• AUSTRALIA$2.00 • BARBADOS $2.00 • BELGIUM BF60 • CANADA$2.00 • FRANCE FF10 • ICELAND Kr150 • NEW ZEALAND $2.50 • SWEDEN Kr12 • UK £1.00 • U.S. $1.50 INSIDE IRA bombings fuel debate in Britain THE MILITANT — PAGE 11 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE 1 VOL. 57/NO. 16 April 26, 1993 Mandela: murder won’t stop march to freedom in S. Africa Millions strike to ANC president condemn killing urges disciplined of Chris Hani protest actions BY BRIAN WILLIAMS The following is the text of the address The assassination o f Chris Hani. a central to the nation that A NC president Nelson leader o f the African National Congress and Mandela delivered on South African tele­ general secretary of the South African Com­ vision April 13, 1993 — three days after munist Party (SACP), has evoked massive the assassination of A N C leader Chris protests by those fighting to advance the Hani. struggle for a democratic, nonracial, non­ sexist republic in South Africa. S ic 3lc In one o f the largest political protests in BY NELSON MANDELA South African history, up to 90 percent of Tonight I am reaching out to every single the country’s 6 million Black workers took South African. Black and white, from the part in a one-day strike April 14 to protest very depths of my being. Hani's assassination. The African National A white man, full of prejudice and hate, Congress (ANC) estimated that 1.5 million came to our country and committed a deed people also participated in 84 demonstra­ so foul that our whole nation now teeters on tions and rallies around the country that day. the brink o f disaster. A white woman, o f In the Black township o f Soweto the po­ Afrikaner origin, risked her life so that we lice opened fire on a peaceful demonstration AP/Wide World Photos may know, and bring to justice. this assassin. of 20.000. Five were killed, including the Rally in Soweto, A pril 14, to protest the assassination of Chris Hani. The cold-blooded murder of Chris Hani head o f the local A N C branch, and more has sent shock waves throughout the coun­ than 150 were injured. According to jour­ try and the world. Our g rie f and anger is nalists and other witnesses, the crowd was tant new progress was being registered in stepped out o f the car he had just parked in the tearing us apart. What has happened is a preparing to disperse when about 30 police­ multiparty talks aimed at setting plans for driveway of his home in Boksburg. a racially national tragedy that has touched m illions men began firing tear gas. shotguns, and the first-ever democratic elections to a con­ mixed suburb of Johannesburg. After neigh­ o f people, across the political and color pistols. Around the country at least 17 peo­ stituent assembly to draw up a post-apart­ bors reported the license plate o f the car driv­ divide. ple were killed, including 11 in Natal prov­ heid constitution. Forces hoping to derail en by the assailant, police arrested Janus/ Our shared g rie f and legitimate anger w ill ince, and hundreds more injured. these negotiations have recently carried out Walus, a 40-year-old white man who had em­ find expression in nationwide commemora­ A N C leaders accused the police o f "u n ­ several massacres. The talks have now been igrated from Poland about 10 years ago. tions that coincide with the funeral service. provoked brutality” in Soweto. The ANC postponed one week. According to the Sunday Times o f Johan­ Continued on Page 9 called another march for A pril 17 and the Hani is the highest ranking national ANC nesburg, Walus has "close links" to a neo- funeral for Hani two days later. Demonstra­ leader to have been assassinated in at least Nazi white nationalist group, the Afrikaner tions have also occurred in London, Mon­ several decades. Not since Steven Biko died Resistance Movement. The leader of this treal, New York, and other cities around the during a police interrogation in 1977 has such group, Eugene TerreBlanche. confirmed that U.S. Congress world. Many more are planned. a leading antiapartheid fighter been slain. Walus has been a member since 1986. The murder of Hani occurred as impor- Hani. 50. was gunned down A pril 10 as he Continued on Page 9 shows tactical differences on Abortion rights fighters outmobilize Clinton’s budget BY GEORGE FYSON Operation Rescue at Florida clinic The detailed budget issued by the White House April 8 differs little from the outline BY THERESA KENDRICK that was made public in mid-February'. But AND LAURA GARZA while many in capitalist ruling circles warm­ MELBOURNE. Florida — Supporters of ly applauded President Bill Clinton's Feb­ abortion rights mobilized here April 10 to de­ ruary speeches, which focused on the need fend the Aware Woman Center for Choice. By for "shared sacrifice.” their debate over var­ 6:00 a.m. the sidewalk in front o f the clinic in ious budget provisions has grown sharper in this central Florida town was filled with 250 recent weeks. pro-choice activists. They successfully de­ In February Clinton made much of his fended access to the clinic and outmobilized plan to "jump-start" the economy, with fis­ Operation Rescue supporters, who had cal measures that he claimed w-ould create vowed to close it. 500.000 jobs in 1993 and 1994. The pro­ Among those who turned out wete high posal took the form of a $21.4 billion tax school and college students; workers, young break for companies purchasing new and old; veterans of previous clinic defense equipment and SI9.5 billion of special efforts; and many who were at their first spending on public works. abortion rights action. They came from all Posturing as opponents of "big spending” over central and south Florida. by the Democratic administration. Senate Operation Rescue had announced an Republicans organized a filibuster — an ef­ Easter weekend blitz at abortion clinics. fort to block action by prolonging debate for The day before, cadres of the rightist group days — to prevent passage o f the spending blockaded a clinic in nearby Fort Pierce, in portion o f Clinton's so-called stimulus pack­ violation of a court injunction. Police ar­ age. A number o f leading Democrats have rested 75 who took part in the blockade. Militant/Jim Kendrick also announced that they oppose the tax The antiabortion activists succeeded in Abortion rights activists defend clinic April 10 in Melbourne, Florida. credit to companies. closing the clinic for more than an hour. Whether or not C linton's package is The next day, however. Operation Res­ ta, Georgia. A group o f 10 students drove sev­ Christopher Erwen. 22. a student at passed in its original form or in a modified cue’s efforts failed. In Ft. Lauderdale more eral hours from the New College in Sarasota. Brevard Community College, was one of version, it is more for show than for any­ than 100 pro-choice activists met a handful o f The Florida International University-South those at the Melbourne clinic. He was thing else. The measure will not make a antiabortion pickets. C linic defense was also Campus chapter of the National Organization joined by his grandmother. The young man serious dent in the level of unemployment. organized in Orlando and Port St. Lucie. for Women (NOW) organized several car­ began volunteering as a clinic escort sever­ Today 9 million workers officially are un­ Clinic defenders traveled from Jacksonville, loads to jo in the 30 people who drove up from al weeks ago after he heard Operation employed. and at least another 8 m illion are Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and even Atlan- M iam i earlier. Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 12 How workers in Sweden won their rights — page 10 IN BRIEF. U.S. jets bomb Iraq donia, however, will be the first member country banned from flying its national Four U.S. Air Force fighter jets dropped flag in front of the UN headquarters build­ cluster bombs on an Iraqi antiaircraft artil­ ing. Washington and governments in the lery position over northern Iraq April 9. European Com m unity are expected to rec­ According to a Reuters report, at least one ognize Macedonia soon. Iraqi soldier was wounded in the attack. Washington claimed the Iraqis had tired France affirms ties to Germany antiaircraft guns and directed radar at the U.S. planes. Baghdad denied these charges. France’s new prime minister. Edouard This was the first U.S. assault since mid- Balladur. called for prioritizing Paris's eco­ January. when the outgoing Bush adminis­ nomic alliance with the government of Ger­ tration launched, and U.S. president Clinton many. He insisted that maintaining the continued, a scries o f bombings against Iraqi French franc's exchange rate relationship to m ilitary positions in southern Iraq. the German mark was “u national objec­ The I .S. government, with the support of tive." France will soon establish an inde­ French and British forces, has declared a pendent central bank similar to the Bun­ "no-fly" zone over areas of southern and desbank o f Germany, he said. nonhem Iraq. U.S. warplanes maintain a Balladur also pledged an extensive pro­ regular m ilitary presence over Iraqi skies to gram o f privatization o f state industry, and enforce it. In late March Washington suc­ said the money would be used to cut Fran­ In Tokyo, striking medical workers rallied outside the Women’s Medical College ce’s budget deficit.