Our news story on page 10 is yet another indictment of U.S. imperialism and would indicate that the impulse for this war came from the Indian side with the tacit support of at least the "hawks" in the American administratione However, this does not alter a socialist assessment of the regime in Pakistan: that country is ruled by an anti-working class military junta which, in the absence of viable capitalist class and the failure of working class parties to emerge with sufficient strength to pose a socialist alternative, carries out the same function as a native ruling class, Items we have carried in the past indicate what this means for the Pakistani workers and peasants and, for that matter, any democratic forces in that country.
The most sensible commentary on the whole affair has come from the leaders of the Indian and Pakistani Workers! Associations in this country. They have called for the unity of the Indians and Pakistanis in this country against racial discrimination and against efforts to split them. We firmly hope that these sentiments are sufficiently powerful enough to prevent chauvinistic elements from utilising the war, The Indian and Pakistani workers and peasants, must surely see that the problems that face them = extreme hunger and ever-decreasing standards of living,will not be solved by a senseless ware As for Kashmir,self determination is the only answers