The Africa Fund fundraising letter focuses on increased repression in South Africa, where police killed 300 people in the last six months and nearly 2,000 people have been imprisoned and held incommunicado. Over 800 school children, some only 8 years old, have been arrested for boycotting classes. Children were beaten with bull whips for singing "We Are The World." Jerry Falwell is trying to sell apartheid to Americans, claiming that South Africa "is making progress and is a friend of the West"; The Africa Fund is working to prove that Falwell doesn't speak for the majority of Americans. Falwell calls Bishop Desmond Tutu "nothing but a phony" because he has called for international economic...
The Africa Fund fundraising letter focuses on increased repression in South Africa, where police killed 300 people in the last six months and nearly 2,000 people have been imprisoned and held incommunicado. Over 800 school children, some only 8 years old, have been arrested for boycotting classes. Children were beaten with bull whips for singing "We Are The World." Jerry Falwell is trying to sell apartheid to Americans, claiming that South Africa "is making progress and is a friend of the West"; The Africa Fund is working to prove that Falwell doesn't speak for the majority of Americans. Falwell calls Bishop Desmond Tutu "nothing but a phony" because he has called for international economic action against South Africa. Falwell plans to spend a million dollars to defeat anti-apartheid legislation in Congress and in states and cities throughout the country. Through TV appearances, media interviews, and publications, The Africa Fund has been the driving force behind the campaign to remove state and city funds from corporations that invest in South Africa; already, 10 states and 35 cities have voted to divest nearly $4 billion. The Africa Fund also operates a telephone hotline to provide fast, accurate information to counter propaganda from the South African government and its right-wing American allies. The mailing includes Voices for Withdrawal quoting Chief Albert Luthuli, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
