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Wolves in Sheep's Clothing |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Allan C. Brownfeld |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 5,430 Words, 32,695 Characters |
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Beginning in November 1984, a carefully orchestrated campaign against South Africa was launched by TransAfrica, the militant black lobbying group based in Washington, D.C.
The so-called "Free South Africa Movement" enlisted the participation of many members of Congress, including Representatives Ron Dellums (D-California), Gus Savage (D-Illinois), John Conyers (D-Michigan) and George Crockett (D-Michigan). These activists and a variety of well known public figures ranging from Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) to Amy Carter to Lane Kirkland of the AFL-CIO have demonstrated in front of the South African Embassy, often breaking the law in order to be arrested.
It is ironic to recall that when South Africa was committed to maintaining apartheid, there were no protests on t...
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...hey are determined to thwart.
The American media has acted as a witting or unwitting conduit of misinformation about both events within South Africa and the real goals of the anti-South Africa movement within the United States. Both American interests and the interests of South Africans of all races have been ill-served by such an absence of journalistic initiative and integrity. vbcrlf
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