On the surface, the conflict that has erupted
in Bangladesh
is over the make-up of the caretaker government that according to the
constitution is supposed to run the country in the three months up to a general
election. The conflict apparently is between two bourgeois fronts. But
underlying this political crisis is the extreme poverty of the masses who have
reached the limits of human endurance.
The Bangladeshi government is pushing through measures that would give
the World Bank and IMF immunity in its operations within the country.
These measures show graphically the real relationship between the
underdeveloped countries and their imperialist masters.