The majority of marchers either WELC members or members of black vitalialUs cording to the newspaper on 30 August Harry Belafonte told the huge crowd 'We're here to tell Reagan we're going to bury apartheid CHALKHA DI August 2,000 members of Alpha Phi Alpha - the oldest black fraternity in the USA rally against apartheid.
In Washington DC on 12 Augúst 5,000 people marched chanting 'Freedom yes, apartheid No' as part of a 'national day mourning for the demonstrations reflect strength of the Coalition for a Free South Airica in the US. Randall Robinleader or this new movement, pin-pointed why it was growing so fast: 'We march so that no longer will 22 million of our people ne landless, voteless oppressed Black people ANCELA unions, on campuses and in their own organisations - are playing a vanguard role in this new upsurge in the anti-apartheid moveSo the organised labour movement. Among those manners Ine Washington August were American Federation of (government emplovees. the American Federation State Employees, Food ComService Employees International Union of ElecAmerican students quick off the mark with protest action this time around IN the spring of 1985 the Jniversity of California in Berkeley 156 students were for demanding $1.6 billion investments in Five hundred longshoremen joined proles CAULCDS solidarity with the student blockaders. They too were South African Similarly at Columbia University students manded that administration stick to its divest the campus of 42 million dollars worth of South African stock. They won the supof clerical workers BUIL and a lot of community came from black trade unionists teamsters' local, had divested their own pension funds, 51,00 and pledged 5100 a initial cheque 22-day blockade. government workers' union donated a tect where the doc acers vigil LOOK the contrast between help to tempts lo elected COCKIN Sandinista dent, women torced the the United Even South has been An order, operative tober, port of arugertand which educablacks.
In these banks corporations as 'not even flea bite' token the They isolate The US is not alone in spawning a new wave anti-apartheid although as with Vietnam, LUNC has emerged in the United States first. In West Germany on September 10,000 people demonstrated in Bonn and 5,000 West Berlin. clashes are taking place in government circles BOnn about not to implement sancThe coalition that built the September includes protestant youth organisathe Socialist ty (SPD) Youth, the SPD itself, the Greens, Communist anti-apartheid groups.
LOOK pace UVCI what representation should be given to different forces fighting in South Africa. The CP was opposed to representatives of the independent trade unions speaking from the platform As many West German trade unions have no boycott policy, direct lnks with trade unionists in South Africa Swedish Metalworkers will also be campaigning at the upcoming engineering union conference to force that to adopt resolution supporting practical economic measures. The Dutch Federation, FNV has produced a pamphiet arguing for a complete boycott of the aparIncid regime. It las alse focussed attention on the activities of now sel d dale lor a llaLemonstroven financial relations that still special responsibility to express their opposition to the abide by EEC guidelines show established in the United November demonstration ment us be moved. Anti-Apartheid is to build capitalism in South Africa just as astute in defending fight and dare to die so that one day the black ma-