Yesterday afternoon the Harvard Corporation issued at statement refusing to meet the demands of the Pan-African Liberation Committee and Harvard-Radcliffe Afro and divest itself of gulf Oil company stock, a company supporting colonialist rule in Portuguese-dominated Angola and Mozambique. This morning members of PALC and Harvard-Radcliffe Afro sized and continue to occupy the offices of President Derek Bok in Massachusetts Gulf stock and make a public statement that it will not be involved in racist imperialist economic ventures in the future. Gulf Oil Company, with the blessing of the Portuguese and United States governments. NATO and Harvard University daily facilitates the slaughter of our African brothers, oppresses them and rapes the natural resources of their land. Harvard University, in its statement yesterday, morally wrong to hold stock in American companies, such as Gulf, that have operations in nations controlled by governments that engage in actions considered repressive or inhumane." We urge all people in the Boston area to come to Harvard Yard to show support for our struggle against Harvard's complicity in U.S. imperialism and for freedom and self-determination for all peoples around the world.
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