Massacre of Matabeles
Sir,—David Dumergue’s description (May 3) of Zimbabwe as Marxist is quite misleading. Marx outlined the conditions in society which he felt would make communism inevitable. Where conditions of exploitation exist or have existed, communism has in many cases gained control of nationalist revolutionary movements and subsequently been able to establish a
communist government. The manner in which the British Government ended colonial domination and the neo-colonialism of the Smith regime in Zimbabwe has not followed the pattern of Vietnam, where the communists moved into a vacuum left by the administration which abandoned the country. Nor has Zimbabwe followed the pattern of Cuba which was forced by American sanctions to go to
Russia despite the fact that the local communist party refused to support Castro. In these cases foreign-sponsored “anti-commun-ist” governments had little popular support. Tribal difficulties notwithstanding, the present Government of Zimbabwe enjoys a large measure of popular support. — Yours, etc.,
J. M. TIMINGS. May 5, 1983.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19830509.2.85.6
Bibliographic details
Press, 9 May 1983, Page 20
Word Count
160Massacre of Matabeles Press, 9 May 1983, Page 20
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in