This leaflet was passed out at a picket at the South African Consulate in New York, possibly on December 28, 1984. The picket is to protest the racist system of apartheid and U.S. corporate support for the South Africa economy and military. For example, GM and Ford sell trucks to the South African military and police, U.S. computers help enforce the pass book system, and U.S. oil companies provide the fuel that keeps the South African war machine running. The leaflet urges people to write Mayor Koch in support of Intro 618, a City Council bill to ban city purchases from South Africa or from companies that invest in South Africa. The leaflet also asks people to urge their state legislator to...
This leaflet was passed out at a picket at the South African Consulate in New York, possibly on December 28, 1984. The picket is to protest the racist system of apartheid and U.S. corporate support for the South Africa economy and military. For example, GM and Ford sell trucks to the South African military and police, U.S. computers help enforce the pass book system, and U.S. oil companies provide the fuel that keeps the South African war machine running. The leaflet urges people to write Mayor Koch in support of Intro 618, a City Council bill to ban city purchases from South Africa or from companies that invest in South Africa. The leaflet also asks people to urge their state legislator to support legislation to end New York State investment in companies that operate in South Africa. It also asks people to get their church, union, or association to withdraw their account out of any bank that loans money to South Africa. • HOW THE U.S. SUPPORTS APARTHEID • WHAT CAN I DO?
