Language riots divide Belgian

American States, and without consulting any of the international bodies, showing contempt for one and all, the United States government takes unilateral decisions and continues to engage in activities which flagrantly flout and violate the principles of the United Nations Charter.

On the one hand, there is the policy of the Alliance for Progress, a policy of opportunism that is set up in this continent only because of and in view of the example of the Cuban Revolution. On the one hand, a decision is proclaimed to support the development of the backward countries because of and in view of the case of Cuba, which also has an underdeveloped economy, whose people are filled with aspirations for economic development and cultural development.

On the other hand, there is an entire policy of creating economic difficulties, of trying to stifle and strangle the forces of the revolutionary government of Cuba. And to all that has been done are added these official decisions — officially proclaimed— to use coercion and reprisals against any shipping firms whose ships carry any cargo to supply and feed the Cuban people: raw materials for WRITING before the recent linguistic riots in Brussels, the Belgian paper La Gauche took the view that the demonstrations to be held by the Flemish regionalists were of little importance.

'The march in Brussels,' it wrote, 'promises to be a simple repetition of the preceding one. A hundred thousand demonstrators, a few skirmishes between chauvinistic elements on both sides, but above all the background of an almost empty capital as on every Sunday, totally indifferent.' The problem is, of course, more serious than that and the federalism recommended by the paper is no solution.

The cleavage between Walloons - French-speaking Belgians-and Flemings has social roots. The cleavage is perworking class petuated by the inability of the Belgian socialist movement to develop a militant policy and leadership able to break the influence of clericalism in the Flemish areas and attract to it the Flemish workers who now provide cheap labour for Belgian capital.

The right-wing leaders now in the government, not only approve of increased funds for the strike-breaking gendarmerie but prepare laws which can be Failure of the General Strike is at the heart of the present used to hamstring the workers.

If anything, divisions on linguistic lines within the socialist and trade union movement suits their book.

The failure of the General Strike in December 1960 is at the heart of the reactionary trends in the Labour movement today. Federal slogans provide a substitute for re-grouping and rebuilding a strong opposition to the entrenched Right wing, whether Walloon or Flemish. reactionary trends.

He said that the average homeless couple were between 20 and 40, had two to three children and earned £10-£12 a week. Most had unskilled and insecure jobs. Many worked for small builders.

ACQUIRE DWELLINGS He suggested that the solution was to be found by recognising that private landlords could not solve the housing shortage. He stated that the survey were recommending that the LCC should strengthen its welfare department and that the LCC and the borough councils should acquire at once all dwellings which are due to be replaced over the next 10 years and request money from the government for this purpose.

He also urged that a vigorous and strong policy in relation to the distribution of industry was needed from the government.

The audience which included several homeless people, were not very satisfied with chairman Peggy Jay's remarks that the LCC were doing all they could to solve the problem.