"CONTENTS
INTERNATIONAL VIEWPOINT
PHILIPPINES
A temporary and fragile
3 success for Cory by Paul Petitjean
USSR
Gorbachev's dilemmas by Ernest Mandel
Irangate and Washington's 11 dirty war by Tom Barrett
WEST GERMANY
A semi-victory for the Kohl 13 government by Winfried Wolf
SPAIN
Students rock Gonzalez
17 regime from Combate
IRELAND
Dublin government collapse 20
A great loss for our movement
ON SATURDAY February 7. we learned of the death of our
ON SATURDAY february , we learned of the death of our comrade and friend, Tom Gustafsson of the Socialistisk
Partiet (Socialist Party), the Swedish section of the Fourth
International.
This news came not only as a shock but a great blow to all those who had known and worked with Tom. Amid all the turbulence and difficulties facing the revolutionary movement today, Tom was a solid and reliable comrade who would gladly help with any problem, however large or small.
A central leader of the Socialist Party, Tom was also a leader of the Fourth International. He was a regular contributor to International Viewpoint, and took a close interest in the magazine from its inception. During his period as a fulltime worker for the Fourth International, one of his responsibilities was liaison with the editorial staff of IV.
On page 27 of this issue is a tribute to Tom's life and work written by Gote Kilden, the chair of the Socialist Party. We would like to take this opportunity to pay our own small tribute to a respected and dear comrade, and to extend our deepest condolences in particular to Tom's companion,
Birgitta, and all the comrades of the Swedish section.
Messages can be sent to the Socialistisk Partiet, Box 42
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6 months: 120 9.50 18 Airmail: Europe, Middle East, North Africa:
1 year: 245 21.00 41
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- -- -I forces general election by John Meehan and Anne
Conway
GRENADA
What went wrong in the
New Jewel Movement interview with Don Rojas
SOUTH AFRICA
ANC celebrates 75th anniversary by Dominique Legrand
OBITUARY
Tom Gustafsson (1947-1987)
"A strong link has been broken"
by Göte Kildén