Akosua Asankwaa; Unity in Action
Los Angeles, California, United States
February 8, 1988
2 pages
Mailing asking people to become a supporter and member of Unity in Action. Many South African school children still languish in detention, executions have increased, and a large South African invasion force remains in Angola. During the past year, encouraging signals have emerged, from talks between white business leaders and the African National Congress (ANC), to SWAPO’s battlefield victories, to the launching last August by Black mineworkers of the longest and costliest labor strike in South Africa’s history. Also, Rev. Leon Sullivan scrapped the Sullivan Principles, and the ANC’s Govan Mbeki was recently freed after 23 years in prison. Meanwhile, in the United States,...
Mailing asking people to become a supporter and member of Unity in Action. Many South African school children still languish in detention, executions have increased, and a large South African invasion force remains in Angola. During the past year, encouraging signals have emerged, from talks between white business leaders and the African National Congress (ANC), to SWAPO’s battlefield victories, to the launching last August by Black mineworkers of the longest and costliest labor strike in South Africa’s history. Also, Rev. Leon Sullivan scrapped the Sullivan Principles, and the ANC’s Govan Mbeki was recently freed after 23 years in prison. Meanwhile, in the United States, the cultural boycott continues to gather important support.
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Used by permission of Ron Wilkins, a former member of Unity in Action.
