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Newslei Ier Fall-Winter Numbers 10-11 1983-84 Contents r ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED AFRICA SCHOLARS P.O. Box 791J East LansingJ Michigan 48823 NEWSLEI IER FALL-WINTER NUMBERS 10-11 1983-84 CONTENTS REPORT ON ANNUAL MEETING by IMMANUEL WALLERSTIEN----------------------------------- 1 FINANCIAL APPEAL ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 MEMBERSHIP FORM ------------------------------------------ ------------------------- 4 PANEL REPORTS FROM ANNUAL MEETING -Action in Washington on Southern African by Chris Root ---------------------- 5 Action throughout the U.S. on Southern Africa by Allan Cooper --------------- 6 Action on Policy toward other African Issues and Nations by Nzongola-Ntalaja - 9 Action on Relations of Scholars with U.S. Defense Intelligence Agencies by David Wiley -----------------------------------10 AD HOC COMMITTES TO KEEP SOUTH AFRICA OUT OF THE OLYMPICS -------------------------11 BREAKING THE ECONOMIC LINKS WITH NAMIBIA'S EXPLOITERS: DIVESTMENT ACTION IN THE U.S. by Gail Hovey --------------------------------14 ADDRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE ROLE OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN NAMIBIA by Randall Robinson ----------------------------20 The Spring 1983 issue of the ACAS Newsletter was numbered #8, when it should have been #9. Report on the Annual Meeting by Immanuel Wallerstein The 1983 Annual Meeting of ACAS was, in the view of everyone who attended, a very successful meeting. During the day, there were some 80 persons who participated. The meeting opened with a frank self-analysis of the limitations of the efforts of the various organizations involved in activist work on Africa in the United States. The forthright views of Jennifer Davis of ACOA and Jean Sindab of the Washington Office on Africa sparked off a debate that was lively and thoughtful. After lunch, we broke into four workshops on what we therefore should do in four sp~cific areas of activity. Each of the workshops produced a program of action for the coming two years. These workshops then reported to the f inal plenary session, where, after debate and amendment, program priorities were adop~ed. These final resolutions are included in this newsletter. The group present volunteered to assume responsibility for specific tasks outlined in these resolutions. The plenary then elected a new Executive Board composed of 22 persons, who are: Edward A. Alpers (UCLA) Allan D. Cooper (St. Augustine's College) Robert Cummings (Howard) Jennifer Davis (ACOA) Patricia Lee Farria (Boston CLSA) Allan Isaacman (Minnesota) Robert Johnson, Jr. (U. Massachusetts/Boston) Willard Johnson (MIT) Maghan Keita (N.C.C.) William Minter (Washington, D.C.) James Mittelman (U. Denver) Chris Root (Washington, D.C.) Joel Sarnoff (Stanford) Ann Seidman (Boston, MA) Bereket Habte Selassie (Howard) Jean Sindab (Washington Office on Africa) Teresa Smith (Columbia) Carol Thompson (U. So. Calif.) James A. Turner (Cornell) Inunanuel Wallerstein ( SUNY -Binghamt on) David Wiley (Michigan St. U) · Marylee Crofts (Michigan St. U) The next Annual meeting will be held in October, 1984 in Los Angeles, at a time near that of the meeting of the African Studies Association. The new Executive Board met immediately following the Annual Meeting. It elected from its ranks Willard Johnson and Inunanuel Wallerstein as co-chairs, Bob Johnson as Clerk, and Marylee Wiley as Treasurer. The Executive Board had a long discussion about our organizational dilenuna as a small, poor organization. We have previously found unsatisfactory having no Executive Secretary, and found that asking a full - time university teacher to take on the post on a volunteer basis to be impossib ly burden­ some. We therefore decided that, if we were to fulfil our ob j ectives ape respond 2 to the enthusiasm of the members, we had to invest a good part of our small treasury in a part-time paid Executive Secretary. We are fortunate in having persuaded Henry Bucher to assume this post. Henry is a historian of Africa, a long-time activist in the Madison area, and presently a Presbyterian minister. His address, and therefore now our organizational address, is 223 W. Oak St., Cottage Grove, WI 53527 (Telephone: 608-839-4267). Even given the fact that Henry's salary is very small (virtually symbolic), and that we have few fixed outlays (3 issues of our Newsletter a year) , plus of course office expenses, we will not be able to meet even this budget if we do not increase our membership (presently 185) significantly. You will find in this issue an appeal from Marylee Wiley to renew promptly. Please do so, and please get several others, presently nonmembers, to join. In addition, I hope that many of you will be able to make an extra contribution this year. I think of i t as essential pump-priming. If Henry can have a workable budget, we will be able to have the level of activity and visibility that will itself result in a better financial picture in the future. The Executive Board chose persons to exercise prime responsibility in three areas: 1) the Newsletter: Ned Alpers, who will try to group around him others in the Los Angeles area. 2) Political Action: Chris Root who will chair a Wa shington , D.C. collective composed also of Bill Minter, Bereket Selassie, and Jean Sindab. Jennifer Davis will also work with this group, and members are invited to indicate their interest to be part of the Political Action network. 3) ~esearch: Ann Seidman, who was the person originally responsible for this area, and who is returning in a few weeks to the Boston area from a several-year teaching stint at the Univ . of Zimbabwe. Members who wish to work with Ann are asked to indicate this. Finally, the Executive Board, aware of the constrictions of funds, chose a sma ll Steering Committee to hold telephone meetings during the year. It consists of co­ chairs W. Johnson and Wallerstein; Treasurer Marylee Wiley; the three committee chairs, Alpers, Root, and Seidman; plus Allan Isaacman, former Executive Secretary . Henry Bucher, our new Executive Secretary, will serve ex officio as a member without vote of both the Executive Board and the Steering Committee. The new Steering Committee met the next day to implement the priorities adopted at the Annual Meeting. It was decided, in response to feelings stated by members, that as of 1984 the Newsletter should become primarily a "news and notes" reportage in which members would be informed, as best we could, of all that has been happeni ng in Africa-related activism particularly in the U.S., including governmental activity, conferences, publications, etc. In planning the sessions we would sponsor at the Los Angeles ASA meetings, we chose three themes from the recommended priorities: Destabilization in southern Africa; parallels and links between the southern Africa and Central American situ-. ations; conflict in the Horn of Africa. Allan Isaacman will organize the destabili­ zation panel, Ned Alpers the "Central America" panel, Bereket Selassie the Horn of Africa panel. Members with ideas or interest in these panels should contact these persons. The Political Committee will proceed urgently on the following matters: es­ tablishing liaison with Central America activist organizations; action against 3 defense and intelligence funding of Africanist research; cooperation with Transafrica and others on a4anA~destabilization project; preparation of a state­ ment on Africa we will seek to have adopted by the Democratic and Republican national conventions; support for friendly Congressmen, especially Harold Wolpe. Finally, it was decided that ACAS could make a particular contribution to the divestment campaign by starting a national campaign for divestment by TIAA/CREF. We are investigating currently how best to proceed. Financial Appeal Dear member, If you have read my report just above, you will know how much we are doing, and planning to do. The financial base on which we have been working has been on the order of $3,000 a year. This is absurdly small. Even if you all renew, and get others to join, we still need funds if we are to reach a budget of even $7,500, itself minimal. I therefore urge you, in addition to your dues, to contribute a small amount to ACAS to make us a viable structure. The necessary form is below. ~erely yours, ~ ~ Inunanuel Wallerstein Co-chair To: Marylee Crofts ,Treasurer, ACAS Box 791 East Lansing, Ml 48823 I herewith contribute $10~~ $25~~ $50~~ or ~~~~ to ACAS. I enclose a check now~~ (made out to the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars), or a check for half now, and half at a future date (specify) 4 ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED AFRICA SCHOLARS P.O. BOX 791, East Lansing, MI 48823 MEMBERSHIP FORM NAME --------------------~------- ADDRESS ZIP TELEPHONE (Day) INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION, if any-------------- RESEARCH INTERESTS, if any ----~--------~--~~- Will you serve on the phone tree alert? (give your numbers above) ------------- Would you like to work with the political action committee? ----- Annual Membership Dues: Students and Unemployed $ 7.50 Income to $10 ,000 . 10.00 Income $10 ,000-$19,999 20.00 Income over $20,000 . 30.00 Institutional Membership 50.00 Dear ACAS friend, Dues for 1984 are as above. All former 1983 members' dues are up for renewal, even if your 1983 check came to me in November of this year. We held over memberships from the fall of '82, until now. If you paid me in Boston, I applied that to 1984. All other member­ ships should no~ be renewed. Thank you. Marylee Crofts , Treasurer flEPORT ON PANEL ON "ACTIONS IN WASHINGTON ON SOUTHERN AFRICA POLICY 11 by Chris Root Bill Minter chaired the session and led off with some thoughts about poli­ tical action priorities during the next few years, contingent on the degree of international attention focused on southern Africa and the outcome of the 1984 U.S. elections. (See Minter's paper in conference preparatory packet.) Chris Root made some observations about the expanded Democratic challenge to Reagan's constructive engagement policy as evidenced by the several legislative initia­ tives, which have in turn set the parameters for the debate on this issue in the presidential campaign.
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