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sudopod

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5. I may be mistaken...but

Reply to Sen. Walter Sobchak (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 08:53 PM

Feb 2012

My understanding of events is that vast numbers of young people withdrew their savings from Barclays, which spooked them, since they understood that the young college set would be the future wealthy, and this coupled with political pressure led them to divest from SA, which in turn landed a "critical hit" on the apartheid government's ability to borrow, leading to peace talks with the ANC.

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(Re: Apple+Foxconn) Why did Anti-Apartheid protestors pick on Barclays [View all] sudopod Feb 2012 OP

Because it had been the largest? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #1

"Because it had been the largest?" sudopod Feb 2012 #2

Kick with unnecessary accusatory and/or inflammatory comment sudopod Feb 2012 #3

By the time the major protests came around apartheid was already imploding Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2012 #4

I may be mistaken...but sudopod Feb 2012 #5

A South African recession in the 70's turned into a debt crisis in the early 80's Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2012 #7

Were you there? lapislzi Feb 2012 #10

thanks for the insight! :) nt sudopod Feb 2012 #11

kick nt sudopod Feb 2012 #6

That's true enough, but there are better reasons to SINGLE out Apple. Pholus Feb 2012 #8

reminds me of the argument WalMart cultists say, even though WM was the vanguard in outsourcing MisterP Feb 2012 #9