Those. He suffered serious internal damage and is in need of an artificial kidney. He also had a lighted candle applied to his testicles for about half an hour.
If Areilza is not able to come to Britain it will be a big defeat for the Spanish regime. It would represent a grave set-back for the Spanish capitalists' desire to get into the Common Market, and undermine their readiness to back the dictatorship to the hilt in the event of a showdown with the workers movement. It would also weaken attempts by the dictatorship to get middle class support for their phoney reforms.
The fight to keep Areilza out of Britain is thus a very direct and practical way of aiding Spanish workers in their fight to overthrow the dictatorship and conquer the democratic rights which they need to defend their class interests. We must not wait until Areilza is whipped in and out of the country in a fly-by-night political stunt, but start the fight to keep him out now. EEC countries. ле вистої то ест ап ссопотс сел wi те соптов матке is a crucial question for Spanish capitalism.
For nearly 20 years the Spanish economy has been heavily dependent upon the world market for its growth and development. In 1971 more than one sixth of the products available in Spain were imported, and a similar proportion of Spanish products nad to seck outets in foreign markers At the same time the growth of Spanish industry has been heavily dependent on the inflow of foreign capital, particularly from the big, multi-national corporations.
Of the 300 biggest multinational corporations in the world, almost 60 per cent have factories in Spain. They hold stakes in 30 per cent of the 600 major Spanish firms, and in over 50 per cent of the top 25 monopolies - foreign capital controlling seven of these latter outright pain s lorern trade nas been increasing commarca Dy its relations with the EEC: by 1973 (after Britain joined the Market), 45 per cent of total Spanish foreign trade was with Despite the growing importance of investment from the EEC countries (the largest firm in Spain, the SEAT auto for about 50 per cent of total foreign investment. poan opelduons ship of the Common Market is a key question.
Britain is so decisive. works, is tied up with Italian Fiat; and the ninth largest, FASA-Renault, is totally controlled by French capital), American investment is still the most important, accounting But this in no way undercuts the pressures on the Spanish capitalists to draw closer to the EEC - for American capital has moved into Spain, concentrating on areas like electronics and chemicals, not because of the small Spanish market but in order to take advantage of the low wages and lack of trade union organisation to use Spain as a base for its EuroThe American multi-nationals are thus as Europeanoriented as their counterparts based in Europe, and are part of the very powerful grouping of capitalist interests (including Spanish industrial and financial groups) for whom memberIt is in order to serve these masters that Areilza (himself closely connected with business and banking circles) is travelling around Europe, and for them that his visit to
6 Scottish Labour Party What do you say to the charge that the formation of the Scotthis is the biggest lesson we have learned from the ILP. The success industry, and how we should bring full employment to Scotland as Will the SLP take a clear pos clear position against the kind of incomes policy we have had in the past. The TUC have done a deal with the Government, the TUC have kept their side of the deal vis-a-vis the f6 kept its side vis-a-vis full employment. I think that it would be very difficult indeed to get working people to accept a repetition of that kind of deal.
At the SLP foudation meetture of the party. There are It will be the branches who will erence; and it will be the conference Red Weekly General Secre