HUGO BLANCO, Die best-known revolutionary Latin America, visited recently.
*I have come to Nicaragua to learn', Blanco said upon arrival on 29 August. Blanco, who was a deputy Peru's Constituent Assembly until its dissolution workers, leaders while visiting a number cities Managua, Granda, and Chinandega.
During Blanco also gathered information to help Peruvian workers and peasants taunch a solidarity campaign with the Fred Murphy asked him what were his main Nicaraguan revolution.
FORTUNATELY, the revolut-ionary process is forward. In Peru, we had feared that it was stagnating, or even slipping that's seemed on surface, provisional government was formed that included some bourgeois figures.
Arms In addition, the call for turning in arms appeared to be a negative sign.
our experience revolutions, it was those who wanted to put a brake on the revolution or turn it back who followed such a policy.
But seen firsthand, it is clear that the situation is much more optimistic. At the moment, real power rests in the hands of the FSLN.
On the question of learned that counter-revolutionary Somocista bands still throughout the country. Naturally, if Socialist Challenge 11 October 1979 of the just anyone can leaders in Somocistas attack people. is correct that the militias Somocista bands. interviewed Sandinista abstractions, of came up in the including Masaya, Peasants for Agrarian Reform (INRA).
of the Somocista landowners, non-somocista stolen land moving how gains, such as the two months' since that the demanding.
the government, other lost wages.
Unions
There has been a big unionisation Workers Federation (CST). also progressive.
arms, attended do.
But carry arms, the can use those arms to Therefore, we think it the people remain armed, but in an organised way both through the people's army and — in order to disarm the These are concrete questions, and that is how they concrete case of towards In the countryside, we were able to see advances in the agrarian reform, initiated by the Nicaraguan Institute The peasants have taken over the land of the big landlords. And not simply the but also of landlords who had the peasants or occupied land that belonged to the The working class has also won pay workers had been he workers wanted to be paid for the two months that they were on strike; the last two months of the war. his measure was taken by which demanded that the bosses pay the workers their wave 01 in the Sandinista There are many other advandes of the working class that could be mentioned. Many of the complaints of the workers are being unfortunately, of Nicaragua's industry has crippled by Somoza's bombing raids. Production is at a standstill. The war was very brutal, and Nicaragua is now in a very difficult economic situation. Imperialism is trying to use this to strengthen the bourgeois sectors.
Government I believe that the Sandinista LUCINCTL truly forward. But it faces many problems and the advance of the revolution guaranteed. It is possible that the capitalist sectors will grow stronger.
big weakness of Nicaraguan revolution is the lack of of the Sandinistas are aware of this and are trying to encourage mass organisation all areas, including the army, workers, peasants, youth, residents the neighbourhoods. Naturally, it is more difficult to confront the bourgeoisie as long as the people are unorganised.
Sandinistas The efforts of the Sandinistas to organise the people show that they are interested in moving forward. Even if we may not agree with all the tactics are used, clear that the Sandinistas are genuinely in favour of organising the masses and therefore of pushing the revolution forward, since the organisation of the masses is the best guarantee of progress.
This shows us that the Sandinistas — even if we don't agree with all their tactics - are not trying to halt the revolution, to protect capitalism, but to advance the revolution.
Even in relation to their tactics, it is very difficult to criticise them without knowing the actual situation. been I believe that the progress of the revolution depends to a great extent on the attitude of the rest of the world towards Nicaragua. For that reason, I think that revolutionists throughout the world have a major responsibility. That is to initiate a broadly solidarity volving not only revolutionists. but everyone who agrees Nicaraguan people should not starve to death as a result of Somoza's barbarısm.
yet Aid We must call on all humanity to the help save the Nicaraguan people, so that Nicaragua can really become the The master of its own fate.
We must also launch a campaign to prevent any military attacks against people, and already suffered so much as a result of Somoza's genocide. • And we must fight against any indirect attack. on the people, such as the miserly way which aid is being doled out, aid that Nicaragua needs in great quantities. Countries that produce as much food as the United should send aid quickly and directly the something that has not happened yet. Instead they send promises. Hypocrisy They sent aid to Somoza - to help him kill the Nicarguan people now they are withholding aid that could help the Nicaraguan people live It necessary international campaign that can force an end to this hypocrisy and provide open and direct aid to the Nicaraguan people.
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