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Rhodesia elections announced. British alternative: A sliding scale of bribery

Socialist Challenge No. 8, 28 July 1977 · p. 10 of the scan · 814 words

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A bankrupt, paranoic clique British 'puckage sufficient safeguards to whites.

presented by keeping® force to proposals. che er nette peripheril tor neither peripheral no didental. They have a crucia antion in an imperialisi stratto maintsin its economic merests and indirect politica control in a past-colnis The projected sum for the Zimbabwe Dewelonment Fund (2DF) cow stands at between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars. Although constitution. This is based on a rejection of the latest on the grounds that it does His aim is to cling on to a white government, but the plan Foreign Minister David Owen proposes financial guarantees for whites and a "peacepolice the 'interim AINSLEY DENTIN takes a doser look at the British viously being kept under tight wraps, it is known to include tens of millions of dollars to buy off sertlement involving black rule by ensoring their pensions ments and Dropcry values if and when they decide lo leave the couniry.

The longer they stay to help mailitain the services and administration, the mote will De lhel Ghanalana in London picketed the Ghane High Commission on Sunday in solidarity with the strike of professional workers againer the mustary include provisions for un expansion of small black business and not give bourgoois social base for black ruling class is meeded appose TAC workers and poor peasants.

Al the same tome government'. of the vacillating leaders of the liberation movement, the proviso of course being that they call off the gucrilla strugale Anobe and pay tised, to compensate them Sosses Incurred hecause of UDI cconomsic hold in these countrie too, as well as to buy their ap quiesence to the setileinent plan as a wisole.

Zambia and Mozambique are of vital strategie importance to the guerilla forces. drive to ger the signatu Presidents Kaunda and Mache tion of the guerilla war, le is essential that the neo-colonialis atmosphere of beasetire the disarmine DE lc Rhodesian forces and the guerilla armies and the country for an 'interim' period Commonwealth Ghana, Jamaica and Nigeria have essed an interest in the plan Such a force would oversee and (21)

peaceful operation of the nomic the aspirations althe hence the plan peace' and 'stabproposal for a policing of the 'peace. sufficiently advanced, India, pacified', Zimbabwe and it will cosure the Woman liberation fighter in maining. course, the terms of the ZDF. Presumably, once the process is opposition to il is sufficiently security Zimbabweans, will pass hands of the present hlack batlalions of the Rhodesian army currently fighting against The payment of bribes to white olanals or black servants and parasites of imperialism is an obing and strugeles of the workers bundreds of soldiers and police on the woaraiea Ceatonstrators enD were caren up win cucu aied beutality. Masy are still in throughout Shina Sudents les dership have National Union of bot forced to go into hiding lemonstrato injuries Amone noAn cases there are spinal injuries, cracked skull, braken limbs tumour and another still in a coisa one week after the demonlo Kumasi those arrested were their underclothes public nd had their heads shaved wit pieces of brocen bottle. Reports the campus. af student deatls are conflicting. 1011 1001 1250 SOUN ICI least one soudent and one police Immediately after the demon tbree universities dere ordered to he closed dows and ar the Universiry of Scieno and Technology (Kumasi), studems were given just 20 minutes la collal leir booopines and vacate che campus. A call was later suade for scodents co be sent and in was only as a result of and poor pensants of Zimbabwe. Those funds that are made availconditions, by Zambabwcans, for делоіде tion and oppression and integral part of their, rights te GENERAL IGNATIUS ACHEAMPONG: chats about prosperity end stability as famine swaeps the country protest that they were eventually alowcd to return te show DE intimidation the issued a decree on 3 June which makes the publication en orfene punishabit Tous, within the space on a fet within th put an end to freedom of speech and assembly.

There is no doubt that further repression and denial of basic democratie rights will be the loc ol le Chamaian masses as the paranoia of the bankrupt mili-UN MONDAY 1 prosécution of These are the most sericus accumutiens Sel levelled against dany wilk cheir commutes, and picket oulsife on the opening day of the trial. • Picker Sout Africa House Trafalgar Square): tary clique increases The straation in Ghans cannot and should net be seen in isc events which lanon maril. Faced with attacks and detests on all frous, Western imperius, alcok win as aine is making desperare attempt to postpone ils Ar the same time, tbe Sovier Lion capicalise masses with a false offer of "liberation'. Ai the struggle inPenseries une neca tor vigolancr has never boto greater.

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