Coalition to Stop Rhodesian Imports
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1973
1 page
Reprints of two newspaper articles about refusal to unload asbestos from the African Sun: “Rhodesian Cargo Blockade” by Simeon White, American Friends Service Committee (ASFC) (December 15, 1973) reprinted from Common Sense and “Dock boycott” (December 12, 1973) reprinted from the Guardian. The boycott began November 30 when longshoremen respected a picket line made up of representatives of the Puerto Rican Socialist party, the AFSC, Black United Liberation Front, Resistance, Revolutionary Union, People’s Fund, Black Economic Development Conference, Life Center, and the Philadelphia Free Press. Richard Askew, Black president of Local 1291, International...
Reprints of two newspaper articles about refusal to unload asbestos from the African Sun: “Rhodesian Cargo Blockade” by Simeon White, American Friends Service Committee (ASFC) (December 15, 1973) reprinted from Common Sense and “Dock boycott” (December 12, 1973) reprinted from the Guardian. The boycott began November 30 when longshoremen respected a picket line made up of representatives of the Puerto Rican Socialist party, the AFSC, Black United Liberation Front, Resistance, Revolutionary Union, People’s Fund, Black Economic Development Conference, Life Center, and the Philadelphia Free Press. Richard Askew, Black president of Local 1291, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), supported the boycott and later denounced the scabs.
Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports
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Used by permission of former members of the Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports.
