American Dockworkers Fought Apartheid in South Africa

By: Peter Cole

Forty years ago, San Francisco dockworkers struck a blow against apartheid by refusing to unload cargo from South Africa.

(Courtesy of Larry and Candice Wright, former members of the Liberation Support Movement)

It’s just a few weeks after the most conservative Republican president in a generation decisively won a second term, causing many to despair. Abroad, a country engaged in apartheid is condemned by most of the world but still possesses a powerful ally in the White House. Meanwhile, an impressive, increasingly large global movement of people […]

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It’s just a few weeks after the most conservative Republican president in a generation decisively won a second term, causing many to despair. Abroad, a country engaged in apartheid is condemned by most of the world but still possesses a powerful ally in the White House. Meanwhile, an impressive, increasingly large global movement of people […]

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It’s just a few weeks after the most conservative Republican president in a generation decisively won a second term, causing many to despair. Abroad, a country engaged in apartheid is condemned by most of the world but still possesses a powerful ally in the White House. Meanwhile, an impressive, increasingly large global movement of people […]

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It’s just a few weeks after the most conservative Republican president in a generation decisively won a second term, causing many to despair. Abroad, a country engaged in apartheid is condemned by most of the world but still possesses a powerful ally in the White House. Meanwhile, an impressive, increasingly large global movement of people […]

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