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This again leads into what the Reverend Jackson did not say. He did not recommend a boycott here in the United States against all corporations doing business with South Africa. Evidently it is one thing to tell Harvard to divest and another thing to ask Americans to divest. That would mean getting rid of toasters, washing machines, radios, television sets, automobiles ad infinitum. It would mean looking for replacements made by companies not involved with South Africa or doing without the items...
Also what he did not say is hat 29 Black African countries are doing business with South Africa. On a January 20 Kup's show, Boston TV Channel 44, the Reverend Jesse Jackson excused these countries on the basis of necessity whereas the United States in his opinion has the luxury of choice. What choice, the choice of boycott stated above...
...Reverend Jesse Jackson recited a list of western countries trafficking with south Africa-the United States, England, France, Italy, Germany, and even include Israel Which accounts for one half of I percent of South African imports. what he did not say is that the Arab countries are selling millions of dollars of oil to south Africa . Is one of the reasons for this blatant omission the fact that his organization, Operation PUSH, receives Arab donations...
Incidentally the Reverend Jackson mentioned Wednesday morning, January 16, on Boston's TV Channel 7 that Ethiopia needs well-digging equipment. When African countries shut out Israel in 1973 it was precisely Israeli agricultural aid programs that were, perforce, stopped...
...Quite evident that America does not want to hear any more HYMIE type remarks. What the Reverend Jesse Jackson specifically said is that Western countries...