AA News December 1976

AA News led on the UN General Assembly’s resolution condemning Western countries for supplying arms, capital and technology to South Africa. It announced the launch of a mass petition calling for a strict arms embargo by the British Government. It reported on an AAM labour movement conference, where British Leyland workers leader Peter Nicholas pledged that Leyland workers would ‘black’ parts for South Africa if Leyland South Africa refused trade union recognition. School students in South Africa were calling for a Christmas boycott after more mass arrests of students and teachers, reported this issue.