Word: massdivisi
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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...other successes for the divestiture movement, it appears that local organizations did much of the work and were helped by national groups only indirectly. In Massachusetts a group called MassDIVISI, a coalition of local groups, spearheaded a recent successful lobbying effort to secure legislation in the Massachusetts House. The House voted to completely divest all state pension funds from companies operating in South Africa. Officials of the organization dismiss the importance of national groups in the success, saying it was primarily a local effort...
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