10951-8657 Published by Socialist Outlook PO Box 1109 London N4 2UU. All rights reserved. Printed by Eastway Offset (TU all dopts) read Outlook Don't miss an issue: SUBSCRIBE now! 20 pages of internationalist news, views and marxist analysis each month. 12 issues delivered for just £10. OVERSEAS subscribers 12 issues for just £20. SPECIAL OFFER (UK only): One year of Socialist Outlook, PLUS one year of International Viewpoint (Fourth International magazine) for only 630. PLEASE send me • 12 issues of Socallst Outlook • 12 issues of Socialist Outlook plus International Viewpoint. l'enclose E... Name Address Post Code Phone _Age SEND TO: Soclalist Outlook, to happen. sion. - Byers beware: campaigners have spotted shameful deal PRESSURE is mounting on Trade Secretary Stephen Byers after he revealed that he is "minded" to grant £200m in export guarantees for the construction of the controversial Ilisu dam in Kurdistan. As Roland Rance reports (pS) this Turkish government project is a potential flashpoint for war in the Middle East: but it is also an environmental and human disaster waiting Friends of the Earth and other campaigners point out the despite New Labour's much vaunted "ethical" foreign policy, Byers has ignored detailed evidence of the destruction the dam would cause, and not even insisted that an environmental impact report be produced before making his deciFor its part, the Turkish government, secure in its status as a NATO ally, has not bothered even to go through the motions of pretending that it will rehouse or in any way compensate the 20,000 Kurdish people whose homes and land would be flooded as a result of the scheme. British firms and EU multinationals are of course among the would-be contractors for this vast and lucrative project, and their influence appears to count for more with Mr Byers than the needs and rights of the oppressed Kurdish people. The final decision has yet to be taken, however, and the fight must be stepped up to avert yet another crime being committed by New Labour on the global stage.