IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 174, 27 November 1980 · p. 15 of the scan · 222 words

The scan: sc-n174-nov-27-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 15 of the scan

First, expectations were very high at the time of dependence. Because of the prolonged and bitter uberation struggle, Zimbabweans have been more quickly disillusioned than was the case in many or me Amican countrie. that won their independence in the 1960s.

The peasants want land and better services; workers want better pay and conditions, and the unemployed jobs. But government's hands are tied which protect existing social inequalities.

Offer demands or offer political leadership, the seducts ZANU and ZAPU are creasingly. building their party machines by blaming what has gone wrong.

NOSI depressing of elements in both parties, particularly ZANU, posing as radical by exploiting this situaliol. People Arguments for Socialism Trave FOR the second time in a decade, hundreds of millions of people in the dependent countries face famine.

November.

'1,000m people have too little to eat, and 520m are undernourished of a million children go blind each vear from vitamin A deficiency.

Yet the Market alone Lalile of food of s stored L. lous skimmed milk powder, of butter, 290,000 tons of and 7m tons of grain mountains are not stored to help meel tamine prices Famine is profitable but vorld now the capacity feed itself, cabilalis!

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