IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Felipe on the campaign trail

Socialist Challenge No. 2, 16 June 1977 · p. 10 of the scan · 488 words

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has been conducting an American-style campaign, touring tion of breaking down the sur Suarez picked up as a leading meetings a day.

Suarez.

In la so surprise that Gonzalez in cultivated a public hostility to while Santiago Carrillo out of their way to up to the former general matazz of the campaign trail."

secretary of the fascist Movement. Hurricane Felipe & designed to to a Spanish 'public carved of open polinics for four and supposedly wiched by the razzamatazz of the compaign trail.

FINANCES The PSCIE has spent more than • Smontbe camnaign - a lieutE natched only by Suarez and con iderably more than Fraga, who tour for months. And it is an open ecret where the money pomes West German Socialist Party set up offices in Madrid of a financial campaign by the Socialist International. Last the party's union arm, the UGT. received more than $350,000 from There Is no doubt who Is the star of the show. Felipe Gonzalez, glamorous leader of the Socialist Party [PSOE], the country In his private jet, speaking at up to a dozen 'Hurricane Felipe' a leading Spanish news magazine the monarchy with open arna. called him - the only opposition politician with the charisma and 'sex appeal' to match Prime Minister Adollo European trade unions, including the Bnish TOC - cn tunes as Much as It was ableto THEe dUC fromitsownmembership.

And the Socialist party T-ahirts which are selling like hot cakes 'Hurricane Felipe is designed to supposedly bewitched by the razzacarry a German-language label? regard the PSOE's campaign as an apolitical junket. Certainly be- many of the massive crowds in squares and stadiums up and down the country are chantur 'FelipoFelipe". But Just as many of them are unimpressed by their 'Asturias socialista", they chanted in the heart of the mining belt HACE WEYS OLEL US THIS S working cinse stronghold. And in Galicia: el pueblo unido gobierna rules without a party'). But even this does not embarrass Felipe.

OPPOSITION Certainly he was the first to propose that the opposition sit dragging the Communat Party ICE in has wake, Just as much at Carrillo, Gonzalez has no intenviving But while Carrillo has embraced Felipehns heen more circumspect. You will see hundreds of repubbetter than to drive his working class support into the hands of the farleft.

RADICAL IMAGE Workers Commissions, the UGT has notled a sing e struggle again! the Governbent's austerily plan. but it was careful not to alienate general strike by calling for a return to work. the PCE did. While the PCE will make any concession as a token of Its respectability, tbe PSOE can affond to present a more radient Whatever Felipe nuay say on the electiontral. the socit democrats of Europe are a guarantee that he will not fail in his responsibilities to Spanish capitalism.

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appeal to a Spanish "public" starved of open politics for four decades and

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