SHELL RHODESIA GENTA bells oil to FREIGHT SERVICES South Atrican Reg. Co.
Or Anglo America Shipping and Ocean Transport & Trading SHEL SOUTH AFRICA SHELL -selle oil to MUZAMBIQUE delivers oil to AN important step towards building solidarity with the peoples of southern Africa was by a COHECTCHCE in Manchester Saturday. JOHN HUNT reports.
The conference, entitled Connections - Britain and southern Africa, was organised Movement and sponsored b the North West TUC launch a campaign of education and the trade union" movement in the area, to be organised Anti-Apartheid Trade Union Liaison Committee. This will organise a speaking tour of plants and labour movemen bodies and seek sponsorship from the NWTUC The will aim to encourage trade unionists to investigate their employers' links with southern Africa and take action to publicise these links and eventually organise boycotts.
Many worthwhile ideas were presented to the conference Women's movement activists hope to develop resources centre on southern was suggested that loc ction should be taken to build labour movement inquiry into SalICLIO S DUSLILE An issue which provoked particular debate was possible British intervention in Zim babwe. International Marxist Group delegates argued that any attempt to send in British troops WOLLO lICO colonise Zimbabwe and should DeoDoosed Other speakers said that we should not Oppose such an intervention if it took place on the invitation of the Patriotic Front.
The conference was considerable success and shows what can be achieved by an open AAM conference which con centrates on planning action. It is an examnle which should b followed in other areas. Africa in Struggle *The new issue of Africa in Struggle' out now features an interview with a South African revoluonar the 1977 •All-Nigeria Socialists Conference.
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