ae lll By NORMAN FARIA BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Guyana is a police state. The traditional features of such 4 State — police brutality, restric- | ons on the right to strike and _ Wavel, and the control of the Country’s institutions. by a self- pte clique — are now present re. Guyana becomes police state == And they will not go away in the Near future unless a concered _ Campaign by domestic, regional and international forces is launched to oust the Forbes 2 Burnham regime. Patricia Rodney, wife of Dr. Walter Rodney, a noted historian (author of ‘How Europe Under- | veloped Africa’), university | lecturer and a leading political °pponent to Burnham People’s National Congress (PNC) gov- _ Were being hounded and intimi- ed by sections of the country’s Police force and by ‘‘political thugs. Some of which come from ‘ the House of Israel, a so-called _ Teligious sect headed by an erican fugitive who calls him- Self Rabbi Washington.” Rodney’s husband, who, along with other leaders of the Working People’s Alliance : ‘A) was arrested and detained by Guyanese security forces after | © government buildings in the Capital Georgetown were burned down last July, has long been de- ~ uw €™mment, brought these facts out z ‘Ma recent press conference here. 9 _ She specifically pointed to the 8 Way opponents of the government 2 Patricia Rodney, wife of noted Guyanese historian Dr. Walter Rodney speaking at a press conference in Bridgetown, Barbados. nied a teaching job at the Univer- sity of Guyana because of his. political views. “Those who are familiar with Hitler’s techniques of committing crimes and blaming them on his opponents should be able to un- derstand what is happening in Guyana. The great mass of the Guyanese people are hoping that justice will be done at the forth- coming trials,’’ she said. “We are not asking them to support the Working Peoples Al- liance or any other group in Guyana. We are asking that, in the name of justice and human dignity, they speak out against what is more than a threat to the Guyanese people — we are asking them to speak out against-a dic- tatorship of a minority PNC re- gime that will in time, unless checked now, pose a real danger to the rest of the Caribbean com- munity,’’ she pointed out. _ Non-aligned states hit IMF __. By DOUG COUPAR _ HAVANA — In quick re- SPonse to United Nations’ Secretary-General Kurt Wal- heim’ s appeal to the non-aligned Movement for solutions to the World economic crisis, member Countries have begun to imple- Ment policies which attack the Very foundations of the Interna- tional Monetary Fund (IMF). how aldheim made the appeal fre last month at the non-aligned Vement’s sixth summit when told the 94 member countries . and liberation movements that the World economy faces an un- Mising outlook’’. A part of the . aligned response was a blue- Print for co-ordinating the move- Nt's economic activities. Gaiccording to the Secretary- eel “The developed. coun- 1€s are preoccupied with their Problems of economic stagnation sy Inflation. As a result, the Te of development is in danger further setbacks the poping countries is particularly gerious ' as continued . C€-of-payments deficits -are : eeing added to an already large _ “Umulation of external debt.” to ralk of foreign debt is not new Rive, <, ROn-aligned movement, Vere its prior commitment to re- i the trend which is pushing into Underdeveloped countries RBateneater poverty. The dele- take to the summit did, however, fcigy’ ldheim’s message as ‘‘of- Westeimission that the large eM powers are unable to on With their own domestic ints: let alone the problems of 2 Onal development. Cial position of many de-' Speaking at the opening session of the conference, a day before - Waldheim’s speech, Cuban Pres- ident Fidel Castro blasted the Un- ited States and its allies for per- petuating bodies like the IMF which exist to keep the underde- veloped nations in check (see last week's Tribune) and prop up the failing capitalist economies. Since on-going negotiations . with the IMF's controlling mem- bers have all but collapsed over this issue, the non-aligned move- ment is determined to establish a new economic order based on “true mutuality of interest via a fundamental restructuring of the world economic system’’. » ‘Muhammad Zia-UlI-Haq, pres- ident of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, explained that this meant ‘‘a new. framework for international monetary and financial cooperation to ensure the transfer of resources in real terms on a predictable, assured basis’’. Comparing the. methods needed to achieve these goals to those of trade unions, Zia-Ul-Haq proposed ‘‘unity and cohesion in the ranks of non-aligned countries and the utilization of their collec- tive bargaining strength in the dif- ficult negotiations with the de- veloped world’’. : What this all means in concrete - terms is that the governments and usiness interests of countries ri Canada and the United States will be forced, in the long run, to ‘“‘share the wealth’’ or. suffer the consequences of diminishing ex- port and import markets. To meet these objectives, the non-aligned movement now sup- _. ports the following measures: _e Fair selling prices for raw materials such as minerals, pro- duce, coffee, fish, cotton, etc. This will directly affect multi-. nationals like Inco, Alcan, Wes- ton Foods. — e Control over transportation and communications, which will mean lower export costs for the underdeveloped countries. e Scientific and technological ‘development — ending the cur- rent dependency on companies like IBM; Sony, ITT, Massey- Ferguson, Pratt. and Whitney, General Electric, etc. e Control over tourism and in- surance. through planning and domestic control of land and stif- fer labor laws. Developing health care and personal security for the population. ~e@ Promotion of equality of women and a skilled labor forceto meet the needs of real develop- . ment. i e The establishment of a non- aligned ‘‘solidarity fund”’ for so- cial and economic development. In order to realize the above measures, the non-aligned movement must continue to build links between socialist and non- socialist countries, both inside and outside the movement. Un- derstanding that the IMF and its sister organizations, like the World Bank, only stand in the way of development, the non- aligned nations have made it clear that they intend to do just that. Above all else, the non-aligned summit has proven that the days of foreign domination are num- bered — a fact which has just begun to-sink in back in Ottawa and on Bay Street. Charged the CIA with sending agents into his country to infiltrate the _ implementing socialism by decree. “‘These people are objectively ‘because that is a filthy, repulisve banner that served to murder ‘three terrorists have now been released and are now free on the streets ‘gunned down by troops and helicopters. Banners on this 11th anniver- WEST CONTINUES ECONOMIC AID TO CHILEAN JUNTA MOSCOW — The Soviet newspaper Pravda, commenting on the visit of Chilean Foreign Minister Cubillos to London, Madrid, Paris and Bonn, points out that the Western nations have given a total of $6,200-million to the regime in Santiago since it took power in the 1973 coup. Pravda charges that Italian, Spanish and Swedish companies are supplying arms to Chile and that the West German firm of Siemen’s is giving Pinochet technical aid for the achievement of a nuclear capacity. NICARAGUA CHARGES CIA WITH CONTINUED INFILTRATION MANAGUA — Nicaraguan Interior Minister Tomas Borge has revolution under the guise of revolutionaries. He made these charges in a statement on ultra-left groupings that speak of skipping stages and’ being manipulated by the CIA’’, he said and stressed that “‘the Nicara- guan revolution is not going to fall into the trap of anti-communism thousands of Nicaraguans. Anti-communism was the banner of Somo- way he declared. : - MOST AMERICANS WANT U.S. TO NEGOTIATE WITH PLO LOS ANGELES — A recent nation-wide poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times shows that 59% of Americans favor the U.S. negotiat- ing wjth the Palestine Liberation Organization in the search for péace in the Middle East. : se, __ U.S. RECALLS CHILE ENVOY IN PROTEST SANTIAGO — The U.S. recalled its ambassador from Chile Oct. 2 in protest over that country’s refusal to extradite three former army officers indicted in the 1976 murder of Orlando Letelier and Ronnie Moffitt. ““The deplorable result of the (Chilean) court decision is that of Chile,”” a U.S. State Department spokesman said. The Chilean Supreme Court rejected Oct. 1, evidence submitted by the U.S. gov- ernment and ruled out a trial for the three. : JAPANESE COMMUNISTS GAIN IN NATIONAL VOTE | TOKYO — The Japanese Communist Party more than doubled its representation in the 511-member lower House in the Oct. 7 elections winning 39 seats compared to 19 at dissolution. The ruling Liberal - Democratic Party, which aimed for an overall majority of 271 seats, lost one and returns with 248. STANFIELD RECEIVES ANOTHER REJECTION ON EMBASSY CAIRO — Clark’s roving ambassador to the Mid East, Robert Stanfield, was told that Egypt ‘‘rejects fully’’ Canada’s intention to move its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Stanfield has been travelling in the Mid East gathering opinions on Clark’s election prom- ise. Egypt’s rejection has added another voice to the list of countries opposing the move. PROTEST “MEXICO CITY — Over 8,000 marched here Oct. 2 to commemorate the 1968 massacre of hundreds of civilians by government forces. At the q end of the march and effigy of former president Ordaz was burned. It was Oct. 2, 1968 when demonstrators and trapped bystanders were Sary read: “October 2 Is not forgotten”. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—OCTOBER 19, 1979 Page 9