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Sou thern Af rl ca: Bullets o r
Ba llots?
As it did in 1981, the unresolved
dispute over South West Africaj
Namibia, should grab the headlines
in southern Africa.
T his is a rather incongruous situ–
ation for a territory larger than the
state of Texas yet containing, at
most, on ly one million people.
These mi ll ion souls are divided into
a dozen distinct ethnic groups,
leading to hectic política! horse–
trading.
The Soviet-backed South West
Africa Peop l e 's Organization
(SWAPO) would prefer to take the
territory by force. SWAPO has
been held in check by the superior
military might of South Africa, the
disputed territory's ruler.
A new Western peace plan for
Namibia's independence has been
put forth by the Uni ted States,
United Nations, Britain, France
CANADA
A Nation at the
Crossroads
Canadians endured a 42-day
nationwide postal strike in 1981
that sent national morale plummet–
ing. At the same time the economy
skidded downward along with the
value of the Canadian dallar. While
$2 billion in investment money left
the country every year i n the
l970s, more than $1
O
billion left
Canada in just the first six months
of 1981. Much of the money moved
south into the United States,
angering the U.S. government as it
witnessed intense business takeover
January
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and Canada. The United Nations,
which fully supports the SWAPO
cause, is skeptical, however.
The plan calls for a constitution,
guaranteeing minority and property
rights, to be agreed upon befare
elections. But there is no guarantee
that SWAPO would not abolish the
constitution later on, even if it
carne to power by way of the ballot
box rather than the bullet.
A totalitarian dictatorship in
Namibia would cause South Africa
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to withdraw into the
laager,
halting
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its own domestic reforms, which in
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turn would increase international
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pressure upon Pretoria.
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New " Eco nomic Orde r " Sought
During 1982 and the remainder of
the decade, pressures will grow,
especially inside the United Na–
tions, for a drastic reorientation of
the world's economy.
The demands for the so-called
new international economic arder
will intensify. The corridors of the
U.N. General Assembly will ring
with calls for global negotiations to
achieve this incredible end- a mas–
sive mandated transfer of wealth and
technology from the developed to
the developing countries. The inter–
national development conference in
Cancun, Mexico was part of this
strategy.
There will be deman.ds for other
international bureaucracies, such as
a new information arder to regu-
bidding by Canadian corporations.
September 1 produced Canada's
best economic news of the year–
new revenue sharing agreements
between Ottawa and Alberta dif–
fusing a majar row that even had
sorne Westerners talking secession.
The agreements did pickup nation–
al morale. And may have helpéd
the provincial premiers in meeting
the prime minister half way on the
biggest issue of all facing Cana–
dians-bringing home at last Cana–
da's const itution, (which presently
resides in London) a move recently
approved by an Act of the British
Par liament.
Prime Minister
Trud~au
then
called a conference of the premiers
to discuss the constitutional ques-
late-meaning to censor-news
agencies of the world.
The nations of the Third World
are using the General Assembly of
the United Nations (where they
have the numer ical advantage), as
well as many U.N. agencies, to push
through reforms to their intended
advantage. Through the politicallev–
erage of the United Nations the
prophecy, in part, is being fulfilled,
"Let the weak say 1 am st rong."
The United States, with the
exception of its veto in the U.N.
Security Council, is isolated and vir–
tuaJly powerless before the U .N.'s
determined majority bloc.
Why l s This Happening:?
T he decade of the '80s will b.e an
extremely dangerous one for the
United States, Great Britain and the
old wbite dominions of the British
Commonwealtb.
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From every corner, confticts and
pres sures are building up. As
explained in our book
The United
States and Britain in Prophecy
(write for your free copy), a time of
great trouble is swiftly descending
upon the American and British
peoples. Momentous days líe abead.
Now bere are summary reports
from severa! of our offices around
the world , to update our readers on
conditions in their regions, analyz–
ing the events of 1981 and looking
ahead through 1982 and beyond.
- Gene Hogberg
tion. His aim was to have the Brit–
ish North America Act (,BNA)
returned with a new charter of
rights protecting minorities, espe–
c ially in the key areas of education
and language. But this confticted
with bill 101 in the province of
Quebec that makes the French lan-
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