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a labor press service WORLD OUTLOOK PERSPECTIVE MONDIALE Un service de presse ouvrier Vol. 3 , No . 10 March 12 , 1965 21, rue d' Aboukir - PARIS-2 In this issue _Page ''Unity -- Not Vengeanc e," Says Compa nion of Malcolm X . 1 Ca str o Points Way Out of Vie tnam Crisis .............. .............. ........ 3 Johnson -- a Ca se of " Unclouded Vision"? ···-··· -· ········ 5 Left Wing Communists V/ in in Kera l a ................ ........... ................ 7 Spanish St udents Gain Conc essions ... .. 10 Bertrand Russell Assails Wi l son for Ab etting War in Vietnam ....... ........... ........... ... 12 Left ist Labour Leader Resigns from Wilson Government ........................ 15 Ink Bottl es f or the America n Emba s sy ... ............... 16 Sta tistics Confirm Soviet Economic Difficul ties ___ _ 18 Th e Sov i e t Un ion Today ············-······· ··················· ... ....... .. 19 Stefan Heym ' s Pl ea for Prol etarian Democr a cy .... ... ... ..... 23 Al exander Defenc e Commi t tee Demonstra tes in Trafa l gar Square -- by Ala n Adair . ..... ..... 25 Successful Strike Action in Argentina -- by O. Gomes . 26 Sit- Down Strikes with Hostages . 28 Youth Give French CP Leaders To ugh Battle -- by Pierre Fr ank ........ ........ .. ... ........... ... 29 Gener a l Humberto Delgado Reported Mi s sing ........... 30 Che Gu evara Stresses Prole t aria n Int erna tiona li sm ................. 31 The Met e oric Rise of Malcol m X -- by Eve lyn Sell ...................... 35 " UN ITY -- NOT VENG EA NCE , 11 SAYS COMPANION OF MALCOLM X I n a n interview publish ed in the March 8 issue of the New York soci a l ist we ek l y The Mi l ita nt, J ame s Shabazz, persona l secr et ar y of Ma lcol m X, indi gna ntly scored t he char ge t hat membe r s of the martyr ed l eader ' s organizat i on wer e s eeki ng r ev enge for their l eader ' s death. " Intelli gent peopl e ,n h e s a i d , " r ealize t hat the tremen dous pow er structure tha t exists in t he United St a t es a nd t hroughout the world came i nt o being by dividi ng peopl e , who h ad just grieva nc es , PERSPECTIVE MONDIALE - Hebdomadaire Abonnement , 26 numeros: 37,50 F, ii Pierre FRANK, 21, rue d'Aboukir, Paris (2•). WORLD OUTLOOK specializes In weekly political analysis a nd Interpretation o! events !or labor, socialist, colonial independence and Negrc freedom publications. Signed articles represent the views of the authors, which may not necessarily coincide with those o! WORLD OUTLOOK. Unsigned material expresses, insofar a.s editorial opinion may appear, the standpoint of revolutionary Marxism. To subscribe for 26 issues send dollars 7.50 or 2/ 15 s. or 37,50 francs to : Pierre Frank, 21 , rue d'Aboukir. P aris 2•, France. a labor press service WORLD OUTLOOK PERSPECTIVE MONDIALE Un service de presse ouvrier Vol. 3, No. 10 March 12, 1965 21, rue d'Aboukir - PARIS-2 In this is sue .. Page ''Unity -- Not Vengeance,'' Says Companion of' Malcolm X ..... ...................... 1 Castro Points vVay Out of Vietnam Crisis .................................................................... ....................... .. 3 Johnson -- a Case of' "Unclouded Vision''? .............. .......... ............ ..... .... ............. 5 Lef't Wing Communists Win in Kerala . ................................................. ............. .......... 7 Spanish Students Gain Concessions............................ ....... .... 10 Bertrand Russell Assails Wilson for Abetting War in Vietnam····················································-················· ············-····· ................................... 12 Leftist Labour Leader Resigns from Wilson Government............................................. 15 Ink Bottles f'or the American Embassy........ .................................................... ........................... 16 Statistics Con.firm Soviet Economic Diff'iculties .................................... ...................... 18 The Soviet Union Today··-·················-·········-··············-···········-····························......................................... 19 Stef'an Heyrn' s Plea for Proletarian Democracy.................. ................... 23 Alexander Defence Cormnittee Demonstrates in Trafalgar Square -- by Alan Adair . ..... ............ ..... ........ ................ .... .............. ... ............................. 25 Successf'ul Strike Action in Argentina -- by o. Gomes ........... :-. .. ····-························ 26 Sit-Down Strikes with Hostages.········································-········································.................................................. 28 Youth Give French CP Leaders Tough Battle -- by Pierre Frank ....................... ...... ........... ...... ................... ......... ........ 29 General Humberto Delgado Reported Missing .......................................................... .................... 30 Che Guevara Stresses Proletarian Internationalism................ 31 The Meteoric Rise of' Malcolm X -- by Evelyn Sell.......................................................... 35 nUNITY -- NOT VENGEANCE," SAYS COMPANION OF MALCOLM X In an interview published in the March 8 issue of' the New York socialist weekly The Militant, James Shabazz, personal secretary of Malcolm X, indignantly scored the charge that members of the martyred leader's organization were seeking revenge for their leader's death. ''Intelligent people, n he said, "realize that the tremendous power structure that exists in the United States and throughout the world came into being by dividing people, who had just grievances, PERSPECTIVE MONDIALE - Hebdomadaire Abonnement, 26 numeros: 37,50 F, a Pierre FRANK, 21, rue d'Aboukir, Paris (2e). WORLD OUTLOOK specializes in weekly political analysis and interpretation of events for labor, soctaltst, colontal independence and Negrc freedom publications. Signed articles represent the views of the authors, which may not necessarlly coincide with those of WORLD OUTLOOK. Unsigned material expresses, insofar as editorial opinion may appear, the standpoint of revolutionary Marxism. To subscribe for 26 issues send dollars 7.50 or 2/15 s. or 37.50 francs to: Pierre Frank. 21, rue d'Aboukir. Parts 2°, France. -2- one against the other so the forces of oppression could control both. Thus we understand why the power structure would utilize any oppor tunity to try to give the impression that we a.re.,fighting one another instead of our common enemy. ''But Brother Malcolm died for the concept of unity of Afro Americans and other .peoples of African descent. We are concerned with furthering 'the concept for which he died -- a unity of' Afro.:. American peoples and people of African origin in other parts of' the world, and a unity of American Muslims with Muslims throughout the world -- not with f'ighting, black militant against black militant, while our oppressor stands by laughing.u Asked about the charges in the press that supporters_ _of' Mal colm X were responsible for the burning of' the Nation of' Islam Mosque in Harlem, James Shabazz offered the following comment: ''This is reminiscent of the Reichstag Fire incident in Ger many where the Nazis burned down the Reichstag themselves in order to justify oppressing peoryle later on. The power structure is try ing to create pretexts now that will justify oppressive measures which they already plan to put into force against all the militant elements in the struggle for liberation in this country. nTherefore, it doesn't surprise us, af'te~. the journalistically created 'blood-brothers',hoax and the Statue-of-Liberty fiasco, that the power structure is ·again attempting to create a basis to jus~ify further oppressive measures which it has been planning to use against the militant people who are seeking freedom from oppression." While Shabazz spoke personally and not in an official capa city for either the Muslim Mosque, Inc., or the OrganizatiQn of' Afro American Unity, he vigorously emphasized the views of the founder of the two organizations, citing a tape recording made by lfalcolm X shortly before his death in which the militant leader said he was certain his followers would not seek retaliation. (The tape record ing has been repeated on radio programs.) ''Brother Malcolm died teaching a concept of a unity of oppres sed people. Oppressed people cannot achieve unity by fighting against one another while the real culprit, who pits them one against the other, stands back and smiles. Brother Malcolm's· assassination must be viewed in terms of' the forces that ordered it rather than in terms o~ the tools that perpetrated the act. ''It was not simply coincidental that he was assassinated after having been refused admittance to France and after an attempt had been made to prevent him from re-entering England, two countries which -- like the United States -- are world powers that have tre mendous populations of peoples of African origin and Muslims, all of whom are oppressed -- truly a thorn in the side of a power structure determined to go to war in Asia against other non-white peoples." -3- The correctness of the appeal made by James Shabazz for unity in face of the sinister· forces that stand.to gain by pitting sectors of Afro-Americans and Mu.slims against each other, is being underlined by the strange way the police have proceeded in investigating the assassination of Malcolm X. When James Shabazz and Francis Reuben, another of Malcolm X's closest associates, went to police headquarters in response to a re quest