Lawsuit against US Biz's that profited from Apartheid


	Lawsuit against US Biz's that profited from Apartheid

masbury

7-8-2008 5:34 PM

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race, business

masbury says:

Despite int'l sanctions, some US corporations kept doing business in S Africa during apartheid years, benefiting from legal wage and labor suppression of black people there.

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7-9-2008 12:50 AM

BartendingBear

What was OK for the survivors of Nazi work camps should be good in South Africa, too.

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