Talk:Disinvestment from South Africa

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[edit] Appropriate image request

I think that picture of a publicity poster for the campaign either from the UK in the 1960s or from the US in the 1980s would be a valuable addition. Alternatively, a photograph of a disinvestment organizing meeting or a protest gathering would be very appropriate. --CGM1980 19:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Some possible images, although I am unsure about whether we can use them on Wikipedia:

1. Disinvestment protest at the University of California:
   • http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/january10/olsen-011007.html
2. Disinvestment protests at Harvard University:
   • http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/mandela/20_conflicted_relationship.html
3. Disinvestment protests at Yale University:
   • http://www.culture-of-peace.info/ppa/chapter1-2.html
4. Copy of student newspaper at Vasser headlined with a plea for the university to disinvest:
   • http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibits/fergusson_years/example01.html
     • This might be the best bet, as a copy of the newspaper's frontpage may be considered fair use, or at least I think so.

--CGM1980 19:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future work

The criticism section could be further improved. --CGM1980 19:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, as I read more about the Sullivan Principles, I see now that they really don't belong in the criticism section. Sullivan did criticize simplistic divestment, but he advocated a form of selective disinvestment based on whether the behavior of individual South African companies met a certain ethical standard. --CGM1980 21:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

The connection to the disinvestment campaign appears to be as follows: many organizations in the United States participating in the disinvestment campaign used the Sullivan Principles as criteria in determining whether they should disinvest from a particular company operating in South Africa. It was only if the company in question had not accepted or signed on to the Sullivan Principles was disinvestment undertaken. --CGM1980 21:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Out of time for the time being, but the solution is to add a new major section called "The Sullivan Principles (1977)" between the UN and US campaign sections. It appears to be significant development in that it impacted the perceived legitimacy/fairness of the campaign by the wider public. --CGM1980 21:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

To do note to self: a brief introduction/summary section giving readers a quick overview of the whole history is missing. --CGM1980 21:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Intro does not explain what happened

The intro does not explain what happened, or summarise the rest of the article. The intro should briefly define what Disinvestment involved.Lester 22:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)