Contents: Zimbabwe Today: An Interview With Art Serota • Behind the Invasion of Angola: Reagan's Plan for South Africa • Divesting from South Africa - S.B. 2319 • Editorial We're Back by Sarah Murray, Rebecca Fernald, George Brice, Rosemary Polletta, Kiyo Tabery, Harold Williams • A·pӓrt·hāte (Afrik, lit., separateness) • Resource Center • S.A. Poet May Be Expelled • The newsletter says many group are protesting against the apartheid system of South Africa and are pressing universities, unions, cities and other institutions to divest their stocks and bonds from companies doing business in South Africa. The purpose of divestment campaigns...
Contents: Zimbabwe Today: An Interview With Art Serota • Behind the Invasion of Angola: Reagan's Plan for South Africa • Divesting from South Africa - S.B. 2319 • Editorial We're Back by Sarah Murray, Rebecca Fernald, George Brice, Rosemary Polletta, Kiyo Tabery, Harold Williams • A·pӓrt·hāte (Afrik, lit., separateness) • Resource Center • S.A. Poet May Be Expelled • The newsletter says many group are protesting against the apartheid system of South Africa and are pressing universities, unions, cities and other institutions to divest their stocks and bonds from companies doing business in South Africa. The purpose of divestment campaigns is to pressure U.S. companies and banks to pull out of South Africa, thereby ending their economic support of the apartheid system. Dennis Brutus, an exiled South African poet, presently a visiting professor at Amherst College, and a chief spokesperson for the anti-apartheid movement, has recently been denied approval to remain in the U.S. despite having taught in major U.S. universities for ten years. The newsletter advertises a talk by Art Serota "ZIMBABWE TODAY" on December at Springfield Technical Community College and a talk by Dennis Brutus on December 16 at Winchester Square Library. The newsletter mentions the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Nyafaru community, the Tengwana Region, Secretary of State Alexander Haig, the UN Institute for Namibia, Donald McHenry, SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization), Sam Nujoma, SA Foreign Minister Roelof Botha (Pik Botha), Chester Crocker, the frontline states, the Connecticut Anti-Apartheid Committee, Jack Backman, Mel King, sanctions, the UN plan for the independence of Namibia, the Lancaster House Agreement, the Patriotic Front, the Rhodesian Front, freedom fighters, tribal reserves, land, and Senate Bill 1138.
