • Where does Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation Stand on these Important Anti-Apartheid Bills? • The newsletter says almost everyone present at Rev. Allan Boesak's press conference had a sense that history was being made; Rev. Boesak took the pulpit at a church pastored by one of Dr. Martin...
Contents: Rev. Boesak - Standing for Truth • Namibian Independence: A Dream Deferred? by National Namibia Concerns • Dollars for Democracy in Namibia • "Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope: Montgomery ... Soweto ... Providence" • South Africa Now: Filling the Void • African National Congress call for Defiance Campaign • Mobil pulls out of South Africa • Where does Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation Stand on these Important Anti-Apartheid Bills? • The newsletter says almost everyone present at Rev. Allan Boesak's press conference had a sense that history was being made; Rev. Boesak took the pulpit at a church pastored by one of Dr. Martin Luther King's disciples, Rev. Dr. Virgil Wood, and from the same place where Senator John Chafee stood 10 days earlier and said, "I can't make comparisons between Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa." The newsletter says The newsletter says Rev. Boesak, along with Jim Wallis of the Sojourners Community, led a procession of 300 people from First Baptist Church to the interfaith service against apartheid and racism at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The newsletter says the people of Namibia have been fighting for independence for 25 years. There are also real forces that will try everything to prevent its achievement; the "Dollars for Democracy in Namibia" campaign is an initial project of the Northeast Southern Africa Solidarity Network, which was formed out of a three-day conference in September 1988 in New Haven, Connecticut; members of 55 anti-apartheid and anti-racist organizations from 12 states (from Maine to Washington, D.C.) participated attended the conference; the campaign about Namibia is an opportunity to assist SWAPO as it conducts a voter education campaign, resettles refugees, and tends to disabled war victims. The newsletter says R.I. Divest is urging WSBE Channel 36 to broadcast "South Africa Now." The newsletter says there are currently two bills in Congress calling for strong economic sanctions against South Africa; in the House, Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA) has introduced HR-21; in the Senate, Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) has introduced an identical bill, S-507. The newsletter mentions the "From Pentecost to Soweto" campaign, SWAPO (South West African People's Organization), UNTAG (United Nations Transition Assistance Group), SWATF (South West Africa Territory Force), the Namibian Peace Plan, UN Security Council Resolution 435, peacekeeping forces, elections, Mobil Oil Corporation, the ANC, EDICESA (Ecumenical Documentation and Information Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa), Rep. Claudine Schneider, Rep. Ronald Machtley, Sen. Claiborne Pell, Joseph Newsome, Prudence Mashile, and Atiba Mbiwan.
