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Filipinos: U.S. bases must go

The special Philppines government committee
drafting the preamble for the country’s new constitu-
tion has adopted a resolution proclaiming the Philip-
pines to be a nuclear-free zone of peace and neutrality.
The resolution bans prolonging the U.S.-Philippines
agreement on U.S. bases when it runs out in 1991.

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. By A. ALARD
St January, the manifesto of the Communist Party
‘Stated that: ‘‘A unified, fighting attitude and a

ay ee oe er a reahe ae Bre if raN oa i ai Manila commentators stressed that the committee’s
“The Pec Inrit canbe troiieht neice ee To rs Ng Se e pet resolution is in keeping with the feelings of the vast
the constantly growing struggle of the masses.” A OD ISAs ae } PP aan fl majority of the country’s people and is bound to cause

: oma Ga consternation in Washington, especially in the Pen-

ear €xample of this just occurred during a two-day
Strike July 2-3.
Ite of the fact that the capital, Santiago, and the
S main cities were occupied by Pinochet’s milit-
Call by the Civil Assembly to carry out a work
Teceived massive support. This resulted in one
Ost significant social mobilizations that the re-
°pposition has led to date.
Yan Gonzales, president of the Civil Assembly,
Tess conference that, “‘the paralysis... was of an
Mcted magnitude. The country took to its feet to
© armed forces the necessity of a return to legal
MMent.’’ As leaders of the strike call, Dr. Gonzales ~
a €r main leader of the Civil Assembly now face
th Ution by the regime which holds them responsible
if disruption of public order.”’
a8 reign media reports indicate the 48-hour strike
nL. Uccess. Despite police and army repression which
, een lives and injured more than 100 others as well
wulting in the closing of opposition radio stations and
he Papers, the Chilean people were not intimidated.
YTesponded to the strike call in numbers, thus pav-
‘Way for future activities of greater scope and

tagon.

The U.S. imposed the bases agreement on the Phi-
lippines in 1947. The Subic Bay and Clark Field bases
are the largest U.S. air and naval war bases in the
Asian-Pacific region.

shown itself to be blindly obedient to U.S. orders which,
though recently critical of Pinochet, continues backing
his regime via international banks.

If the U.S. State Department Is inclined to see any
change in Chile, it will only support it within the frame-
work of the present fascist constitution putting off real
change until 1989. At that time it will ensure the armed
forces have a suitable candidate for president, thus per-
petuating the system without Pinochet. :

But, in spite of all the forces of the dictatorship and the
efforts of conciliatory parties of the center and the right,

Chilean general strike call

Chile’s National Workers Command has called on
the country’s Civil Assembly to organize a second
general strike this summer, for a yet to be determined
} date in August. The workers say the strike should be

ople have rejected all government ,
en ave chosen faeif own leaders who stand eae me local assemblies of all labor and social
out more and more as leaders from parties on the left — ee wee dis Chile’ ; Ae fed

ially Communists and Socialists of the Popular _ The Command is Chile's major trace union teeta:
Risen qavenent . tion and is a member of the Civil Assembly, made up
in the Chilean church, too, many figures in the hierar- ot the ee ek ie Sena ree
chy today understand that the solution to Chile’s prob- ores i. a se = Seer é a ware 4
lem is not simply a matter of a change in the government alae = es meth Ch eee ee st a a .
apparatus, but that a profound change in the structure of TESUNE DEOUESLS, WAMU LUG Sav Spee t eke renee
are also behind bars, charged with organizing this

society is needed. ; ; :
Today the Civil Assembly has succeeded in overcom- month’s general strike.

ing many of the difficulties existing among political par- Z
ties and gathers more than 300 organizations, including
unions, students, professionals, women, etc. Through
it, political parties, which have to date not succeeded in
reaching formal agreements on program and strategy,
have come together in support of the general strike.
There is no doubt the July 2-3 events were an enorm-
~ ous contribution to the unity of the Chilean people. The
key to victory over Pinochet is the united mobilization of
the people, the development of their self-defences,
common action between Marxists and Christians and

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© regime’s brutal response shows Pinochet’s
ri € Survives only on brute force. They established a
os le state of war, occupying numerous poblaciones
1. <INZ class suburbs). Police, soldiers and para-

whe, forces fired indiscriminately at the people.
nig

_ Japanese against SDI

Japan’s three opposition parties — the Commu-
nists, Socialists and Komeito Party — sharply critic-
ized: the U.S. strategic defense initiative (SDI) and
Washington’s effort to draw the Tokyo government
into implementing Star Wars. :

The parties said that Japan must firmly reject par-
ticipation in the Star Wars program because it
heightens the danger of nuclear war and spurs the

Signig € the July 2-3 strike was a success, it doesn’t
p.“Y the end of the fascist regime. There is no doubt
; het is isolated, and the strike showed he no longer
Ys any civilian support. But as yet there are no signs
Nfluential military sectors are abandoning him, al-

th le signs can be seen in the high command of
| fo. ctines and Air. Force. Of all the armed forces,
~*Yer, it is the army which is decisive and which has

regime.

cooperation in the struggle by all forces opposed to the

arms race.

Reagan’s racist
“eth showing

.What a fiasco Reagan’s
Aptouted speech on South
Fy 4 policy turned out to be.

Tst he was to have
_Ounced with a flourish the
can itment of a Black Ameri-
ie new U.S. ambassador to
a ee That fell through with
fis ud as Robert Brown’s
8 oe dealings turned out to

fran cministration officials
ible Ucally searching for a cred-
oh Black candidate for the
i Finding an honest Black
| de £rican foolish enough to try
| Ageing racism for Reagan in
“© proved impossible.

W
| et On earth would Reagan

“pyconfounding no one, he
Ntly defended apartheid,

; cated the African National
i and ress» opposed sanctions
cong efended the corrupt U.S.
"ructive engagement policy.

© question then became: .

_ Vintage Reagan. Here was —

the true face of the conser-
vative racist forces Reagan
represents. Here was U:S.
imperialism stripped bare, its
teeth showing.

Chromium, diamonds, gold
were named above life and lib-
erty. Apartheid, whips, jails,
murder, disease were ignored
by Reagan in favor of white

‘rule and United States’ global

security interests.
None of this should surprise

represents. Its pro-apartheid
stance is consistent with its en-

tire foreign policy of strangling

national liberation struggles,
propping up corrupt right-wing
regimes and staking its
‘national security’’ bound-
‘aries wider and wider.

Giving credit
where it’s due
Reagan said this during his

nationally televised speech on
South Africa: ‘‘We must stay

the white parts are injured, the
black parts will die too.”’
When I first heard that cute

remark a few weeks ago, I
thought the man sure has a way

_with words. Reagan, obvious-

ly, thought so too and used the
comment in his speech.

But it’s too bad he didn’t
give his ‘‘African leader’ pub-
lic credit for his wit.

The man Reagan quoted?
None other than South African
Foreign Minister Roelof (Pik)
Botha.

It’s probably a lot to ask of
Brian Mulroney to consider
the implications of ever-closer
economic and military ties
with the U.S., because he re-
ally is a live, smoke-eating,
fire-breathing continentalist.

Canadians who warn of the
loss of our country’s eco-
nomic, political and cultural
sovereignty should free trade,
closer NORAD ties, unfet-

off as ‘‘nationalists’’.

Maybe, just maybe, Mul-
roney would heed the warning
of an American.

Testifying July 23 in Wash-
ington at a congressional hear-
ing on Canada-U.:S. relations,
Ohio Congressman Marcy
Kaptur said she was surprised
Canada had weakened its laws
permitting foreign investment
and control, given U.S. direct
investment in Canada today to-
tals $50-billion.

Kaptur then said: ‘‘It seems
from these statistics that
Canada is really a trust territ-
ory of the United States.”

Pee w hat shady, i nd run. As one :

anyone. But itcan and should —_ and work, not cut a tate:
re next two days before the ma as a graphic reminder of African leader remarked recently, Quacking : a ae se epee sr
by ch on July 23 were spent just what this administration — southern Africa is like a zebra. If like a duck? tae eee oul ee

and defence. Looking at the
‘me too”’ record of the Mul-
roney Tories in foreign policy
and watching the U.S. military
control Canada’s northern
‘“‘defences’’, plus seeing the
economic and _ cultural
stranglehold growing, you
can’t blame the good
congressman from Ohio for
saying what she said.

The question is: does any of

neighbor? Kapur has an
interesting point — if it looks

’ like a duck and quacks like a

duck, it just might be a duck.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE, JULY 30, 1986 e 9

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fess Botha’s cosmetic : : : =
‘eforms”’ significant, at- tered foreign investment and __ this penetrate Brian’s love af- ,

t control continue, are brushed fair with our great southern =

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