The press release says opponents of apartheid will conduct nationally coordinated activities to strengthen anti-apartheid sanctions on June 15. The Bay Area Coalition for Sanctions will hold a press conference in front of the office of California senator Pete Wilson, in San Francisco's Ferry Building at 12 noon, to announce a campaign to win his support of sanctions legislation, H 21 and S 507. Prominent Bay area labor, church, and community leaders and public officials have come together at the initiative of Congressman Ron Dellums, sponsor of H 21, and will speak at the press conference. Also, a demonstration and rally will take place there on the same day at 5 p.m. Marches and rallies...
The press release says opponents of apartheid will conduct nationally coordinated activities to strengthen anti-apartheid sanctions on June 15. The Bay Area Coalition for Sanctions will hold a press conference in front of the office of California senator Pete Wilson, in San Francisco's Ferry Building at 12 noon, to announce a campaign to win his support of sanctions legislation, H 21 and S 507. Prominent Bay area labor, church, and community leaders and public officials have come together at the initiative of Congressman Ron Dellums, sponsor of H 21, and will speak at the press conference. Also, a demonstration and rally will take place there on the same day at 5 p.m. Marches and rallies supporting sanctions will be held on June 15 in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and elsewhere. The Rev. Allan Boesak has been invited to the U.S. to participate by the National Council of Churches, which is coordinating the campaign. The press release says H 21, sponsored by Dellums, closes loopholes in federal sanctions law enacted over Reagan's veto in 1986 and would prohibit most economic relations and support between the U.S. and South Africa. It has been passed the last two years by the House of Representatives. S 507, sponsored by Sens. Simon and Kennedy, is the companion bill in the Senate. The press release mentions the South African Council of Churches (SACC), David Bacon, and David Reed.
