present policies of the MFA will be given a boost in the short term. But al the same time the combativity of the mass movement will be spurred on, and the workers will feel encouraged to continue their demands for forthright anti-copitalist measures. At the from pursuing any further its policy of compromise with the regime, and GENEST strugle. A significant vote for these show that the most politically aware sections of the Portuguese workers' movement had not been misled by the class collaborationism of the Communist Party, and remained pledged same time the right will be discouraged to creating socialist solutions based on workers power as the way out of the Prominent on last Sunday's demonstration celabrating the anniversary of the overthrow of the Castano regime ivere militants from THE DICTATORIAL Spanish regime is deurly worried about its future pathising organisation of the Fourth groups, even if relatively small, would International, which has called for a sion.
the MFA's tactic and make it backtire on them, exposing the class and strengthening the political oppo ments of the 'puct.
Photo: MICHAEL TOMLINSON (IFLI asked for asturances that US military assistance would be forthooming in the event of 'internal disorders getting out in the past two months united front of all groups against repres Only a united response can defeat character of the MFA and its schemes.
TO LON combatants mounted by the FNLA against the MPLA in 22 Man NLA gunmen opened fire on the MPLA headquarters at Vila Alice during a visit by top MILA leader Lopo do Nascimento The same day, ENLA units attacked MPLA installations with machine-guns and tenades in Lobito uhoneo, Huambo ani the Canciga district of Luanda On 8 April, shooting broke out at Luanda aiporL In this incident, which left a Boeing 347 Jumbo riddied with bullet holes, the targot was probably Agos tinho Neta, president of the MPLA, who was expected to arrive that day on a flight Independence Day on I Nosember.
PRO-IMPERIALIST
The FLA is a pro-imperialist group backed by the Goverment of Zaire, one of the United States closest allies in TEJELLE Africa Holden Roberta, FNLA's presi шо 1s волев ая DE presden largest nocipiont of U5 coonomic "aid" in Africa and is larishly equipped sith US military harduse. The FNLA operates To case Cames to sournera cuire ane is thought to have over 20,000 armied Well-funded in addition to being sell armot-ly at reactionary patrons, Ibe ENLA has recently bought up all the major means of communication in Anpola. Me Angolan mases to flace their confi On 24 Manch, Ute Lisbon daily • Secre reported that Laanda sonis TV station had been acquired by the FNLA and Luanda's leading bowspaper, A Provincia de Angela also appeared un der new FNEA management on 24 March. Ils oditor, Correia de Freitas, who bad recently returned from exile after being coup utterpt in Portugal on 28 September. Tony Hodges the left of Portugal, which has mised the possibility of a break between Lisbon and The integration of Spain into NATO imperialist alliance-to prevent the outbreak of social revolution in Europe.
That was the reasan for its establistment in the first place. and while the downtam IN SIC CISS SEE SHEE BIG AS 2O SCALE has put the cmphaste more on is narrow: military aspeat, its political function is USE VIES CELLIE AS LYO If Western imperialism decides it has to step in against the Portuguess working FNLA assaults against the MPLA indi seize power prior to Anpola's prujected MPLA president Neto, speaking in Lis bon on 30 March, accused the Portugucse authorities of standing by while the PNLA terrorises the Airican population and assaults MPLA headquarters and The MPLA itseif, however, bas helped to open the way for the wave of rightfroat "transitional government' (in coalition with the FNLA, the National Chion for the Total Independence of Angola, and the Portuguese colonialists) set up after the independence agrooment Ned in Parted on 13 January, it has disoriented and demobilised the Angolan asses.
The MPLA Is therefore encouraging the assassins of the FNLA itself! The MPLA ministers of the Government approved the reactionary anti-stribe law published in January, which allows strikes to be bunned and workers to be placed under military discipline. And on 3 February the MPLA ministers joined with the neat of the Government to order the disarming of the workers of Luanda.
class, NATO will be a crucial instrumer essential springhoard. Spanich tenditory IF already being used by the fascist 'Port guese Liberaboo Amy, who open admit that they are planing puctills actions to tree Portugal from "Marxist subversion' These latest developments serve only to underline the mood to baild, throughout the European workers movement, a masaive morement to deland, the Iberian RIROOERIOTARIEATE WOITERTNTOAATI Eusopcan working class against the counter-revolutienary NATO allian