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

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· Red Weekly No. 190, 10 March 1977 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 1,303 words

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Last year Francia was also idenunica at tne er riar ractory wnich is owned by Franco's widow. It is no coincicence inat ne was arrested at Torremolinos. The Costa del Sol s ne secom or one or une respectable' leaders of the far right, Jose antonio don. as we reDor ted, Francia and delle Chiaie were given accommodation by Giron at the week of killings in Madrid in Peronist who founded WInE organisation Juntas de Autodefensa Justicialistas in 1972 He was later employed by Sanitas. a private medical company in which the Marquis of Villaverde, Franco's son-in-law, has a contravelling to Europe.

Cesarsky has with the Fuerza Nueva organisation, another of the respectable calcaune parties, and spoke at its conference last December leader is Blas Pinar, another of the names on the names on the AIA's contact list. It would be interesting to know if the El Pinar factory, owned by Franco's widow, with which Francia and delle Chiaie were connected, has any connection with Blas Pinar.

We reported February)

Maurie three policemen WeC. cone guns. now revealed that found in the arms factory owned the Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey, match the found at the scene of these two killings.

Identical cartridges were discovered in the Rome apartment of Pierluigi Concutelli, recently arrested for the murder of an lallan judge magistrate then said that he susDected tit Invo vement cutelli in the Madrid killings. ascovery or tne cartages is nim evidence that this was so Another arrest in Madrid gives a clue to international fascist links SDalill! ranean. Elio anather of the names on the AlA particular links ruerza Nueva's (Red Weekly, that the killing of the lawycts later in the same with the same A Barcelona arms expert has the cartridges the leader of spent cartridge cases involvement in a Athens. who was Ene presiaing of tension the Italian far right Massagrande whole MediterMassagrande, yet Acton there JOSE ANTONIO GIRON - mine host to the Fascist International. made contact with one Kaletsis.

Massagrande was expelled from Greece and fled to Spain after his bombing in salonika sy conncidence salersis was also arrested recently after the discovery or an arms ractory In Greek fascists received firm support from the secret police in After the fall of the junta in 1974 there was an unsuccessful attemp to initiate an Italian-style strategy SCCICI helped establish strong links with is the only link with Spain which we know of at the moment. But the trail does not The AlA's Iberian there will soon be more vermin crawling out of the woodwork.

CHRIS O'BRIEN • This week Carmine Galente be comes the new Godfather of the American Mone sur gareme s ne ordinary gangster. It was he who first develoned the Transatlantic heroin route - the French Connection. He has announced his inten tion to restore the French Connection after the 'soft' era of the last Godfather Carlo Gambino It was Galente who shot down the leading Italian anti-fascist Carlo Tresca on Fifth Avenue, New York in 1943. The killing was arranged by gang leader Vito Genovese as a good turn for his friend Benito Mussolini Perhans Galante's new 'get touch' National Anti-Racist Commission. Fri National Health Fraction. All comrade in NHS. Sunday 20 March. 11am-5pr At the Fire Station. 84 Mayton Street Nearest TuDe norowd)

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day before 700 had demonstrated in Glasgow.

These marches were important steps on the road to building a massive campaign of solidarity with the black masses of southern Africa. The London demonstra tion had broad representation workers' Apart from the Anti-Apartheid Movement groups which made up about a third of the demonstrators, a number or trade union: carried their banners, notably AUEW, ASTMS and ASLEF. The National Union of Students was represented by eleven of its areas and colleges. African Students Union, EthioZimbabwean, Iranian and Iraqi students were also present MAJOR Of the major left-wing political organisations only the Communist Party, Marxist Group and the Socialist Workers Party had contingents, all of the same size.

The Labour Party Young Socialists, with the honourable exceptions of Lewes and Kensington North, were notable Rosence Due to its representative character the demonstration can be seen Demanding that the Labour Government end its collaboration with the racist regimes in southern Africa, 3,000 people marched from Speakers Corner last Sunday. The as a success, but it also reflected weakness of the solidarity campaign in Britain. The AntiMovement failed to the broadest possible forces. It has 17 national trade unions affiliated, but only four were represented. These also failed to mobilise their own INABILITY The inability of the AAM to draw from all parts of the workers and African liberation movements was emphasised by the platform of speakers at Trafalgar wuere only a representative trom the African National Congress was allowed to speak. Speakers irom the revolutionary left were excluded despite their supporters making up an important part march.

If in the future the campaign is built in a mass way then the 1o be local AA groups nave to take ar offensive approach to drawing broadest support from labour and student movement. their was clear that this nae not beet done for this demonstration. our readers can be sure mar one demonstration will not change the Square, collaborationist policies of the Labour Government. More mass action is urgently needed obvious tocus is the must annive c sary or tne As part of the IMG's contriouton to the sondanty cambalen, was held on evening Conway in came black and revolutionary speakers.

After a minute's silence for the freedom fighters and black people killed in southern Airica, a comrade of Combat Ouvriere spoke on MA enCy Soweto uprising in is a group Saturday Revolutionary Hall. spelled to hear a range of Rialism.

Mokgatle, -ENG REGINA FISCHER was fined £20 by a magistrate for obstruction during her hunger strike near Downing Street in protest against the deportatior of the American journalists Phil Agee and Mark Hosenball. Her appeal behalf of the international tend of which Lutte Ouvriere, a French organisation, is the most well known part. Combat Ouvriere of militants from Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Another Caribbean speaker, • Cans. Tony Bogues of the Jamaican • MATYIS League, out the importance of black masses events in southern Africa to the world wide struggle against imperTo thunderous applause, Barney Soweto.

Soweto leader now in exile, rose to speak.

He gave a description of life in comes WEEKLY Soweto and called for all links to be broken with the Vorster regime As part ol such a campaign h urged the audience to support a picket of Ipi Tombi, the musical in London performed by black Afriunde which is part of Vorster's attempts to cover over the oppression of the He then read out a statement calling for international solidarity action on the first anniversary of The final speaker was C. Gabriel, a member of the French sec tion of the Fourth International planted herself in the middle of the pavement completely obstructing anyone wno wants to waik past ANDREW WARD (Report)

and the leading authority of the Fourth International on African affairs. Having explained the role of imperialism, the front line state: and the Organisation of African Unity in Africa, he pledged the support of the Fourth Internation al with the struggle of the African masses RIC SISSONS • Picket Ipi Tombi, Friday March, 7-8.00pm. Her Majesty's Theatre. on 16 March. You will notice from the picture how Fischer had

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