crat leader Aldo Moro. On nearly every wall in Italy is a poster bearing the questioning over the kidnapping of Christian Demoproved that they have no connection with the Red Brigades; two are already in prison; one is a known police agent; and one picture appears twice under vernment programme and the Son with rhetoric about public.
demonstrate fortnight still ar liberty.
Traly this one was of the state, killing from Rome.
Toeling tbose rights still further. on their Lions tools to bectings agains the state, for the PCI largest cloaks its backing for represdefending the democratic Re- TOE ERIE The Republic had a chance to Naples, Tespect democracy in the Red Brigade case ially mial that opcaed in Turia a composition.
and was the immediate cause of the kidnap.
The trial opened after a wave lost in the crowd. of steria fostered by the state Afler Caided by the Red Brigades themselves) ahout the threat to justice posed by the guerillas events: KIDNAPPING has become part of daily life in over the past few vears. But the reaction to different, not merely because it was aimed at the highest levels but siso because it involved the of five police.
ANNA LIBERA reports Everywhere one goes there is that time "somerbing has got to be done But then people are immediately divided between chose who favour draconian measures and Teal authorities will simply use this opportunity to limit democratic The massive reaction of the working class left no room for The ambiguity on this score. There was no sense of solidarity with Christian Democracy and state, but rather a feeling that behind this event lay an attack democratic rights 30 yenrs DOWNED TOOLS Without waiting for instruc their leaders workers everywhere downed hold Immediate On Thursday afternoon the for several years took place in all centres: 100,000 in 30,000 in Bologna, Milan, 20.000 In 30.000 in Florenice...
These demonstrations were working Rome, Lo: UNITY instance, the few white fags of the Christian Democrats were all, Christian Democrats had condemned the general strike, and their leaders were furious at the turn of WAS good opportunity for sis.and then the trade unions have to ge involved...and the Commun The Christian Democrats arisen to improve their image. But it The Moro family with the Holy Father In 1985 was an impossible task ever with the willing assistance the Communist Party leaders "Aldo Moro is one of us?" the Communist mayor of Turn told demonstrators — Instead of the anticipated applause there came nothing but catcalls from sections of the crowd ant silence from the rest.
SILENCE In Rome, where most of the had COLLE straight from the factories and offices silenice was still more impressive. Trade union leat ers reboubled their efforts to tribute to Democracy, and apain there was no applause even though the sympathies of most of the crowd clearly lay predontinant feeling We Red Brigides me their was: certainly we are - their terrorist methods, but we are also against the state and its party which has nurlured all the tetrorist enterprises of the last *No, Aldo Moro is nat ane of us*, was the common response. •He an enemy. but оле against whom other netbodi of political struggle are called for than those emplosed -this The truth of this has been shown by subsequent events not merely the gigantic police operation, but also the hurried vote of confidence given to the Andretti Government without any discussion of its progranube.
National unity was invoked by everyone from Berlinguer of the Communist Party to the neb-fascist Almirante, with the only dissenting voices from the handful of Radical Party and Proletarian Democracy MPs As a well-known Talian Jourpalist recestly commented:
*If the Red Brigades had not by themselves. -the Talian bourgeoisie would have had toinvent them.'