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The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in Southern Arabia was formerly a British colonial possession in the Middle East. In the late 1950's, a guerrila movement expousing a brand of Nasserism tinged with Marxism arose to challenge the rule of British, French & Indian bankers, shipowners, merchants oil magnates, & local feudal chieftains, sultans, emirs, & sheikhs. In 1962, an anti-monarchist coup occurred in Northern Yemen, & was followed by an insurrection supported in part by Egypt. An independent nat'l liberation front (NLF) gained the support of the people in Ur guerrila actions against both the British in Aden & the reformist Front for the Liberation of South Yemen (FLOSY) backed by Egypt. After the ouster of the British in 1967 & the defeat of the moderate reformers, the left wing of the NLF initiated revolutionary changes. Peasants & workers seized landholdings & factories in order to set up state farms & production cooperatives. A "nat'l & democratic revolution" has democratized the civil service, the armed forces & the police. The National Front, a rigidly desciplined monolithic party run on the principle of "democratic centralism" rules in conjunction with the Communists & the Baathists. The state has nat'lized foreign businesses, coordinated foreign trade & drafted a development plan that allots private capital only a modest role. Under current austerity measures, gov salaries were dramatically cut & income diff'ials greatly reduced. Laws emancipating women & establishing a soc security system are being introduced. The new, small, poor, developing secular state enjoys good relations with the USSR & China, but fears the US, Saudi Arabia & the Arab Republic of Yemen (North Yemen). A. Karmen.

SINCE 1972 THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A WAR WITH MUSLIM REBELS IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. LEADERSHIP IN THE PHILIPPINE MUSLIM STRUGGLE HAS BEEN PROVIDED PRIMARILY BY THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE FRONT'S ORIGINS, STRUCTURE, GOALS, RESOURCES, AND TACTICS SUGGEST THE REASONS WHY THE FIGHTING HAS REACHED ITS PRESENT SCALE.

ARTICLE EXAMINES THE ORIENTATIONS OF VARIOUS NATIONAL LIBERATION GROUPS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE FACTORS THAT BEAR ON THEIR POLICIES. THE ORIGIN, NATURE, & OBJECTIVES OF BLACK-WHITE DETENTE ARE ANALYZED AND ITS PROSPECTS COMMENTED ON. SOURCES OF EXTERNAL AID TO THE REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALIST GUERRILLA GROUPS ARE DISCUSSED.