Zaire
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CONTd the liberation movements and the ‘fact that they are moving to the left under the pressures of the viciousness of imperialism and the weakness of native capitalism poges a huge threat to imperislism. Victories, especially in South West Africa would be a major defeat for the imperialist system as a whole and especially for British imperialiam.
Imperisliam is using a combination of crude racialism and virulent anti-comminism to cover ite real policy of mounting ageression against the African liberation movements. The US is moving to active involvement on the side of the reactionary regimes and attacks on the Cuban presence and thus the Cuban revolution itself.
In this situation the tasks of all supporters of African freedam and all opponents of imperialism are clear. We must mobilise solidarity to demand the immediate withdrawal of American 'aid' and European _troops from Zeire.
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