the "Democratic Commission' -who may well find the temptation of an immediate role in government loo strong to resist.
UNSTABLE
In Mozambique, where the proportion of white settlers is less, and the FRELIMO wuerrillas are well more unstable. Attempts are being made to huild up a new pro-junta group called GUMO, but at its first mais meeting last Friday Its spokesmen were shouted down by FRELIMO supporters. There is also a growing reaction among white settlers-5,000 of them took part in an anti-independence demonstration at the weekend, headed by a group called FICO CT stay').
As for Gaine-Bissan, which is economically the least important of tuguese may need little persuasion to get out without more ado. The al government-declared last Sept time of the coup.
- It should not be forgotten, however, that these forces-the neighbouring Cape Verde islands represent a vital African foothold for NATO The impact in Africa of the Portagi's colonies, of course. A Bradford, Such couscillors found Daily Telegraph and the Dully the three, it is possible that the PorIberation forces have already advanced to the extent that their provisionember-had achieved wider recognit- the news. ion than the Cactano regime by the PAIGC-stand for the liberation not only of Gaine-Bissau but also of the And here it is likely to be a different So, as the bara and a0 vases Beck SOUTH AFRICA coup will not be confined solely to demanding that Honiton, in Deran should not be turned into anotber welcome allies in the Press Both the Expreme waged a sustained, vicious and openly racist campaign to whip Shoot them? up feeling against the refugees. Enoch Powell delivered e series of demanooic speeches and in one of them identified times winding over 20 per cent of the with Chamberlale at Munich and the The major responsibility for the bye-election. intervene on an issue that had been Front sprayed Asans leaving HeathJordan persuaded the arport porters not to handle the baggage of Asians NF TRUNCHEONS The Union Movement (Moseley) sand the NF helped in the organisation than the actions of the Tory Governof the march of Smithfield porters to ting in the Aslans. Martin Webster, Labour Party. circularised his branches with a call presented with a prost opportunity.
And seize it they dal. A series of spoot letters were sent out on official Asians were to be hilleted on tiscon The Monday Club rally in Central shift here will mean a shift in the balance of forces throughout the southern half of the continent a fact noted at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Soutl Africa, where share prices plummeted at For South Africa, though, che immediate conseguences may well he relatively mild. The vulue of the Portuguese colonies as "butfer states has declined sharply with the rise of the guerrilla movements, and any cooling of the situation will allow Worster to concentrate on the arher prong of his strategy -his diplomatic and trade offensive lowards black But for Rhodesis the prospects are ghastly indeed. Their supply toutes front the Mozambique coast were threatened even before the coup- the tail link with Beira has Hall on 16 September was stewarded by NF men armed with truncheons, At this rally they also pepped up the Asians. politics. When Harold Soref suppested airlifting the Asians to India the audi. ence exploded into anger and scores Jumped up to snout, sabot shem:
The National Front ran a series. of candidates in loca. coctions, somepoll The momentum grined from the Ugandan Asians Issue dramatically Increased the strength of the NF end allowed Martin Webster to sain nearly 5,000 votes in the West Bromwich How did the left as a whole respond to the issue? Is was synptom in diverting the legitirate anger of atic that the counter-demonscration to the Central Hall tally described above was attended solely by the revolutionary lett-predominently the ING und IS. The Labour Party leadership just laid low Partly tis was due to the fact that Callsghan, in 1968. bad pur through the Kenyan Asians Act that ment with regard to the Ugandan racialism inside and outside the Rence Short, Tom Bradley, and Tony Crosland were particularly sonsitive to the "legitimate warries' 10f their coostituonts. The Labour controiled Leicester council placed advertisements in the Ugandan press telling the Asians to stay away. In BoDe Cobstituency parites. Dolabl Basiidon, tembors split away so heen cut every few days, while the main road to Lourenco Marques wasabo slicked for the list time Just a couple of seeks ago.
These attacks are likely to he stepped up now, at the very time when the Portuguese are likely te he much more wary of involvement in mutual defence pacts. The Smill: repime must also tear increased FRELIMO aid to and cooperation with the ZANU guerrillas operating inside Rhodesia, Its ouly hope now of the ANC.
Certainiy in Africa, as in Europe things will never be the same again #heration struggle is still far from over, and solidarity action may well become even thore vital as the junta attempts to isolate the guerrillas in order to try le do i deal with them that they could campoign even more aggressively against the urciva. of the GUNBOAT WILSON The Labour Party leadersbig -MACH TORCE COICES MORE WIS the key politica, issue for a month. When Wilson Gically spoke be concentrated on attacking President Amin as a paranoiac who should haro been put down by a display of nava! force. This grotesque performance, echoing chat cr viscount bandual Palacerston in the 19tb Century. was Wilson's way of dodging the real issues involved.
What is shown by this whole episode 15 bow successful the rigbt was education and other social services into racism. All the respectable public figures, whether moderate Tory or left Inbour, identified im migrants as the cause of ina deguzte No counter-attack came from the Labour Party or the trade unions lo point out the real cuiprits. The suebce of the labour movement allowed the extreme ripht a field day. The failure to wage a hard, uncompromising, anu handed over thousands of workers to Ogs like Powell and Webster, These are che lessons that emerge from 'Passports and Politics' ANDREW JENKINS Passports and Politics, by Dareh Soaphrey and Micheel Ward, *s published by Penguin at 35p.
HEA TYCKN 9 May 1974