British Argentina Campaign March is the anniversary of the COLE November 1975 leader General Videla promised: 'We shall kill as many as necessary to restore order.' He has been true to his word: a whole generation of trade union and revolutionary mili tants has been wiped out. In three years at least 8,000 have been killed, between 8,000 and 10,000 remain in prison and a staggering 25,000 have 'disappeared kidnapped either dead or held in secret government camps.
This is not just the work of a few demented generals but has had the backing of imperialism. Night life in Buenos Aires Ford took out full page adverts actively welcoming the order stability that Videla brought.
Argentina was part strategy begun with the Brazil coup in 1964 and carried on relentlessly in Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile.
There isn't much to choose between these regimes for sheer brutality, but uncomfortable fact that whereas solidarity with Chile is an integral part with Argentina remains at a much lower level. third The Argentinian military took power against a corrupt In Peronist ROYCEHICH future coup was already working class and massacring revolutionaries working class already exhausted Idly revolutionaries turned away from the working class movement "popular armies'.
When the coup came some trade union supported it. The Communist by Party too supported Videla in and now order to stop an Argentinian "Pinochet".
These peculiarities that the movement didn't automatically respond. encouraged Soviet Union, which has conhad tinually traded granted tinancial aid to the of Videla regime.
In Britain the interest in sondarily provoked World Cup has been sustained by the efforts of the British an BAC held its first conference last December, where it agreed to give general support to the movement, solidarity military which growth of BAC not be built repressing the The rise struggle had itself and affiliating had campaign.
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pushing for prisoners been signed by the TUC general council. by the On 26 and resistance in Argentina, fight for the isolation of the regime in every field and prioritise the defence of democratic rights.
The conference also recog nised that the campaign would the simple COlLECES but by local Latin American and Chile committees and other local labour movement bodies to the national Support is growing. We now have about 165 adoptions o political prisoners by labour organisations and invitations to speak at trades councils and We feel that there is enough potential for a large labour movement soliCONCICIC later CHERIS On 22 March a delegation the campaign will be visiting the Argentinian embassy. It will be composed of Joan Maynard, and Tom member of the executive of the Steel Trades and the NatThey will present a petition on democratic rights and will be our adopted to be released.
Among others the petition has the general secretaries of all the unions on March at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London, there will be a public meeting featuring the premiere COTESSORI Argentina called The Triple A The film can be hired for Argentinian generals Menendez and Bussi during an operation