[As imperialist allegations of "terrorism" ring out daily…]
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As imperialist allegations of "terrorism" ring out daily against Robert Mugabe's ZANU(PF) party, it is increasingly clear that the main thrust of Governor Soames and the Rhodesian state forces is towards harrassing and intimidating ZANU supporters-and even attempting to murder Mugabe himself. • The challenge facing imperialism's attempt to impose a neo-colonial solution in Zimbabwe stems from the inability of the petty bourgeois nationalist leadership to control the most militant guerrillas and sections of the working class.
These sections see clearly that the Lancaster House elections can bear no results of benefit to the mass of working people.
Balancing Mugabe and Nkomo are doing a balancing act on the wall of sudden death, with their own militants and rank and file on one side and the guns of General Walls and the South African army on the other.
While they compete with each other to draw greater crowds • and marginalise Muzorewa, they must at the same time be careful not to arouse any expectations or set in motion a forward movement of the working class which would engulf them.
While they complain about the Rhodesian army and Muzorewa's auxiliaries viciously intimidating the electorate, they know that it is these forces which are maintaining the state Continued, p. 2. PHOTO: Mark Rusher, IFL
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