In exchange for 15240m, the las include matin pere clause. That SCARS economy will be reviewed every: month for the next year with the rospect of further adjustment fread effects of the devaluation can be seen in steep price rises. Milk, cooking oil, marzarine. detereent. beer and cigarettes are all up by nearly one third.
Combined with the past one and a half years of restraint and more than 25 per cent unemployment, this holds out the prospect of enormous hardship for the majority of Jamaicans.
SWALLOW In January fast year, newly lected Prime Minister Michael Manley went on television and radio to announce that the for an IMF loan because are not for Sale and "We are Misters of our own House'.
In January this year, he had swallowed his retoric so far as to say: The IMt is the only orpanisation in the Western events themselves.
communal life.
well done.
Communists.
Populur Government and the Communist Party.
and 1973, just a tragic glorification. "IMF Shocker" shouted the headlines in Jamaica in oil prices and the decline of the May. They were announcing the fourth currency devaluation in 13 months. Each one has been in exchange for an International Monetary Fund or World Bank loan. SHEILA MALONE reports.
world that can make it possible for a country in our kind of difficulty to get hold of the foreign currency thal we need in order to keep things going.
BALANCE 'Democratic which won the PNP is clection petrol, victory, was a declared attempt to balance onivale and buDg interests within economy healthy land, housing, education and through badly, needed employment programmes This did not allow for the J5200 million trade deficit and the minus IS170 million foreign exchange reserve facing the new unworkable because Jamaica's economic problems directly 10. 1 dependence on and especially to fluctuations in prices on the world market.
When the 1974-75 crisis led to drastic drops in the price of bauxite, sugar and bananas, economy suffered heavily: and similarly through the tripling of ALFREDO Galvez — Twelve Shifts of Cear seeks to portray the tensions on a collective farm during the Allende years in Chile. The author is Juan Vera, a Chilean exile, writes RIC SISSONS, The play is sbowing at the Hulf Moon Theatre in London until 15 Au live actors remain on stage broughout its 80 minutes giving a Feeling of community life. The strongest aspect of the play is the acting, while it remuins at its weakest in dealing with the political The central charucter, Alfredo, is a wife-beating mechanic who cannot come to terms with the owners' eviction and the new le reveals himself a brute and a male chauvanist because h icks self confidence. The denunciation of wonen's oppression All is notlost for Alfredo. He makes a messianie transformation after one particularly trugic event... rather too simplistic.
The consmune is led by Party" militants. Although it is never explicitly staled it is obvious that the Party in question ure the The Party members implore the rest of the commune 'no adventures" and "don't you understand this is our government".
The dramatic ending. as British-made Hunter jeis strufe the commune, is never really explained. But this is not surprising in a play which adopts an uncritical stance to Allende, the Linidad No critical ussessment is made of those three yeurs helween 1970 couns any previousey# Nock for mean to industry exacerbated nloyment, with manu acturers using it as an excuse to lay of! workers. close down businesse: and take their capital abroad. se conservative oppositiol Jamaica Labour Party seizod the opportunity to attack the Socialism', Government, and were bebind women) against rising prices, unemployment and govern ment mismanagement of the mixed enough to CLUBULLS STRIKES A lot of the JP's success 439 becaUse of the failure aFth. left wing within the government "Democratic Socialism" was Government.
There was also the spectacle relate the largest CHICHIE organisation, Workers Liberation League, asking workers to accept price increases, offs as necessary sacrifices, and denpuncing any criticism of Manley as playing into the Jamaica's main, exporis, the hands of unperialism'.
There has been a wave of US BLACK rights in United States received a setback last week with the Supreme Court ruling in the "Bakke' case. Five of the nine judges decided that California School's quota for black and Chicano violated the Constitution.
100 places each "disadvantaged studenes" in a state that is more than a rhird Lnicano, Native American AJAn Bakke, engineer who failed to gain entrance, took the court on the grounds that he was being gainst.
Some moderate civil rights leaders were last week trying to get socre milenge aut ambiguity" of the decision of the Supreme Court, the highest court of appeal in the give the appearance that th criaciple of affirmative act jon' (that is positive discriminaof foreign materials Government's Amount schools.
Jeft-wing been harsh. the Stalinist-lec the Labour cutbacks and laystrikes.
When refusing strikes un opposition to the seamen, they were taken off at afbet the effect of groups.
has been zero.
the struggles, there were in black colleges.
too happy the University of Medical erinds on. students year extra!
CARTER Asian and The white school to discriminated Supreme Lo? the nothits about quotas.
LS the line After the 17 April ghetto rebel policies in particular to the JSIO wage order! limit, the most recent being the teachers", which closed all the Government response has In the oil and fireworkers" disputes they used action Relations and policies.
Industrial Disputes Act (model- Recently, led on the British Tory Act) to call in the military to smash the dockers bocupied ships trading in Jamaica hur were shot dead.
hire Jamaican But affirmative action hinges an the provision of quotas lo inferior Tests wuch handicap blacks women and other oppressed As civil rights leader Jesse Jackson put it: There has blacks, Historically, that quot.
The introduction of quotas in the late 60s and early 70s wa a direct result of the growing strength of black and women's There are twice as many black students now as ten hough about half of them an point by Thirteen unions, including ail the major ones, have signed a position paper opposing th wape limit, but have not bee willing to translate this into against gorerument the military unbushed some alleged gunrunners at Green Bay. In fact. these turned out to be unarmed ghetto youths, five of whom The Government has been forced to admit responsibility government attacks. conte under heavy fire abou LEE CALCHE OF DOSIC HER DETER powers and their abuses The issue shows signs of becoming one around which the discontent and mistanc wittin the ghettos, especially of the youth, could focus If the new mood for unity in struggle between the ghetto gangs escapes efforts to destros could develop into
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