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International Viewpoint #254 March 1994
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HAVING brutally aggravated the living conditiond of the population, the devaluation of the CFA franc has led to popular protest in a number of countries. In Gabon, the opposition to the Bongo regime and the trade union movement have called for a general strike. In Sene-
No. 15
Spring 1994 gal, the opposition organised a rally for
16 February.
Capitalism's new economic order —
In both cases, the government responded with violence. There were
Restructuring the labour process several deaths in Libreville, the
Gabonese capital, and bloody confronta-
• Maxime Durand introduces the issue with the political economy of tions in Dakar, where several people were killed, including policemen. In
• Claude Gabriel on the European Union and economic "globalisation"
both cases, opposition forces have denounced government provocations,
• Keith Mann explores class struggle, skill and the productive process today the restricting of trade union rights and
• Tony Richardson and Andy Kilmister describe the British experience of New the right to demonstrate, and its confrontational approach.
• and Eugenio Preo documents industrial transformation and the employers
In Senegal, the Abdou Diouf government has once again hit out against opposition leaders. It has arres-
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ted and charged several deputies, including Abdoulaye Wade - leader of the
This edition of Intemational Marxist Review will be the last in its current format. A liberal Senegalese Democratic Party discussion has begun, the aim of which will be to decide on a better format for
(PDS) - and Landing Savané, leader of the presentation of the Fourth International's theoretical views. Details will be the African Party for Democracy and published here in International Viewpoint. ©
Socialism (PADS).
Heavy sentences
Without even lifting these deputies
The South Korean socialist publisher, Choi Il-Bung parliamentary immunity, the governhas been released by the government after serving ment is trying to hold these two responsible for the violence that it orchestrated
He was imprisoned for publishing books by a numitself. There could be heavy sentences, and aim above all to distance the two ber of diverse socialist authors (see International deputies from the Assembly and the platform it offers to their parties.
This never-ending harassment of the political and trade union opposition reduces to an empty shell the constitutional freedoms the country boasts.
Overcome by popular discontent, undermined by the economic crisis, the government of Senegal owes its survival to its various friends in Paris, in the liberal right-wing as in the Socialist Party, who cover for it and support it.
International solidarity is beginning to be organised for Landing Savané and all political prisoners. Appeals should be sent to: Président de la République du
Sénégal, avenue Roume, Dakar, Sénégal.
Faxes to: (221) 25 80 54. *
36 just over a year in gaol.
Viewpoint, no. 243, March 1993).
Choi had earlier been forced into a hunger strike to protest against the authorities withholding his mail. Amnesty International had adopted him as a prisoner of conscience.
However, his release on parole is only a partial amnesty and he continues to remain under tight surveilance and deprived of any civil rights until May 1998.
We hope to report further details when they are available. ©
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