The leaflet explains the protest of the arrival of the Mormaclake carrying products from Rhodesia. In Rhodesia (called Zimbabwe by its African people), the government representing 5% of the people who are white wields dictatorial power over the blacks who are 95% of the population. Black people have no civil rights and are segregated in schools, public facilities, and on the land. The United Nations resolved that all countries should stop trade with Rhodesia. However, the U.S. government decided to violate the U.N. embargo and is allowing U.S. companies to import chrome, nickel, asbestos, and other minerals from Rhodesia. Shipping companies like Farrell, Hellenic, and Moore-McCormack Lines...
The leaflet explains the protest of the arrival of the Mormaclake carrying products from Rhodesia. In Rhodesia (called Zimbabwe by its African people), the government representing 5% of the people who are white wields dictatorial power over the blacks who are 95% of the population. Black people have no civil rights and are segregated in schools, public facilities, and on the land. The United Nations resolved that all countries should stop trade with Rhodesia. However, the U.S. government decided to violate the U.N. embargo and is allowing U.S. companies to import chrome, nickel, asbestos, and other minerals from Rhodesia. Shipping companies like Farrell, Hellenic, and Moore-McCormack Lines and businesses like Union Carbide and Goodyear Rubber do business, own mines, and build plants in Rhodesia and are making huge profits by paying African workers very little. The leaflet says plants are closed in the U.S., putting thousands out of work, and are moved to Rhodesia. Therefore, supporting the struggle of Africans in Zimbabwe is fighting for our own interests, too. Longshoremen in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans have already refused to unload Rhodesian chrome several times. The International Longshoremen's Association and President Thomas Gleason have endorsed the boycott of Rhodesian ore. The ship at the dock today, the Mormaclake, and other ships coming from Africa like the Mormacpride (due June 15) and the Mormactrade (due July 3) have all violated the U.N. and ILA resolutions before. To stop these ships from unloading their contraband cargo, the support of every longshoreman, black and white, is needed.
