Leaflet issued as part of a campaign to get Harvard University to divest from companies that do business in South Africa. The leaflet addresses seven critiques of divestment: 1. American companies are a good example for the rest of South Africa 2. Blacks will actually be harmed by corporate withdrawal. 3. The South African government doesn't care about divestment. 4. Harvard's divestment will have no real effect. 5. If the U.S. bans investment and trade, other countries will simply take its place. 6. Harvard will lose money by divesting. 7. Divestiture is just a chic progressive cause that pops up on campus every spring. The leaflet mentions the Sullivan Principles, Alert Luthuli, Derek Bok,...
Leaflet issued as part of a campaign to get Harvard University to divest from companies that do business in South Africa. The leaflet addresses seven critiques of divestment: 1. American companies are a good example for the rest of South Africa 2. Blacks will actually be harmed by corporate withdrawal. 3. The South African government doesn't care about divestment. 4. Harvard's divestment will have no real effect. 5. If the U.S. bans investment and trade, other countries will simply take its place. 6. Harvard will lose money by divesting. 7. Divestiture is just a chic progressive cause that pops up on campus every spring. The leaflet mentions the Sullivan Principles, Alert Luthuli, Derek Bok, the South African police and military, IBM, the computer industry, oil, the University of Michigan, and New York City.
