International Marxist Group Archive

Magazines, bulletins and booklets of the IMG and its forerunners, 1961–1984

Cllr. Bob Hughes Defends Adideen Boycott

The Week Vol. 1, No. 11, 11 March 1964 · p. 7 of the scan · 111 words

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Spoaking to students at Bdinburgh Univorsity Chaplaincy Centre, Bob Hughes, instigator of the boycott, said that the South African i Foundation, financed by tho South African Government, was about to att ompt to get the council's decision to boycott South African goods ro-" versed. The bid would culminate in the Director—Gonoral of the organisation visiting Aberdeen on March 16th, tho day of the Council meeting. Clir. Hughes said: 'The Foundation will find that strong-arm methods do not work in this country, Thoy cannot lock up tho opposition in tho way they do in South Africa. They will find that tho anti-aparthoid forces will speak out and will not change their minds,'

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