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"Options for ACAS as it begins its Fifteenth Year: Some Reflections and Alternatives" by David Wiley and "Summary of Responses to D. Wiley's August Letter," September 1991. Wiley says in a cover note that he went a bit beyond the original mandate to the "New Blood Committee" in order to provide context about the global political situation in the 1990s and the new parameters for ACAS initiatives. Wiley added a four-page set of reflections to pose some alternatives about the future of ACAS and requests amendments, criticisms, and suggestions. The documents discuss the Political Action Committee (PAC), legislative efforts, Congress, ACAS Bulletin, the anti-apartheid movement, the African Studies Association (ASA), human rights, repression against African scholars, Ed Ferguson, Allen Isaacman, the global system, military power, economy, polity, the Pacific Rim, Eastern Europe, Third World economies, the struggle in Southern Africa, students, campuses, the Cold War, TransAfrica, Washington Office on Africa, American Committee on Africa (ACOA), Carol Thompson, Ahmad Samater, Bill Martin, Silvia Federici, Kevin Danaher, Julius Ihonvbere, Tilden LeMelle, Walton Johnson, Rutgers University, Bob Allison, Barbara Brown, Janice McLaughlin, Yvette Scheven, Sibusiso Nkomo, Stephen Howard, Allan Cooper, Bill Minter, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Organization of African Unity (OAU), the State Department, the White House, African-American issues and movements, Union of Democratic University Staff Associations (UDUSA), Meredeth Turshen, internal problems, private banks, cancel Africa's debt, post-sanctions, the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on South Africa, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Randall Robinson, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, academic freedom, detained African academics, the Liberian panel, Manley (Robert Manley), education, public policy, U.S. policy toward Africa, Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA), RENAMO, Bud Day, Candice Goucher, Cornelius Moore, African National Congress (ANC), structural adjustment, famine, food aid, AIDS (HIV), Jo Sullivan, a telephone tree, action alerts, the Rockefeller reports, democratic struggles, budget cuts to African aid, NACLA, MERIP, Chris Root, Hans Panofsky, The Africa Fund, Mandela's release, publications, panels, and David Groff.

African Activist Archive

Concerning: Reflections on Directions for ACAS in 1991-92 and "New Blood"

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