Protests grow against apartheid
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Vol. 3, No. 1 Gaia January 1985 50 cents Poland A wave of protest against the apartheid regime in South Africa is sweeping the United States. The protests come at a time when a new upsurge in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa is shaking the Botha government.
Between Nov. 2 and Nov. 10, there were successful anti-apartheid conferences at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., at Wayne State University in Detroit, and in Atlanta.
Then, on Nov. 21, Secret Service agents arrested Walter Fauntroy, the District of Columbia's non-voting Congressional delegate; Mary Berry, a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission; and Randall Robinson, a prominent Black lobbyist on African affairs, all of whom had refused to leave the South African Embassy in Washington. They had intended to meet with the South African ambassador to demand the release of 12 Black South African unionists jailed after a Nov. 5 general strike in the Transvaal region.
The sit-in by the three Black leaders sparked a nationwide protest movement. Similar direct actions against proapartheid targets occurred in Boston, New York, and other cities. Over 300 (continued on page 11) MUTA SOLiDARKN WARSTAWA See page THESE ARE HARD TIMES. WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
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