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The viG is aiso supporting the labour NAME... The Spanish Government is again resorting to slave-labour methods in an attempt to break the powerful strike wave that is sweeping the country. Last week the postal workers were drafted into the army in order to break their strike. Or Monday the same treatment was meted out to 200,000 railway workers, who must now wear red 'M' armbands, are subject to military-style discipline, and can be court-martialled for refusing to The Government is threatening to do the same with the Madrid underground workers, whose strike earlier this month touched off the present upheaval, and who may strike again after the breakdown Only these brutal methods - coupled wun me repression or demonstratons are He systemane amesroravone aremouns to develop ine current struggies into a fight for political demands (there have been more than 200 such arrests in the past week) - have prevented the current upsurge from turning into an all-out fight the establishment of basic democratic reecons orne spansa workme ciass Write to RED WEEKLY (distribution), 182 Pentonville Road, London N.
But even this level of repression has not stopped the strike wave from grow ne ano ie musnoome or acmonsud tions over political demands. Some zuu ou workers nave been nvoved so far in strikes in the engineering and con struction industries, the railways, banks. post offices and the telephone system. While some have gone back to work often after winning important economic - others, like the Asturian acmanusminers. are just coming out. and there is no sign of the struggle subsiding.
-A the same ame mass demonsuagon for directly political demands continue to grow despite police attacks. This week some 8,000 joined such a demonstration in Barcelona, 5,000 in the northern city of Pamplona, and up to 25,000 in Valencia.
The regime was facing an even sharper challenge on Tuesday when a mass demonstration had been called outside Government ortices by the opposition organisations, led by the Communist Party and the Socialist Party. Once again it seem wat valencia may be m te toretront, to here a general strike was called for the sale day TO SUBSCRIPTION RATES DOMESTIC: E6 per year E3 for six months FOREIGN: E9 per year surface mail £12 per year airmail
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