Lambia is all that is needed to show commitment to black rule sOHIRern Al least that is what the British government hopes as.it makes ESWaIn altempt FUSIOTC international image.
But there's also sinister side to the Zambia deal. Doctor Death at the Foreign Office hopes that this accusfom southern Africa to the sight of British arms in action.
Last week's reassurance that Britain would not send troops to hardly comforting either.
The effect of the statement was blunted by the insertion of the word 'unilaterally'. In other words Britain would not send Iroops on ils own.
the Nations)... well, that would be a different matter. writes ins means nal me souinern African solidarity movement in DraIn snoO slinave campaign of BRn miar enenon H Zimbabwe as its top priority. mucky A good chance lo' discuss and organise such a campaign will be the Manchester Anti-Apartheid conference, sponsored by the North-West TUC, on 11 November.
The conference is open to all sorts of organisations, but it is particularly umonisis and youtn.
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network is centrally sectarian uprising. the gains and lessons of that campaign were to be spread no further than the readership of Such a network would ensure that the ICL story - and a host of similar experiences were A similar type of information needed in the solidarity movement as a whole to overcome the situation where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has the whole movement sewn up, breeding a atutud towards united action both inside and OHS le Is ranKs Above all we will be arguing for the conference to take up the case of the 11 Soweto student leaders on trial in South Africa for their alleged part in the 1976 The threat posed by these Drosecuuons chond pe selt evident. Yet, unbelievable as it may seem, nobody turned up when Soweto leader Barne: Mokgatle called a meeting in London recently to set defence activity.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement has organised dramatic and extensive events in defence OIOMON Maniangu.
African National Congress death SCHence is excellent.
If the Manchester conference lakes a lead perhans we can persuade them to show similar enthusiasm in defence of these leaders of the mass movement.
For details of the conference, contact: Manchester AAM 59 Tintern Avenue, Manchester M20 8ND.
Venue: Abrahan Moss Centre, Crumpsall, Manchester. Saturday 11 November, 10-6.