International Marxist Group Archive

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

Hong Kong Satlurs Boycott South Vietnam War Materials

The Week Vol. 5, No. 4, 27 January 1966 · p. 11 of the scan · 100 words

The scan: The Week v5 no4.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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According to a report in the Hong Kong paper, Wen Wei Pao, since March of lust year, more than 700 Hong Kong sailors have refused to ship war moterials to South Vietnam. Some of them refused to sign on in Hong Kong and sone left ships when they arrived at the harbours of Hong Kong or Singspore, others left the ships in Japan, Australia, central and South America, Many of these seamen hove been victimised and blacklisted by Anerie«n firms + others had their wages cute The paper reported that there was widespread sympathy with the sevmen in Hong Konge

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