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Having rammed a constitution down the throat of the Patriotic Front that guarantees the interests of the exploiting white minority, government is now trying to impose a scheme for the "transfer of power' thạt will give maximum advantage to the present coalition of white racists and black collaborators.
Pressures opinion and the black African states that the Smith/Muzorewa stepping down for new elections to be held before any recognition or lifting of sanctions is granted. The crucial question is: under what conditions will the new elections be held? Untouched If the structures of white wealth and power — control of the land, the mines and tactories. the top posts of the military and state machines — are left untouched, then there will be huge possibilities for arm-twisting by the whites. This may be ballot-rigging the sort Commonwealth observers would see equally undemocratic behind-the-scenes manipulation.
What is 'free' about a vote in which every black elector is made to know that his or her boss or landiord has a definite idea about how they should vote and that this view backed by the government administrators, the police, the army? What is democratic about an election in which the opposition has to carry on its campaign under the guns of those it has been fighting for years?
formal resignation Smith/Muzorewa government and its replacement by a British governor will make no difference at all to the basic structures of power. The voice giving the orders may have changed, but the people will be interpreting deciding which to follow and which to ignore, and carrying them That fact will be understood by every black voter in Zimbabwe. Willing is hardly surprising Muzorewa has indicated willingness of his government to step down. His supporters will continue to key positions British governor. And if they were to fare badly in the election, there would be nothing to stop them staging a and sending governor packing, just as lan Smith did in 1965.
Muzorewa and Smith nothing to lose by going along with Carrington. And they know that the reward for cooperation is big recognition, lifting sanctions, and British aid to smash the Patriotic Front's resistance.
Moreover, the British scheme is such a transparent manoeuvre lal the Patriotic Front is quite likely to reject it. Then Muzorewa and Smith will collect their bonus absolutely free - the prize for being the good fellows future of who would go along with the Tories' scheme.
talks the Tory government is gearing up for an attack on the Zimbabwe people that will make what they doing in this country look like a the Tory garden party.
Building against the Tories means linking up in solidarity with those fighting them overseas opportunity than the demonstration called by the Zimbabwe Emergency Coordinating November. should be there in force. blatant that that ant have of Through the Lancaster House are an effective struggle - and there is no better Committee on THE South African Barbarians rugby team has left Britain, and according to manager Chick Henderson 'everything went smoothly' So smoothly that the South African team — made up of eight whites, eight coloureds, and eight blacks — was forced to play its matches in small out-of-the-way places surrounded by thousands of police at enormous public expense. So smoothly that demonstrators picketed every match — the 700-strong picket at Llanelli last week (above) was the biggest demonstration in the town since the General Strike.
So smoothly that some black members of the team were acutely embarrassed when a Llanelli delegation which was allowed to meet them asked why it was that the South African Rugby Union, the 50,000-strong non-racial organisation, has condemned the tour as a sham.
In South Wales the Barbarians were even forçed to cancel one fixture for lack of opponents. And the Welsh Rugby Union has already had to pay a price for its support of the tour — the withdrawal of rate relief on its Cardiff ground by the Labour council.
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SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 14th anniversary of UDI Support the Zimbabwe liberation struggle Victory to the Patriotic Front No sell-out in Zimbabwe Hands off Zimbabwe No collaboration with the Muzorewa-Smith regime Sanctions must stay ASSEMBLE 1.30 PM SPEAKERS CORNER MARCH TO RALLY IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE P.O. Box 82, London E2