uments many cases or arbitrary st and torture, killings for curfew king and other 'offences', jailing olitical orisoners. and cover-ups he authorities and the press. he report explains how, behind the ogy of the preservation of black al life, the Government has use ces such as the imoosition of ective fines on villages to break up stance. And in a section entitled alising Illegalities', it is explained the Indemnity and Compensation gives a blank cheque to the army boys to terrorise anyone who is pected of being a "terrorist' - that ins anyone black. he Secretary for Law and Order e told a passing-out parade of ol officers that they must not be leamish in departing ties of established procedures ch are appropriate for more normal he hideous accounts of the treatit of the black population are too lerous to be detailed here. One mple must suffice, an instance of ch the security forces are obviousroud since they made a propada film of the incident to show in K villages.
_M in eyewitness reports that the film The next sequence which is in colour, shows the hyena rolling upon three mutilated bodies.
up the brains of one and ripping open the stomach of another and eating its entrails. It then shows the arrest of a local headman who denies all knowledge of the guerillas' presence. The film ends with a pitchblack screen and the sound of hyenas laughing.
These and other examples in the evon are moonan not us because they demonstrate the wanton brutality of the regime. That has been a daily feature of the lives of Zimbabwean blacks for many years. What it indicates is tnat ine governments on tne defensive.
LOSING Contrary to the bravado of official statements, many Rhodesian military experts have been forced to admit that the Rhodesian army is losing the war. The only chance it sees for retaining control is the escalation against the black population. report, which is banned in Rhodesia, indicates that this battle to force the scope to wildlaw ine gueras nas been unsuc cessful.
Perhaps John Wayne is not the best fantasy figure for the white troops.
operation of the immigration laws, politically active immigrants overseas students.
SUDOUIL terrace. FOR THE PAST DECADE it has been the policy of successive governments to discriminate against overseas students. Higher fees have been charged for these students as compared to home students, as well as other charges such as accommodation. The which have threatened deportation, have had a • WILL dampening effect on the struggle of overseas students against this discrimination. The NUS has consistently refused to take the leadership of a national campaign against the super-exploitation of The Labour Government's attack on the living standards of the British working class has been accompanied by an even more acute attack on more vulnerable sections of society - of which women, blacks, foreign students and migrant workers have been amongst the most exposed. But now more and more of these students have taken a lead in challenging the policies of the Government, despite the reactionary refusal of the NUS to mobilise the mass of students in their defence. On 11 November the Enfield branch of Middlesex the activity of those already in the country include other other colleges.
from the occupation to colleges all over the country. themselves", is Pal's message. largely responsible for the political situation in which overseas students find themselves. The Act is not only being used to keep blacks out of the country, but also to check, restrain and control The overseas students' struggle must also be broadened out to colleges, the black community and the labour movement. Already the Middlesex Poly occupiers have received more than 20 messages of support as well as eight delegations from Speakers from NALGO. the lecturers union NATHE and Chris Takundra (Vice Chairperson of the National Union of Zimbabwean Students) are among those who have addessed the occupation. The students have also sent out speakers Overseas students, says Pal, had not initially expected the support of white students in their college, but the fact is that large numbers have actively supported the occupation. He stresses. however, that white students should not come into such action simply on the basis of sympathy for the predicament of foreign students, but should see it in relation to the plight of all students and the working class. "By defending us, they are defending