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The economic and social structures of our coun- try- which have served to guarantee the dispropor- tionate enrichment of an oligarchic minority and the exploitation of our people by Yankee im- perialism-are in deep and insoluble crisis. The military dictatorship is also in crisis, and with it the entire legal and ideological order that the oligarchic interests and the U.
UNIFIED REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY FRONT (FOR) DIRECTORATE (DRU) Formed May 1980 Formed May 1980 I 1. FPL (Popular Forces of Ubera- - 1.
Mimi Keck
On May 11, the 41-day strike by Brazilian metalworkers ended in defeat for the workers, but its political implications go far beyond industrial relations. Not only the tough government reaction, but the very process and organization of the strike itself showed the failure of the Figueiredo regime's "abertura" policy, the latest half- hearted democratic "opening" of the military regime that has ruled Brazil since 1964.
Dr. Walter Rodney, interna- tionally renowned historian, author and political activist, was assassinated in Guyana on June 13, 1980 by the People's National Congress (PNC) government of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham.
CAPITAL, CRISIS AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison, Capital and Communities: The Causes and Consequences of Private Disinvestment (The Progressive Alliance, 1980). $20 paper, 334 pgs.
"Steelyard Blues" in Spanish CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas) of Mexico City has published NACLA's Report on the crisis of the steel in- dustry ("Steelyard Blues", Vol. XIII, No.
On January 22, 1980- the 48th anniversary of the unsuccessful rebellion of 1932- 200,000 people filled the streets of San Salvador in a unity march of the popular organizations. Gabriel Cienfuegos, 47, two children, a worker: Q: Why have you come to this demonstra- tion? A: Because we have to be one single body in this battle against the rich.
Our ministers accredited to the five little repub- lics..
Tiny El Salvador caught the world's atten- tion in 1977, when two priests were assassinated and the entire Jesuit order was threatened with extinction by right-wing death squads. The Carter Administration, a few weeks in office, saw in El Salvador the op- portunity to demonstrate its alleged commit- ment to human rights.
Another friend, with a long history of struggle in the labor movement, was planning to flee with her husband to Belize. "Don Roberto, the Guard combs the houses.
Quotations excerpted from Walter Rodney's public speeches to the peo- ple of Guyana, 1977-1980; text in italics by Lewanne Roopnavaint-Jones, member of the New York Working People's Alliance Support Committee. Assassination is the act of any one man-any one man can as- sassinate a leader.