ONE OF the last Nicaraguan towns to Sandinistas Chinandegs, close Fonseca which divides from El Salvador.
One reason was the presence of several hundred 'volunteers' from the Salvadorean armed forces fighting alongside the National Guard. The same source supplied Somoza with six T-28 assault planes in the final weeks of the war. The ruler of El Salvador, General Carlos Humberto Romero, well that & Sandinista victory could only hasten his own downfall.
Romero heads the military government to defend the interests of the 200 ruling families since an armed insurrection led by the Communist Party in defeated with the loss of 30,000 lives.
A state of siege has been in force since shortly after fraudulent election in 1977. Many people have been killed or wounded in course or a wave or strikes. occupations, kidnappings and peasant mobilisations. At the time of going to press the Labour Ministry was being occupied by 400 militants. the Gulf of seventeenth 1932 was Romero's external and K.
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Our aim the victory by the people's interest first. the Romero's torturers' speciality is to tie dynamite people wanting new forms of struggle outside parliament. We became more homogeneous as a party from 1974. The FAPU is composed of Christians, workers, peasdo not define ourselves officially as are revolutionary popular government. We fight for the strategic allance of the workers and peasants. At the same time we will make tactical alliances with progressive middle sectors, but always we put It is different in some ways from all the Nicaraguan experience. Here the next to the victim's head so bourgeoisie is much more implicated in the Romero dictatorship.
Our differences the have to do with their inclusion trade unions within the party. think that is a wrong relation between the party and the trade unions. There also different analyses oligarchy.
However, with the rise in the resistance and the lesson of Nicaragua we are all working for a united offensive and we prefer to emphasise externally our growing unity. At this moment we are discussing the unity of revolutionary and democratic forces for the overthrow of Romero.
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BPR Within the oligarchy there are two of currents representing different ways of avoiding a people's victory. first, backed up by US imperialism, is for a controlled democratic opening This will mean the return of partial land reform, new elections and certain limited democratic rights. In fact, municipal elections have been called for 1980 and presidential ones in 1982.
The second current, very strong conomcany, sets we only way as a repeat of the 1932 bloodbath when HONDURAS in the street.
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30,000 were killed. At present the regime expresses this contradictory combination — asking for a national dialogue while shooting people down The process can be accelerated in either direction by a coup d'etat. They are very common in our country. We next step be intended to speed up imperialism's "democratic opening Romero is unlikely to resign willingly.
Insurrection
The victory of the Nicaraguan revolution was received with great joy. Before it was almost inpossible to believe that dictatorships could fall in Central America. Now after the fall of Somoza everything is possible. We received more support and members in the last few months than in the whole of last year.
However, be careful of simple comparisons. Our five million people live in a much smaller area — we are the most densely populated Latin American state. Also we don't have mountains. Therefore the struggle is predominantly urban and the situation is much more polarised although learning of doesn't have a lot of room for real possibility of insurrection in the next six months. Since 1970 the people and popular organisations have been preparing. We have passed onto the offensive. Liberated zones have been created for several hours at a time to educate about the coming offensive. The people have applauded on barracks and the disarming of certain army units and enthusiastically taken our People in Britain can help best by solidarity. Both publicity and economic help is vital. The regime all the means of communication. Cronica Del Pueblo - the only paper willing to publish opposition material — was burnt out We need money for the resistance and for the defence of prisoners. The Committee has a specific project to get help for the thousands of children left abandoned by families who are prisoners or g but are concerned that there are undoubtedly many groups for which they don't have an Interested lesbian organisations of within women's organisations should write to Sylyia Borren and Traus van Bueren, c/o COC, Frederiksplein 14, 1017 XM The Brighton meeting reviewed the progress of projects which the ILGA has undertaken: lifelines for sexualrefugees —numbers of whom approach gay groups in several countries; third world gays; and work with international bodies like Amnesty International and various UN and next major event coming up for the ILGA is the announcement of the decision in the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association's case against the British government, which is now before the European Commission of Human argues not only inat ine amendments adopted by Parliament must be extended to Northern Ireland but that there should be parity between homosexual and heterosexual ages of consent. The case is of major importance to gay groups throughout Europe.
government's response was prepared before the elections and implements Callaghan's disgusting deal to gain the support Whichever way the decision goes, the ILGA will be coordinating demonstrations in member - either against the decision or calling upon the British government to extend the law immediately. The decision is expected sometime in October and will require a rapid response at short notice. Gay activists, especially in Britain,