Support for the pro-Quebec-sovereignty Bloc Quebecois was lower than in previous elections, renewing the hopes of the English Canadian establishment that the pro-soverignty camp will defeat itself. Nevertheless, the unresolved national question continues to generate instability and turbulence.
China and Hong Kong - One country - one system
7 July 1997On June 30, 1997, British colonial rule in Hong Kong is to end. In the period of 155 years of occupation, British rule has been exploitative of labour in Hong Kong as well as politically repressive in order to maintain its domination. Activists fighting against imperialism and colonialism have been subject to repression through such laws and regulations as the Public Order Ordinance.
Capitalist restoration in China
7 July 1997, byThere is no doubt that the Chinese Communist Party will keep its promise of ’one country two systems’ now that Hong Kong is again part of China. Beijing has the utmost respect for the British administration’s free market policies.
Labour under ’market socialism’
7 July 1997, by ,Labour resistance is growing in China’s savage market economy. Those foreign Marxists with any illusions in "actually existing market socialism" should take a hard look at the facts.
Interview with PRD leader
7 July 1997, byAfter a year of heavy repression, the Suharto regime organised a "festival of democracy", culminating in fixed elections on May 29th. The victory of the ruling GOLKAR party was never in doubt. But the democratic opposition has never been more visible.
Revolutionary violence?
7 July 1997, byViolence has taken centre stage in South Korean student politics, after two suspected police informers were beaten to death by militants of the radical student union Hanchongnyon. Terry Lawless reports from Seoul.
Congo-Zaire’s first reforms
7 July 1997, byBefore becoming Health Minister, Dr. JB Sondji was director of Kinshasa Hospital, and leader of the Patriotic Front (Front Patriotique), the main radical left party in Kinshasa. Alain Mathieu asked him about the first weeks of the new government.
Freeze Mobutu’s assets!
7 July 1997, byThe Brussels-based Campaign to Abolish Third World Debt (COCAD) has initiated a campaign demanding that governments freeze the assets of the Mobutu clan.
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