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lions of African-Americans
and those opposed to part­
held," predicts McCutcheon,
"only the steadfa t insistenc
of tho e millions will guaran­
tee that the U.S. keeps th
pressure on South Africa."
I'.'�
, t
Chair of Afrlcana tudles named at WSU
Ph.D. in p ychology frol" the
University of M achuseus,
Amherst, in 1979. He also
holds a B.A. from City
University of New Youk'
(CUNY), and M.A. and Ed.
M. defgrees from Columbia
University.
In addition to Princeton, he
h held teaching slgnments
at California State University,
here he professor and
chairperson of the Depart­
ment of Pan African Stukies,
1983 to 1989; at the Unlver­
sity of Washington, Seattle;
Kansas State University;
University of Mas acb eus,
. Amherst; queens College,
CUNY; and Rutgel'J Univer­
sity.
Hi list of cholarly publi·
cations and research pre enta­
tion suggests a
multi-disciplinary orientation
and includes work ill two
main are of interest, m s
media cultural studie and the
sociology of development. He
ha publis�ed one book
(edited with T. Kandal),
Studies of Development and
Change in the Modern World,
by Oxford University Press,
1989.
An ard-winning douc-
mentary filmmaker, he co­
produced a documentary on
Nicaragua that is currently
scheduled for Public Broad­
c ting channels in New York
and California. Entitle "In the
Ab ence of Peace," it is a one­
hour color do umentary hot
on location in Nicar gua prior
to the Fedbruary, 1990 elc­
tion that turned out the San-
Michael T. Martin was
named chair of the Depart­
ment of' Africana Studies at
Wayne State University, at a
meeting of the Board of
Governors June 6. Currently a
lecturer with the rank of
profes or in the Afro
American Studie Program al
Princeton Univer ity, Dr.
Martin begin Aug. 27.
He ha al 0 served as
Director of the Third World
Center at Princeton - an inter­
disciplin ry cademic support'
center - ince 1984.
He umes the leadership
role in the department created
in September 1989 follwing
the student study-in the pre­
viou April that led to a num­
ber of greements between
African Americ n student
and the Univer ity d-
ministration.
That II-day sit-in by some
100-150 African American
tudents in April 1989 ended .
with agreements to upgrade
the former Center for Black
Studies to a full academic
department with increased
funding, appointment of addi­
tional faculty, increased
cholarships and fellow hips
for mi90rity students and a
strengthened program in other
ay .
THE APPOI TME T of.
Dr. Martin ends a nine-month
national e rch for a chair.
The earch wa marked by
contino efforts of the stu­
dents to be involved in the
process.
Martin. 42, received a
danistas. The video won a
LASA (Latin American
Studies ASSOCiation) Award
of Merit for 1989.
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tha� is already poorly en­
forced by the Bush ad-
ministratoin, say
McCutcheon.
cCutcheon is the execu­
tive director of WOA. a
church and trade union
sponsored organization that
has lobbied Congress for
san tions since the 1970's.
The U.S. law was passed by
congressional override of
Reagan veto and international
sanction have been key in
fore ng recent shifts in the
apartheid government.
I � Feb rua ry the regi me
lifted restrictions on banned
orgahizatons, released Nelson
Mandela and other prominent
pris ners and in May egan
tal with the African
National Congress.
andela has embarked on
a six week world-wide tour to
explain the situation in his
country and to gather support
for maintaining sanctions by
the U.S. and Europen
governments.
South African President,
F.W de Klerk, has pledged
himself to other reforms, in­
cluding the lifting of the
Separate Amenitites Act,
which segregates public
facilities, and the State of
Emergency. But the ·pillar
of apartheid," laws that
categorize everyone by race,
restrlct social ervices, allo­
cate S7 percent of the land
to the white minor iry and
divide living arQas by race,
- rem in in place.
"Mandel will
Workers
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workers, and Black and progres­
sive forces outside the South.
This lack of support at­
tri butes to the uni ns being
heavily dependent upon finan­
ces and resources from union in­
ternational headquarters,
. of relying on resources
• own hich in
retards organizing in th
, ,
The BWFJ thinks the tour is
an important step toward build­
ing allies, and a conscious
solidarity movement supporting
organizing the South.
The BWFJ states that ooly 6
percent of the non-agricultural
workforce is unionized, and that
mos of their membership i
made up of noo-unioo orkers.'
The 1990 Midw�t tour is
part of the BWFJ' Workers
Fai ness Campaign. The
campaign's focus is upon build­
iog orkplace colimuttees to
fight around immedi issues,
w hil training and preparing
thei committee with com­
munity support mechanisms to
organize unions.
Labor NOtes Organizer Phil­
lip Owit, says the BWFJ will be
in Detroit July 5-6. A public
meeting wiQ be held OIl Friday, •
July 6. t the Amalgamated
CI . and Textile Workers
Building 1550 Howard, 7
po.
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