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While speaking at Northeastern University's African Center yesterday morning, Queen Mother Moore an 81-years old black leader from New York City, released copies of a letter she had written to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In the letter she pledged the support of many black Americans who she said were willing to fight in the Iranian revolution...
Ohira's blunder shattered the precarious coalition of personal allegiances that cemented the LDP. The party itself in not a unified party at all, but a composite of different factions, groups of Diet members who give loyalty first to one prominent leader, second...
Although in previous elctions faction leaders have made token statements of support for the party leader that cloak their own maneuverings for leverage, this time the top factions heads refused to support Ohira. Instead, they called for his resignation--he complied on November 9. During that week, as Ohira fought to regain power and form a government, the Japanese public got a fascinating glimpse of the depth and breadth of political divisions within the LDP and the potential obstructiveness of the system. As the faction leaders jousted, it became clear that behind their hatred lies an issue...
Huber Matos, a dissident Cuban revolutionary leader who spent the last 20 years in Cuban political prisons, said last night that Fidel Castro's "opportunism" prevented the establishment of a democratic government in Cuba...
Matos said the people of Cuba were promised a democratic revolution and Castro broke that promise. "If Castro had chosen the democratic way, his power would have lasted four, five, perhaps six years and then he would have had to step down to another leader. The temptation was simply too large for someone who loves power," Matos said...