Trabajo de Españs (Labour Party ofSpain). WE CAN only less at t confusion in the ranks of the PTE (Labour Party of Spain), when, at paign, the Party's general secre that the PTE, still illegal at the true party of He meand it He cared on to expiain how many seats the party at least ten in those who have demanded that we declare ourselves explicitly Republican and that we propose nationalisation of the Bank and the expulsion of the AmeriThat set the tone for the whole campaign, vindicating the party's Preparations for the and11 September.
Septemberwill beon 'Our Democracy and Theirs'.
DAYONE: Women, Capitalism and the Family Hodgson/LP. Paul debate with Ernest Mandel).
Eurocommuniam (Quintin Hoare)
Challenge. Tickets E1,50)
Robin Blackburn) at 7pm.
Democracy and Theirs (Round-Table discussion).
participants 75p. Se leer. Hougeton LISABES NAME ADDRESS rate perday E1.50, For the far left in Italy the clections of 20 June 1976 marked the point when the crisis it had been nursing beneath its skin broke out into an open sore. It will be no surprise if the Spanish elections of 15 June 1977 have a similareffect.
Nowhere is there the deep organisational crisis which marks the Italian left, but already there are signs of a deepgoing crisis of perspectives. RICHARD CARVER begins a series on the Spanish far left with a look at the Partido del claim that the PTE does not con sider itself to the left of the Communist Party of Spain.' The SEETLE BET BEEN portion of it — was treated to the sortof chatter about alliances with which istreasonable in the mouths of the mass reformist parties, but comine fromthePles stue more than laughable.
SEATS In the event their dozens of seats ever materialised. They got one in fact. And that was not a party Aller the PtE had done all the leg work to get Heriberto Barrera SYMPOSIUM Seart Challenge are in fusing, Mwit take place na. 9.10, Marxist Symposium sponsored out there have been further additions to the agenda. Ernest September as part of a panel with Jullan Atkinson and Robin Blackburn, and the concluding round-table discussion on 11 DAY TWO: The Originality of Trotskylsm (Robin Blackburn and Trotskylam and Revolution (Geoff Roberts/CP, Thompson/Big Flame, question DAYTHREE: 'Late Capitalism' and its Critics (David Yatte, Bob Rowthorn, lan Gough; Reply by Emest Mandel). Gramaci and "Illustrious Corpses' - fllm by Francesco Rosl at The Other Cinema at 8.45pm. (A benefit for and new film on Soclallat Seminar on Fasciam (Ernesto Laclau, Julian Atkinson, DAY FOUR: Lanin, Trotsky and the Party (Norman Geras). Our On Friday 9 September at 7,30pm: Socialist Strategy for Western Europe (Debate between Ernest Mandel [Fourth Internationall and Monty Johnstone [CPI) at St. Pancras Assembly Rooms. No extra cost for Symposium parlicipants. NonIwish to register for the Marxist Symposium to be held a Street wCT bermean 8-1T for Rates: $5.00 for entire symposium and CPIF/ debate; Casta, communist elected. the Esagerra turned round the day after the clection and severed all links with hich confronts the whole of th *The PE a the largest of the far left organisations by a long way. It is hard to estimate its exact size 008 311358 the Spanish elt 15 very neticent about numbers, excepr when they are lying - but it probably has some 20,000 members.
Born out of a pro-Peking split in mid-60s, the party has outgrown its earlier role as tbe sbadow of its its adberence to example, it has followed the recent twists and turns in the tortures of Teng Hsaio-ping and the gang of four with greater Fidelity than the Organisation), generally reckoneith thou have formal inte Botorious with the unity broken off for politics.
other for talks leadersbips are overcome. in the front organisations, TROLEL DOL Macism. For ECIM DOTE.
among the youth and importantly the union, Workers Association Apalategui ycar.
Genera/ Secretary Garcla Castro:
TROL I LIK Chinese Communist Party. A rapprocbement between wastefulness. negotiations reasons which Repeatedly in recent months one or other party has approached the always studiously leaked to the press only would hardly seem any harrier u fusion If the jealousies and ob SELTAR SCARESSOELU The PTE now seems to tie its UNIONS of which there are thany: for women, in the party union Unions — federation. With the exception a which is rather a different case, the only success has both The Democram Soldier But here, as in all the other - Free Apala -ly CHRISO BRIEN Supportisgrowing in Spain fortbe movement to free Miguel Angel munist and threatened with extradition Apala is wanted for alleged inBasque industrialist carlier this CHAT tinuous demonstrations in San Sebastion, which were marked by the utmost brutality on the pRit of froms, any gains are marred bythe PTE's sectarianism. They refuse any collaboration or joint action with the other rank and file move army. the soldiers Committees set up by the Trotskyists, and seem to be building th walls of yet another ghetto. The soldiers movement is not so strong that it can afford such criminal Assoon as they manage to draw support from wider than the ranks of the party itself there is nothing but trouble. The women's organisation in Catalonia, for example, put up strong oceane wavel Lik PIE inca to pack tne inan clecied) steering committee Loned to back down And arthis in a sicuatior where the chronic weakness of the of Unitary Worker Trade Unnary Trade has heen the PTE's most succcasful venture and it is There TRIED Originally a joint project with the ORT in the period of rapproce ment. the Unitary Trade Umo splitasthe parties drifted apart! ibe Spanish police. In line witl their support for law and onde parties, the Socialist and Com Partie: have refased support to me Fee ADA movement Thirteen political prisoners in WATCORALI Madrid, Martutene, in San Schastian, have gone on hunger strike to demand ing the lie to the Suarez Government's claims to have released all The purpose of the CUT belies Far from being 'uni to the major union federations. le is only its right wing line willet the dessensin union.
CHOICE Nevertheless, the CSUT has managed to recruit, partlcularly in tbe building industry and among now has some 90,000 members. At the moment many workers regan the CSLIT as a serious project, il only because none of the unions are hassorganisations inthe sense Hur, asmassunionisation grows the political space for a small Most w wall disappear J kaders, nobody's fools - probabls recognise this. neen see that the Lot Socialist union, bas made over tures to the CSUT, which intend to createn role for itself by playing Band to get fora few months.
Then there comes a stark choice major unions or relegation to the status of the other front organisa tions, lisa question to whech th PTE has no answer.
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