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In 1986, Farheed Zakaria was a student activist at Yale .... on behalf of apartheid South Africa Image
Here is the editorial @FareedZakaria wrote on behalf of Apartheid South Africa in 1986

Source:
(h/t @Nin_99 ) tinyurl.com/farheedAparthe…
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For context, here is what the protesters were doing: Image
Zakaria apparently revitalized "Part of the Right" at Yale. Read this article from @DougHenwood about the "Party of the Right"
thenation.com/article/partyi…

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According to this publication, Apartheid South Africa sought after POC to be their mouth piece.

Here is Andrew Hatcher. One of the chief spokesperson FOR apartheid South Africa

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Liz Cheney wrote an editorial to her University's newspaper in 1988 in support of Apartheid: Image

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