U.S. resists full sanctions against S. African apartheid
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America's road to socialism, See. pp. 16-17.
Polls show that a majority of the American people favor strong government sanctions against South Africa. Last year, Congress tipped its hat to the will of the people. On the eve of the November elections, the lawmakers authorized a program of limited sanctions.
But the government maintains its opposition to full sanctions that could isolate the apartheid regime among the nations of the world. Last month, the United States joined Britain in the veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have banned all trade and other ties with South Africa because of its occupation of Namibia.
Most ominously, the United States shares military intelligence with South Africa that is used against Angola and other front-line states—as well as against the pro-liberation forces of the African National (continued on page 8, in “Where did the labor movement go wrong?”)
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