DALY COD WOMEN'C DICUTC OOL EED * court * * Police militants It reads like the script for a black comeur. bur is une arest ace in the tragedy of Spain's reforms".
The principal actor is the bloodstained ghost of the old dictator. The tascists are trving to disrupt the pathetic reforms of the Suarez Government. Theirs is an Argentinian 'strategy of tension", escalatine the climate of terrorism and political murder until Franco leads the army to power.
The Government's response to this wave of fascist terror was also straight out of the Franco book. Firstly, it brought back the old 'anti-terrorist" court, introduced by the dictator to clamp down on working class opposition. Then it suspended habeas corpus, allowing the police to detain anyone indefinitely without charges.
Inen came une arrests rol as you might expect from this peccabiy democranc government, against those responsible for the wave or killings, but against tne organisations of the far left in the workers movement.
THUGS It seems incredible that anyone coula be taken in by inis blatant cover-up for thugs the first killing, the Government necouaune from the Platform of Democratic statement saying how well the talks were cole While hundreds of thousands of worKers were coming out all over Spain, Santiago Carrillo of the Communist Party continued make statements of support for the Government's mcasures funeral of the murdered lawyers was a massive show of strength by the left. Two hundred thousand people came out on the streets of Madrid, more than at Franco's funeral.
ordinating body set up a new DEFENCE fronting the fascists them.
When working class imceptable to Carrillo.
Dreters STO behaviour of the army.
arrests of working class army coup in the future, for There is already a very the working class.
Working class response.
Franco une cos, the trade union co and Socialist Parties, called for workers to stay off the streets and give support to the Government measures. It was nol conne to De nemoated. soul would continue negotiations with For the 'democratic' opposition, including the Communist Party, any solution is good enough as long as it does not involve conFrancoist monarchy which breeds TASCISTS attacked -Ene districts of. San sebastian in the basque country. the workers organised their own actence Danas to arive Ene rascists out. That is an effective defence •He greatly orase une "sensible' It is no coincidence that the militants have so far centred on the south and centre of the country, rather than in the Basque provinces where une communist Party is weakest.
Carrillo is right on one thing, though. There is no threat of any immediate one simple reason. effective Page 10:- The killings - What is GRAPO? - Arrests of far left — -Máximo Com ch PAIS STRIKES DOWN THESE VICTIMS ENRIQUE VALDEVIRA JAVIER SAUQUILLO LUIS JAVIER BENAVIDES
2 RED WEEKLY 3 February 1877
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leaves five dead guns
* Fascists gun down Arturo Ruiz * Police murder Mari Luz Nareja attack on lawyers' office * Three policemen shot with the same * 'GRAPO' kidnaps head of military Government brings back kangaroo court, suspends habeas corpus arrest hundreds of