The leaflet says longshoremen in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans have refused to unload Rhodesian chrome in support of the struggle of black people against the racist regime in Rhodesia. The longshoremen gave up a day's pay to boycott the cargoes. The International Longshoremen's Association, ILA President Thomas Gleason and Anthony Scotto, President of Local 1814, have endorsed the boycott, as have the AFL-CIO, UAW, ILWU and the USWA. In Rhodesia (called Zimbabwe by the African people), a 'government' representing 5 percent of the population who are white, wields dictatorial power over the blacks population. The United Nations resolved that all countries should have no trade dealings...
The leaflet says longshoremen in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans have refused to unload Rhodesian chrome in support of the struggle of black people against the racist regime in Rhodesia. The longshoremen gave up a day's pay to boycott the cargoes. The International Longshoremen's Association, ILA President Thomas Gleason and Anthony Scotto, President of Local 1814, have endorsed the boycott, as have the AFL-CIO, UAW, ILWU and the USWA. In Rhodesia (called Zimbabwe by the African people), a 'government' representing 5 percent of the population who are white, wields dictatorial power over the blacks population. The United Nations resolved that all countries should have no trade dealings with Rhodesia, but the U.S. government decided to violate the United Nations sanctions and is allowing U.S. companies to import chrome, nickel, asbestos and other minerals from Rhodesia. Shipping companies like Farrel, Moore-McCormick, Hellnic and South African Marine and American business like Union Carbide and Goodyear Rubber do business, own mines, and build plants in Rhodesia. The leaflet includes a photograph of some of the 150 picketers at Boston Harbor protesting Rhodesian imports. The leaflet includes the schedule of vessels which have repeatedly brought in Rhodesian cargoes at piers in Brooklyn. The leaflet mentions Mormacpride, the African Sun, Mormactrade, and African Dawn. Slogans on the leaflet include DON'T UNLOAD RHODESIAN CARGOS!; IMPORTING ASBESTOS AND CHROME SUPPORT THE RACIST REGIME; and IMPORTING RHODESIAN PRODUCTS HURST U.S. WORKERS. [Note: the address on the leaflet is that of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), which likely was a member of the New York Coalition to Stop Rhodesian Imports.]
