Youthful protesters join the torchlight picket of South Africa House by the Anti-Apartheid Movement on Human Rights day last week. THREE WISE MEN visited London last week, bearing gifts which were greeted with enthusiasm (if not completely unmixed) by LabForeign Secretary Anthony Crosland.
wise man one retiring US Secretary of Henry Kissinger. He was the one with the most to offer, but at the same ume gave une cast creer to the Labour Government.
he was nor golne to mecayche directly in the Geneva constitutional conference, he said, but this does not rule out the possibility that his successor. Cyrus vance. will do so. Even more importantly, he shared the Labour Government's optimism that the conference could arrive at a satisfactory deal between all the parties, and put the weight of American prestige behind British attempts to find a stable neo-colonial solution for SURLY In this instance Kissinger does not need to intervene directly Geneva, because he knows that US interests are well served by British Government. Instead went to watch Chelsea play Wolves at Stamford Bridge. He refused to shout for either side.
Wise man number two was WES Smith/-no star in the west?
London and Washington.
Wise man number three was Joshua Nkome. joint leader of the Patriotic Front delegation. He exCrosland, but only to speak at a puonc meeung.
The first speaker there was a wise man of a lew vears ago. former Rhodesian Prime Minister who is nowa member of Nkomo's delegation. He pointed out that those whites who oppose majority rule British ine style 'do not understand their own he best interests.
Nkomo explained how he had been prepared to compromise with Richard over the date for indepenrecognise that they still have some colonial role to play.
There is a wise man number four who did not show London last week. pointed out that he would probably -ena up in tne London. Certainly strategy for colonial rule is out of favour, but it is unlikely that the Labour Government would be that harsh on a racist. Perhaps even a white settler racist has a sense of humour.
But his face in Smith of - LOWCI Smith visit London. Three wise men, Tests in the infant Zimbabwe. Kissinger, Richard and Nkomo they each nave tneir own inter THE MAJOR Basque workers parties, including the Communist Party [PCE], Socialist Party [PSOE], LCR, have called a General Strike on 15 December, the day of the referendum on the Government's 'reform' plans. They are calling for no vote in this sham democracy. mination of a long battle fought by the far left for an active boycott, which will be seen as a positive show of working class strength and rejection of the government proposals.
The PSOE and PCE in the rest of the Spanish state are not making such a call. The difference in the Basque country is that after the massive campaign to release the 154 LCR members arrested a fortnight ago, the reformist parties have been forced to join in united action with the far left and the most militant sections of the working class.
Next week Red Weekly will carry a full report of the General Strike and an analysis of the referendum results. and the Trotskyists of the This represents the cul-