American Committee on Africa
New York, New York, United States
February 1987
3 pages
The report says that, while the U.S. administration continued with its failed policy of constructive engagement, 1986 witnessed dramatic results in ACOA's decade-long public education campaign against U.S. investment in apartheid. The report notes that Congress passed the Anti-Apartheid Act over President Reagan's veto and that California embarked on the largest divestment yet when it decided to withdraw $12.5 billion in pension funds from corporations investing in South Africa. The report says the Committee was involved in the surge of campus activity as students built shanties on campuses from Maine to California; students have convinced 116 schools to adopt divestment. The report...
The report says that, while the U.S. administration continued with its failed policy of constructive engagement, 1986 witnessed dramatic results in ACOA's decade-long public education campaign against U.S. investment in apartheid. The report notes that Congress passed the Anti-Apartheid Act over President Reagan's veto and that California embarked on the largest divestment yet when it decided to withdraw $12.5 billion in pension funds from corporations investing in South Africa. The report says the Committee was involved in the surge of campus activity as students built shanties on campuses from Maine to California; students have convinced 116 schools to adopt divestment. The report discusses Rev. Simon Farisani and the "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" campaign. It also discusses destabilization of the front line states by South Africa, using both its own and surrogate forces such as UNITA in Angola and MNR in Mozambique. The report discusses the Sun City album and video and material aid for projects such as the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College run by the ANC (African National Congress) at Mazimbu. Contents: Sanctions and Divestment • Students • Detentions • Front Line States • Material Aid • Recommendations
Angola
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Southern Africa
English
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This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/
Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).
