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APARTHEID REPRESSION
THE U.C. CONNECTION TO SOUTH AFRICA
The University of California presently invests $800 million in companies which do business in apartheid South Africa. Without such large foreign investments, the government of South Africa would not be able to stand about the growing liberation struggled waged by the people of that country.
We in Students for Economic and Racial Justice (SERJ) oppose the University's continued investment in companies operating in South Africa. The Regents claim that the corporations can exert a liberalizing effect on the South African government. SERJ believes that modest reforms are not enough. SERJ calls for the immediate divestment of all UC investments in South Africa. We do this in order to support the liberation forces in that country and will continue to build a movement in their support and against the corporate policies in this country, particularly those of the UC Regents.
For the past two years, Cal students - as part of a nationwide movement - have presented our position to the Regents in many ways, from letters and petitions to sit-ins,. Last spring's sit-in resulted in the arrest of 51 people at Sproul Hall. The University hopes to stifle opposition by putting these students through disciplinary hearings, most Regents have refused to even pretend interest in the most important issue, the University's support in apartheid.
If you oppose UC's policies regarding South Africa and are interested in supporting the struggle for African liberation, or if you want to find out more about the issue, come to our next meeting. We will be discussing what is going on in South Africa, the role of US-based corporations there, and what we as students can do.
Next meeting of Students for Economic & Racial Justice
12 noon Thursday October 19
Senate Chambers • 1st floor
Eshleman Hall
DIVESTMENT NOW!
LABOR DONATED
Date: October 1979
Attribution: Flyer, 1979, Social Protest Collection, BANC MSS 86/157 c, Box 12:33, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.