SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

HILL SAMUEL MARCONI, BRIT LEYLAND, BRIT STEEL, LOMIRO GEC, ICI, RTZ, DUNLOP ROWNIREES,

Socialist Action No. 117, 11 October 1985 · p. 8 of the scan · 203 words

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culminates a month of growing protest actions in Switzerland, where many or me mutananonars mos. involved in the profits of apartheid have their headquarters.

On September demonstrators gathered in one of the main streets in Zug, which has been dubbbecause parthe close ties *Apartheid row' between South Africa multinationals based there.

The was called by the Socialist Workers' Party and backed by the anti-apartheid and South Africa boycott committees. fortnight later a foodstore WUST invaded demonstrators who stuck abels on goods with the slogan 'Hands Off - duce of South Africa! A large banner was unfurled outside the store.

And on 18 September two evangelical churches picketed Ene South African embassy in Bern, demanding the release priest Alan Boesak, a UDF leaaer ana prestaent of une Federation of Reformed Churches. The campaign builds for a trade boycott • On 21 September 10,000 people demonstrated Bonn and 5,000 in West Berlin, calling for a boycott of South Africa.

The West Berlin demonstration was backed by the West Berlin 'Alternative List, the Social Democratic Partv and the Young Socialist 'Jusos.

in Bonn speakers in. cluded prominent leader Christian Goetz, Ingrid MatthaeusMuller from the Social Democa barramena fraction, and Dr Wela Alan Boesak's brother.

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