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claimed that the reform process in South Africa was "irreversible," gave a signal to U.S. allies to loosen economic sanctions against the apartheid regime. Once again, the world leaders hope, South Africa one thing, the South African head of state continues to advocate "power-sharing" in the government. Even some members of the U.S. Congress were forced to admit, after meeting with De Klerk, that "power-sharing" is a code word for giving whites "democratic" voting rights to Blacks in order to elect to skirt the fact that South Africa is undergoing one of the most blood-filled periods in its history. On the eve of his talks with George Bush, De Klerk ordered army and police units to occupy the Black ... All out for Oct. 20 protests!

Seattle, and Houston. New cities join this list daily. The primary demands of these demonstrations are "Bring the Troops Home Now!" and "U.S. Out of have come together to build Oct. 20. This unity around slogans calling for the U.S. to get out of the Middle East is important to ensure the largest possiand "Bring the Troops Home Now!" have the potential for building a mass antiwar movement that can reach out to students, GIs, their families, and all the American people who see no need for themselves or their loved ones to die in a war that can only profit the oil companies and a government beholden to built as broadly and massively as possible. Now is the time to visibly demonstrate that even at this early stage, there is a significant opposition to the speech, militant unionists called on the "hidden force" is the police itself! crowd to help stop two scab buses that And now, those who are mainly responsible for had just arrived. It was amusing and heartening to watch the crowd running away from Brennan's platform to keep will be declared "safe" for capitalist investments. the buses out.

But anti-apartheid activists remain on guard. For Police pushed back the crowd and dragged away those who sat down, but army to step in. no arrests were made. For a few brief The ANC and other groups have called for a moments, it appeared we might have stopped the buses. But there was so much confusion-and no direction from veto power over decisions by the Black majority. the union leadership about how to fight In other words, De Klerk is willing to grant South Africa. back.

This is the way to go. Let all the people vote! Let On the evening news that night, a local union leader was quoted as saying a government that is fundamentally undemocratic.

that civil disobedience to stop the buses During his White House visit, De Klerk preferred was the wrong strategy to win the strike. He urged union members to get out and vote to ensure that "friends of labor" (read Democrats) get elected this President F.W. de Klerk. fall.

What is most amazing to me is that our union leaders haven't been able to drum out every ounce of militant instinct left in us.

When Joe Brennan was governor the (continued from page 1: “Thousands begin to mobilize against U.S. war moves in Gulf”) first time, he was definitely not a friend to 10,000 state employees who worked without a contract for 18 months. And he was responsible for changing the workers' compensation laws to the the Middle East!" detriment of workers in Maine. To wait Protests have been called for Stockholm, Paris, for the Democratic politicians to change and Toronto on this date as well. labor laws is like waiting for Hell to In the case of San Francisco, seven coalitions freeze over.

L.H., Bath, Maine ble demonstrations.

Slogans calling for "U.S. Out of the Middle East"