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Contents: SUGGESTIONS FOR ACTION PROJECTS ON SOUTHERN AFRICA AND LIBERATION MOVEMENTS • PROPOSAL FOR SUGAR PROJECT • OTHER PROJECTS • The impact of U.S. imperialism on Third World peoples is not limited to a few countries that receive media attention. Southern Africa has obvious relevance for the black movement in the U.S. For example, the campaign against banks' loans to the South African government has been used as an example of America's domestic racism by groups from the Black Panthers, SNCC, James Forman, to CORE. Grass roots organizations in the black community often display an international aspect to their analysis and protest. Events in Southern Africa have important implications for NATO, through which the U.S. supplies arms to Portugal. These arms are not supposed to be used in the colonial wars against the Liberation Movements of Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Angola, but some are. Because of protest, U.S. naval ships no longer refuel in South Africa - they now refuel in Mozambique and Angola. South Africa controls about 80% of the "free world's" gold supply. South Africa sells herself as the bastion against communism and defender of Western/Christian civilization in Africa. The U.S. claims to object to South Africa's and Portugal's policies and to support the movements for self-determination, but it actually bolsters these policies. Solidarity means not only supporting the guerrillas, but also recognizing participation in a common struggle. The report mentions controls on export of capital, Sharpeville, sanctions, NACLA, the Africa Research Group, SDS, B.W. Dyer and Co., refugees, GM (General Motors), Gulf, Cornell, Princeton, direct action, high schools, universities, disengagement, the November Mobilization in Washington, D.C., action at the South African and Portuguese embassies, and raising money.

African Activist Archive

CRV Action on Southern Africa

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