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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

ARGENTINIAN MILITANTS

Red Weekly No. 76, 14 November 1974 · p. 4 of the scan · 654 words

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organisation into a real workers organsatisfied with the general political answ ers we gave in the past. Now we are forced to give concrete proposals for the struggle in the Form of demands, forms of organisation of the struggle etc.

So the discussion we are having of the present political sinuation; and a dehate on what kind of orgunisation we we attempting to build, and the kinds of mass campaigns we shoald projoct thore is no danger of a split, we have decided for the fiest time to make il public. Each wook in our paper Rouge there are two prees set aside for the tendencica in this discussion where they can explain their positions to the and the Stalinists are even a little afraid of the consequences. "You must have a split, they say, otherwise you couldn't last week. turns around two main questions: analysis Because the debate is interesting and the country.

The impact of this has been very good ray we are giving a real example of how Three members of tha Argentinian PST la sympathising organisation of the Fourth International) were shot dead by armed fascist gangsters in Buenos Aires Juan Carlos Nieves, 23, was a rank and file trade union delegate (equivalent of a shop stewardi of the Nestle factory, while Ruben Dario Bossas, 20, wis a member of the PST youth organisation. The third victim, Cesar Robles Unquiza, wes one of the PST's delegates to the Tenth World Congrass of the Fourth International in February.

The attacks were carried out by the Argentine Anti-communist Alliance (AAA), a fascist group with police links who have been operating with impunity for the last year throughout the country. Only recently they killed a well-known left-wing leader, Silvia Frondizi.

Up till now not a single fascist thug has been arrested. On the contrary, the police have been co-ordinating actiom designed to create a witchhunt atmosp here in the main industrial centres of Franco lashes out: makes dear the determination of the For insiance, headquariers of the CF and PST have been raided and activich in the CP office were viciously attacked One of the CP members, Tita Celia Hidalgo, died as a result of the beating she received at the hands of the police.

The growch of fascist organisations, their links with the state apparatus, and the sharp right-wing tum of Peronism which was fully consummated with the accession to power of Isabel Peron, are all indications of the decisive bartles which lie ahead.

Democratic rights in Argentina are not gaing to he protected by constant appeals and exhortations to the Peronist bureaucracy, but by popularising and instinting workees" suff-defence guards and committees of self-defence in the working class localities.

Apart from actually saving the lives of militants of all the working class orrusations, tnese uniteo tront derang groups could teich the broad masses how the bourgeoisie will have to be fought in the near futura.

of the right-wing in the Government, and Spainish ruling clase to ruthlessly repress ail workers" struggles A Committee of Solidarity with the struggles of the Spanish working class been set up in Londan in response to a call from Spanish militants in Britain. The founding meeting of the Committee was attended by representatives from the International Socialists, International Marxist Group, Salidarity, Association of Communist Wackers and the Labour Party Young Socialists.

At the meeting the Spanish militants expressed their concern about the incr casing repression in Spain, especially the sieRgo incatment of political prisoners.

The Committee discussed the need to build a campaign of solidarity amongst British workors to support and antist the strugeles in Spain as they develop, and screed ro produce an information bulletin publicising the latest developments The Committoo now plans to hold mockly meetings A permanent venue has not yet been rixed, hut anyone wanting dersils of meetings or further information should cuntact Sue Fox, (Secretary of the Spanisa Solidarity

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