parties which stood a chance of winning.
their successes and failures. On the face of it the far left night have expected more votes, pariculary un Basque country where it had heen in the leadership of important strug dies, against the scabbing of the retornist parties. the Socialist Party PSOE) tried to make the strug gles their own → a manoeuvre which failed at least once when leading members of a Barcesona strike committee declared their support for the Front for Workers Unity (FUT), the revolationary slale.
Nevertheless, the ides of the menton ate perpetle Begality: no official status on the ballot paper, lack of television time and so on.
The Demoratic Left Front problema. The PTE (Labour CYCECORIC these Party of Spain) set up the siate cons and only officially joined it after the siate had been recogOBLIGING 1960s and has spent most of ita fife being obliging to its parent. It LAST week we published leading politicians* comments on the eleclons, This week a more perceptive roup or commcaatos caare OK because voting never did sayone any harm.' (Maria Bjena) * For me vote communist so they have to mork. (uan Javier, 10)
of 18 are win becease la a poll done by the newspaper they foond out that 7 per cent supported Felipe Gomz"Useful voting' was the order of the day on 15 June. The bulk of the Spanish working class was convinced that after forty years in the electoral wilderness they had to make their vote count by opting for one of the mass working class So, with one or two exceptions, the showing of the far left slates was uniformly poor. RICHARD CARVER discusses was originally called the Interbational Communist Party, bu when Carrillo's gang claimed copyright on the name it politely CARTAI L CO MC LSEC CAlE It now claims chat 'the PTE does not consider itseif to the left of the PCE' e considered as a true party c overnment". The self-descri tion is quite apt. In common with the other major "Maoist' groups it shares the PCE's "stagist theory"STAGES ORT out most cleariy: the achievepments whose implications go rar bevond the mere restratis of capitalist democracy — are a dangerous Despite these pretensio latively Large sice (12,000 Jor U TE and 10,000 for the ORT) the pointing. The ORT claims a alez, 70 per cent Carrillo and 69 per cent Fragu." (Carlos, 9)
Tm going to rote for Communist Party and for workers and the king.' (Conchấta 9) * "If lcoald vote l'd vote for the PSOE or the Authrotle Falange.! (Miguel Angel, 10) * The elections are partly a waste of time because you kaow the resuits beforehund. rich people vote for the Popula Norkers World vete for Demo eradic Saarez, the workers vole for the PCL and people vole fog Felipe because they think he's Nashy." (Andres, 12) membership of 100,000 in its own EnSER COnCECLOE DIL SOEE bow it only managed to get 40,000 of them to vote for the party!Bat LIC HANCHA MIOC DOSL BISEFO! have to lie.. to give the masses confidence"!
The PTE' s results were littl better, except There it roped in two of the Damon ma ia c BG suceeded in getting one deputy from the Esquerra (Republica parly which had a major respon ibibity for putting down the 1937 Mach naw Talla to call for the righr of self-determination SENCHAH Popular Unity slate, which the main party was the MC (Communist Movensent). more success at the polls, with a deputy and a senator elected in the Basque country.
ATENEUMHY Basque nationalists, Etne datamt tare seroton the distant future. By dif ferent transaliy cavery different, Ironically develTrea metion was Otelo de Car The model for th valho's dynamising groups in Portugal.
ed a number 1 groups, and, most unportantly.
some radical Basque nationalist It was representatives from this latter group who were clected, or a progranume which tactfully lel out any demands related to the the the Instead Independence regramm panish stas autonomy Latine ty an h de -tionary Communist League sympathisers of the Fourth Inter-mationsD and tne OC Communist Left Organisation), groups usterity pian last Ocrober anc ater proposed a scheme whereb: some ucis wowe navc a scoucco vote for the FUT!
in Catalonin araund the Esquerra was the were CICESit w fede eo aten tor working class.
MEETINGS The MC, a assumptions of the country.
Do aspiratoos to meetings all but saw the main af about 8,000 and 5,000 respect» ively. A third group, Communist Action, withdrew from the siate claiming that it had never intended to call for a The FUT waso' t out to become I roverament pany or to sit sections of the ruling class to its programme. The twofold aim of propaRan revolutionary programme and the involvensent of workers in struggle. Its candid people like BUTLAC caders and former political prishistory of leadership among the The programme centred on th CLOOIOTIC WIDIC BURDEL reformist and centre parties: the 'social pact" for the implementa TO DE BUSC NYMACCOR tional pact' for the preservation of stronger, the structures of the dictatorship and the 'autonomist pact" for the denial of self-determination to Catalonis, Galicia and the Basque tionary The campoign organised mass over the country, pecoonnany ordousa work inciuding 15,000 in Madrid Front for Warhors Unity posters demand and to collaboration in Govemments pollaies.
The balance is not one of completo sucoc En tros for example, where the OIC anc Communist Action are relativel)
ITaLIY adorned with the flags boargeois Republic of the 1930 -hardly a great victory Tor rewoluIES DWA EI WO SANS aKCEL explain clearly its policies of independent warking class orgsosabon ur aso shows that the strugale for principled unity of Spanish revolutionaries will be a detenir oni on 15 June LCR launched a nation wide series of moctings to. build upon th programme of the FUT and b CHMADC mANY OT LOS NOCKEE contacted during the campaign to join the organisation But nolike the others st shl doesn't expect to be offered a portfolio in the new Govern TOLTE
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