thousands of Greek workers abroad were denied a vote. The minimum voting age was set at 2t.
The effect of the last measurewhich excluded nearly 10% of the clectorate -was clearly seen in the student clections hold a week before the general election. Here the group supporting Karamanlis succeeded in winning only 47 out of the 316 seats, while the various left-wing tromps won more than 200.
But the main reason for his succost was that he alone was able to unite the Greek capitalist class behind a clear political project with anPhoto:
"Fascists out of London' was the message which greeted Portuguese Defence Minister Vitor Alves at the reception organised for him by his embassy last Friday, when a number of Portuguese militants turned up to ram home their call for a purge of reactionaries from the ambassy staff.
Last Saturday more than 30 militants from the newly-formwiuch at least talked-if only in a very demagogic way-about the need for socialism (ond was attacked by the CP for doing so).
One thing is certain, howeverthe hencymoon will not last long.
The effects of the world-wide roonomic crisis are being sharply felt in Greece, where the rate of inflation is already more than 30%. But attempis by Kara manlis to make the workers pay for the crisis will meet with heavy resistance. The fight has only just begun.
John Marston FORA COM OS FASCISTAS LONORES after the 1967 delat) which has made Eept increasingly dependent on che world capitalist market.
simply led to chronic shortages of hasic ices hat also worsened as the oconomy is no longur guard to provide for them -pubhe transport and sewage bave been pacticularly hard hit.
baven of cheap labour for imperiahist capItal is being brought about at a price which the ligyptian ruling class is deterLACTO COE MARSHE CIT they don't intend to pay up. olight of political prisoners.
commodities. The quality of the public serv This "transformation of Keypt into a Egyptian masses are now telling Sadat that N3 The regime is therefond in a fix On the ed Spanish Solidarity Committee held the first of their regular series of pickets outside the Spanish consulate in London. The Committee was set up to organise solidarity with all opponents of the Spanish dictatorship, and the picket laid stress on the The picket was considered a big success, although marred newsletter of the Portuguese Workers' Coordinating Committee November issue just out. Articles include"Portugal, Nato and the CIA The multinationals-Plessey "The working class movement in Portugal-a background' 'Angola: independence or colonialism' Subscriptions: 70p. for 10 issues, from PWCC, 18 Fleet Road, London NW3 Individual conies: available from Red Books, 97 Caledanian Road, Landon 8p. Sincluding postagel. by the absence of most British left groups. Pickets will now tube Knightsbridgel.
anyone interested in further details should contact the sec retary of the SSC, Sue Fox, at (01-)249-1498.
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