Brochure advertising a demonstration against the African Dawn on July 26 at Pier 5, Furman St. in Brooklyn. Longshoremen in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans have refused to unload chrome ore shipments from Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in support of the five million black people struggling for national liberation. Longshoremen last December refused to unload 56 cases of Rhodesian nickel cathodes from the African Sun, forcing the ship back to Africa. Now Farrell Lines is trying to get this same cargo (of the same amount and the same weight) into the U.S. by saying it comes from South Africa, not Rhodesia. They changed the name of the buyer from a subsidiary of Engelhard to c/o Farrell Lines. The...
Brochure advertising a demonstration against the African Dawn on July 26 at Pier 5, Furman St. in Brooklyn. Longshoremen in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans have refused to unload chrome ore shipments from Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in support of the five million black people struggling for national liberation. Longshoremen last December refused to unload 56 cases of Rhodesian nickel cathodes from the African Sun, forcing the ship back to Africa. Now Farrell Lines is trying to get this same cargo (of the same amount and the same weight) into the U.S. by saying it comes from South Africa, not Rhodesia. They changed the name of the buyer from a subsidiary of Engelhard to c/o Farrell Lines. The brochure says black African people are brutally oppressed by the fascist regime of Ian Smith, but the liberation forces are strong. The U.N. has said that no countries trade with Rhodesia, and unions like ILA, UAW, and USWA have resolutions supporting this position. There is growing support of longshoremen, other workers, students, churches and others. The U.S. government acted on behalf of big business, and trade and investments have resumed, helping the illegal Rhodesian government with money for soldiers and weapons to keep the African people down. The brochure says this means keeping them working - in the sweat shops of Union Carbide and sped-up lines of General Motors. They close factories in the U.S., where workers fought hard for livable wages, and reap super profits off black African people. Already 700 steelworkers in the ferrochrome division have lost their jobs. Therefore, when we actively support the struggle of the Africans in Zimbabwe for liberation, we are fighting for our own interests too. The brochure includes a list of some 40 groups that support sanctions against Rhodesia. [Note: the address on the brochure is that of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA).]
