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Radio Rocks With Protests, Stops Krugerrand Give-Away

By VVAW

Members of VVAW, Youth In Action and the African Liberation Support Committee stormed into the WLS-AM radio broadcasting studio demanding that they stop their Kruggerand Give-away contest.

The Kruggerand is a gold coin sold in this country with the profits going directly to the government in South Africa that practices the system of Apartheid--racism and exploitation of Black people.

The 9 people brought WLS to its knees. Broadcasting was stopped while we were in the studio. At the same time thousands of leaflets were handed out in front of their building. The WLS bigshots were forced to withdraw their contest the next day because of our action.

Many of the employees at WLS, one of the largest stations in the country, agreed with us. One DJ said on the radio that he was going to tell his audience about all the excitement at the studio that day. Five minutes later, he said, "The bosses at the station just took away my freedom of speech."

The clues to the contest got real easy after the takeover and finally someone guessed where the coins were hidden. With that the contest was stopped; the second round of giveaway coins was cancelled. It was a great victory for us and for the people of South Africa and part of an overall nationwide campaign to STOP THE KRUGGERAND--and throw it out of the country.