The response to these killings was gigantie - half a million workers in a general strike throughout the Basque country on Monday. Shop-keepers, farmers, school students and every section of the population joined the workers. The Government's response was to onder the police to open fire again, killing another striker.
But the regime is clearly scared by the tremendous struggle of the Basque workers. The Vitoria general strike, with workers taking over the entire town, snows te way forward co tne accive general strike which will bring down the dictatorIn a pathetic attempt to renew his 'liberal' image, the Interior Minister Fraga Irabarne whined that: "We all have a responsibility in the trageedy. This sad lesson must inspire us to make a new effort to co-exist peacefully. He even went on to visit the wounded in hospital.- who promptly greeted him with cries of 'assassin' and by spitting at him. The sight of hundreds of thousands of Spanish workers on the streets sends a cold chill through the heirs of Franco.
But as the Basque and Spanish workers struggle for the release of political prisoners, the bringing to justice of the murderers of the dictatorship, and the downfall of the Francoist regime, the Labour Government in Britain continues to cooperate with the killers and hangmen.
BREAK ALL LINKS Last week Callaghan had cosy talks with the Spanish foreign minister Areilza, while his Government's police were shooting down the workers in Vitoria. Michael Foot, who only three weeks ago presided over a so-called conference in solidarity with Spanish workers, raised not one murmur of opposition.
The workers of Spain are showing the way to deal with capitalist dictatorships. The British working class must join them in the struggle and An end to all talks between the Government and the Spanish dictatorship! * Break all diplomatic and other links with Black all tide with Spain!
Solidarity with the Spanish and Basque workers - down with the heirs of Franco! Left MPs will be raising the question of CIA activities in Britain at the first available opportunity. This was the promise made to us last week by MPs Dennis Skinner and Stan Newens, who agreed to circulate the information revealed in last week's Red Weekly amongst their colleagues and raise the issue at this week's meeting of the Tribune Group.
Sixty CIA agents were listed with their names and addresses, together with details of changes in personnel since a first run-down on CIA agents last May. High on the list of questions that must be asked is what CIA special intelligence unit officer Mark S Boerner is doing with an office, secretary and telephone in the British Ministry of Defence at Whitehall.
Previous attempts by Labour MPs to question the activities of the CIA in this country have been fobbed off by Prime Minister Harold Wilson with the reply that no member of the Cabinet has 'ministerial responsibility' for the CIA! However an Embassy spokesman confirmed last week that the British Government is in fact in poss ession of a full list of all CIA operatives in Britain.
Labour Party branches are also being asked to table motions to the National Executive Committee demanding that the Government reveal all links between British in. telligence and the CIA and expel all CIA agents forthwith.
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