Word: rhodesian
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...appears that either independence or a greater degree of democracy is brought to the colonies--both of which would mean the displacement of whites from their exclusive hold on the higher positions in government and the economy--internal pressure in the white community for a Rhodesian solution will build...
...those opposing U.S. defiance of the United Nations sanctions against Rhodesia, I read with interest "A Rhodesian Remembers" (Crimson, March 13, 1974). Michael Massing's article was a good overview of this complex life-and-death struggle, with one glaring exception. Mr. Massing referred to Eddison Zvobgo, Deputy General Secretary of the Zimbabe African Nationalist Union (ZANU), merely as "Eddison." If the omission of Mr. Zvogbo's surname was not a typographical error, it is probably one of those "unintentional" slights so typical of how non-white people are commonly treated by whites. I would hope that this small...
...takes a pamphlet from his bookshelf and begins reading a passage from the Rhodesian criminal code: "Anyone is guilty of a criminal offense if he is absent from the farm during working hours, if he becomes intoxicated, if he refuses to obey any command of a master..." The list goes on. The punishment for such offenses ranges from caning and thrashing to two or three months in prison. Anyone unemployed for more then 30 days is also a criminal, subject to work on a farm for three months without pay, to receive "training" in such skills as digging ditches...
...before Congress passed the Byrd Amendment, he says, Rhodesia suffered both economically and psychologically from the world blockade. Foreign reserves dwindled, and the white regime felt isolated, unrecognized by every nation in the world. The Byrd Amendment had two beneficial effects for the Smith Government: It bolstered the Rhodesian economy by providing millions of dollars in foreign reserves, and it demonstrated that the Nixon Administration was sympathetic to the white cause...
...other industrialists. Such a move would serve notice to Ian Smith and his white regime that one less government wishes to condone Rhodesia's racial practices. The demonstration last week was an effort to show solidarity with the 14 million Zimbawbe people. Insofar as the longshoremen did unload the Rhodesian asbestos, the action was unsuccessful. But as one organizer pointed out, the protest had a broader purpose: to show support for a people who live in a state of virtual servitude. Eddison told the demonstrators: "It is very good to see some people who don't want racism to survive...