VEOPLE might be forgiven for not knowing much about the situation in Nicaragua today after the Sandinista-led popular uprising which overthrew Somoza in July.
The struggle reconstruct devastated by Somoza's seorched-earth policy; the growth of popular defence committees and the for a 200,000-strong growing unease of the bourgeoisie about the radicalisation encouraged by the Sandinistas (FSLN) - none of these have merited coverage in the 'quality' papers. press (Morning Star, Worker) has only followed sporadically.
disputes existing the 'revolutionary capacities' of the FSLN, wę can all agree that the best conditions for a socialist outcome lie in unconditional people againstblackmail attempts to tie aid to FSLN political concessions.
Out second task 1s. to solidarity. need a huge. campaign based on LOHHILLLLOO around iwo Solidarity the Imperialist hands off Nicaragua!
country militia; the Even much of the left Militant and Socialist events there left about the Said to the imperialism's organise that non-exclusive main slogans: people!
The work done in Britain since 1973 in solidarity with the Chilean people should make it easier to appeal for support in consolidating the first successful popular uprising for twenty years in Latin America — particularly since it's possible that if the process is not consummated in a socialist solution we could yet see another End the silence Chile in Nicaragua.
Already threatened to release its tin stocks onto the world market in order to wreck the Bolivian economy.
Britain the Coordinating Committee (NCC), modest resources, has done valuable work in getting bulletins out and setting up committees in a score of cities. The country has been has renewed populist ILASN governlthe class the 1945 South East (Rivas).
approaching organisations conference in March.
pamphlet and it is hoped to movement.
01-2266747). with quite the Nicaraguan his government collapsed after 16 days due to mass opposition most workers (woo lu support can strike off and to Bolivia. divided up for the purpose of direct links with different centres in Nicaragua on aid projects: Scotland (Masaya), North (Esteli), Midlands, Wales and the South West (Matagalpa), and However the NCC is the first to admit that it needs to broaden out and root the campaign it the labour movement. It aims to do this by prominent individuals and sponsor an appeal for solidarity with Nicaragua and a national Particular work is underway in the health and education unions to establish links with the health and literacy campaigns in Nicaragua. A on women in Nicaragua is being prepared for work in the women's movement arrange a tour with representative from the Nicaraguan women's Socialist Challenge supporters can build solidarity by affiliating to and getting their organisations to sponsor the NCC NCC c/o 20 Compton Terrace, London N1 (te *The I1th World Congress of the Fourth International decided to make solidarity with revolution its number onc international priority. Full details next week.
what we have to do. Our immediate task is to prepare the masses to defend themselves in the coming struggles And for that we are in need of all the international help and y solidarity we can get.
•Resolutions and messages of be sent to: Nemesio Terazas, Casilla -3630, Intercontinental CARTER'S war threats against Iran
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The first task is to break that silence and establish the need for solidarity. Whatever the