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Contents: RHODESIAN GOODS BOYCOTTED IN THREE PORTS • REPEAL THE BYRD AMENDMENT! .... RHODESIA SAYS IT DOESN'T CARE • BROTHER FROM ZIMBABWE (RHODESIA) COMING TO THE DOCKS NEXT FRIDAY • THE COALITION TO STOP RHODESIAN IMPORTS: POLITICAL STATEMENT • Southern Africa and the U.S.: Money and Politics • Racism: Key Tactic of Oppression • The newsletter says in late July, the African Neptune, carrying Rhodesian nickel and iron castings, was boycotted by dockworkers in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. The Byrd Amendment, named for a racist Southern senator, makes it legal for the U.S. to import Rhodesian chrome and other goods in spite of the United Nations boycott. It was pushed through Congress by big business which wanted to take advantage of slave labor in Rhodesia. Now, President Ford wants it repealed. The actions of longshoremen and their supporters were important in bringing about this change. Chai Gwishiri, a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), will be at the hiring hall next week to talk with dockworkers about conditions in his country, the progress of the liberation struggle, and the effects of our efforts. The Coalition to Stop Rhodesian Imports is unique among liberation support movements in the U.S. because it has struck material blows against the Rhodesian government and involve U.S. workers in stopping the unloading of Rhodesian cargo. In the last year, the refusal of longshoremen to unload Rhodesian cargo has cost Rhodesian and U.S. businessmen thousands of dollars, raised the level of understanding about who are our friends and who are out enemies at home and abroad, and raised the threat that in the future there will be a complete blockade of Rhodesian goods.

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COALITION TO STOP RHODESIAN IMPORTS

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