CANADIAN POETS AID ALEXANDER CASE
At a poetry reading held under the auspices of Vanguard Books in Vancouver, British Columbia, February 12, two of Canada's leading poets, Alfred Purdy and Milton Acorn gave their support to the efforts :to raise funds to help meet the cost of the appeal of Dr. Neville Alexander, the noted South African intellectual imprisoned by the Verwoerd tyranny.
The two ‘poets read from their contemporary work to an -audience of seventy, composed mainly of university students. The two wellknown poets, Dorothy Livesay and Earl Birney, attended the meeting.
Chairman Jean Rands explained that Dr. Alexander has been sentenced to ten years for his political views. He is at present in the infamous Robben Island penal colony where Nelson Mandela is also being held under barbarous conditions.
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