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Peking's Invasion Aids Washington's Drive Against Indochinese Revolution -PAGE 4 Solidarity Iran: Interview MARCH .2, 1979 50 CENTS VOLUME 43/NUMBER 8 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY /PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE Ill Peking's invasion aids Washington's drive against Indochinese revolution -PAGE 4 SOlidaritY Iran: Interview · Sll'lkei'S Also: How Tehran auto workers are I I us organ1z1ng ON-THE-SCENE COVERAGE, PAGES 6-8 ... TEHRAN-Insurgent soldiers played crucial role in toppling monarchy. Now they are fight­ ing attempt to re-impose shah's hated officers. In Our Opinion VOLUME 43/NUMBER 8 MAR. 2, 1979 CLOSING NEWS DATE-FEB. 21 Rhodesian raids Anger over Weber No sympathy The white minority regime in Rhodesia Brian· Weber's challenge to affirmative ac­ The outcome of the scrap between the New launched another series of murderous raids tion for Black and women steelworkers has Orleans cops and city administration is one against neighboring Zambia an:d Mozambique aroused anger across the country. that trade unionists and partisans of the labor February 17-19. In New Orleans, supporters of affirmative movement can well afford to be indifferent to. A military spokesman said the attacks on action will rally March 4 (see page 11). The cops are demanding recognition of their Zimbawean refugee camps and guerrilla bases In Gary, Indiana, United Steelworkers Dis­ association, which has a charter from the were "part of a continuing operation, which trict 31 along with Gary Mayor Richard Teamsters, and various improvements in will continue as and when necessary." Hatcher will sponsor a meeting on Weber wages and working conditions. The regime carried out similar attacks last March 14. They don't deserve an ounce of sympathy. September and October, leaving more than In San Diego, a Machinists local has m­ Cops are not working people fighting 1,000 dead. These ca.ne while Prime Minister itiated a task force to defend affirmative ac­ against the bosses for a better life. They are Ian Smith and his three Black collaborators tion. agents of the bosses used to oppress working were touring the United States trying to sell In Philadelphia, an ad-hoc conference on people. If they don't like the returns, that's their "internal settlement" to the American Weber is scheduled for April 7. their problem. Let them go out and get a self­ people. The USWA District 31 Women's Conference respecting job. The raids are a desperate attempt to slow in Chicago February 15 spotlighted the Weber Some people, who realize the function and down the regime's disintegration. threat and decided on a campaign to mobilize role of police, think they see a progressive The guerrilla war has stepped up considera­ the union against it (see page 10). outcome to cops organizing and demanding bly in the past year, and the success of the The "Fourth Annual Day in the Park for recognition. Maybe it will improve their con­ freedom fighters has produced a deep demoral­ Women's Rights" in San Francisco March 10 sciousness, make them more sympathetic to ization among Rhodesian whites. More than will hear a speech on Weber by a USW A the plight of workers, less inclined to bust 18,000 fled the country in 1978. leader. heads on a picket line or in the community. The latest attacks are also an attempt to And the March 8 "International Women's But it doesn't work that way. Cops are punish Zambia and Mozambique, hoping these Day Celebrating Working Women" in New paid-and highly paid when you include the governments will put pressure on the national­ York City will feature Cynthia Hawkins, a graft and bribery that are a routine benefit-to ist leaders to reach a deal with Smith. Black woman whose job depends on the preserve "law and order." That means protect­ The Carter administration has been silent USWA affirmative-action plan under attack. ing private property. It means helping to break on the latest raids. But State Department By claiming the affirmative-action plan at strikes and crush the rebellions of Blacks, official Hodding Carter did find time to "de­ Kaiser's Gramercy, Louisiana, plant is illegal, Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans. It means brutal­ plore" and "condemn" the shooting down of the Weber case threatens every gain the civil izing members of oppressed minorities as part an Air Rhodesia airliner by freedom fighters a rights and women's movements have won. of the process of "keeping them in their place." few days before. By challenging the union's right to negotiate Any cop who starts acting sympathetic with The Carter administration seeks to impose the affirmative-action plan with Kaiser, the the exploited and oppressed can't remain a on Zimbabwe a neocolonial government that Weber case jeopardizes all union rights. "If cop. If his conscience doesn't drive him off the would safeguard imperialist interests and con­ they deny this union or any other union the force, his superiors will. tain the radicalization of the Zimbabwean right to enter into privately bargained for There is plenty of evidence that "unioniza­ masses. Washington has had to take its dis­ programs, they're not just talking about affir­ tion" can't change the function of a police tance from Smith's regime, knowing that its mative action," USWA Civil Rights Director force. It's well to recall that the prison guards base is too narrow to serve this purpose. Frank Mont told the District 31 Women's who carried out the Attica massacre had a At the same time, the Carter administration Conference. charter from the American Federation of continues to allow all sorts of surreptitious aid Putting affirmative action quotas in the State, County and Municipal Employees. Nu­ to be funneled to Rhodesia through South USWA contract with Kaiser was a step toward merous other examples can be cited. Africa and its European imperialist allies and putting union power on the side of the victims Cops are not draftees, compelled to serve. through trade with U.S. corporations. of discrimination. It was a step toward greater They take the dirty job voluntarily. If, by This policy has nothing in common with the unity and strength for the entire labor move­ chance, some of them don't quite realize what desire of the Zimbabwean people for Black ment. The Weber case aims to wreck that unity they're getting into, they're quickly given majority rule. Nor is it in the interests of the and pit white workers against Blacks, men ample opportunity to find out. Those that American people. against women. choose to stay with the "finest" deserve what Supporters of the African liberation struggle· Yet this attack can boomerang on the em­ they get. should expose Carter's maneuvers and mobil­ ployers. The unions have the power, together For trade-union bodies to issue charters to ize the American people to ~emand the U.S. with the Black and women's movements, to organizations of cops makes as much sense as . government keep hands off Zimbabwe. · mount a successful campaign to overturn issuing a charter to a union of professional Weber. scabs. We urge our readers to join this effort. The Militant Militant Highlights This Week Editor: STEVE CLARK Associate Editors: CINDY JAQUITH ANDY ROSE 4 China's attack on VIetnam Women steelworkers meet Business Manager: ANDREA BARON 6 Iranian revolution District 31 Women's Conference in Chicago decided Editorial staff: Peter Archer. Nancy Cole, Fred 11 Anti-'Weber' Feldman, David Frankel. Os15orne Hart, Shelley on a campaign to defeat 'Weber' and defend Kramer. Ivan Licho. Omari Musa. August Nimtz, 12 Newport News strike affirmative action. Page 10. Harry Ring, Dick Roberts, Priscilla Schenk, Arnold 13 'Militant' sales Weissberg, Matilde Zimmermann. Published weekly by the M1l1tant. 14 Charles Lane. 20 Undocumented workers New York. N.Y 10014 Telephor:1e Ed1tonal Office 22 Socialist campaigns (212) 243-6392. Busmess Off1ce (212) 929-3486. 26 Israel torture Correspondence concerning subscriptions or 32 UFW strike changes of address should be addressed to The Militant Business Office. 14 Charles Lane, New 2 In Our Opinion Malcolm X York, N.Y. 10014. Second-class postage pa1d at New York. NY 21 African Solidarity Notes In his last year, Malcolm grappled with problem of alliances. Subscnpt1ons US $15 00 a year. outs1de U.S 27 In Review with white workers. 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