end they did, and they didn't.
party leadership remain unchanged.
The shades of Lewis Carroll do not stop there. The leaders of the Italian C ommunist Party (PCI) live in a Wonderland where it is possible to defend jobs and wages at same time a pursuing a deflationary policy of reduced consumption cuts "labour costs and rationalisa. tion of buble sendina other words, cutting jobs and real wages.
Any lingering doubts about the cality behind this strange equa tiog are cleared up by the lailan the first four months of this year he cost of living nose by 6.3 pe cent, but index-linied wages only went up by a maximum of 3 per considerably less among During the first quarter of 1977 employment dropped by 1.1 per The conclusion of an agreement between the major Italian parties, including the Christian Democrats and the Communists, bad all the features of a Lobster Quadrille.
For weeks the question was: will they, won't they? In the A programmatic accord has been signed byall thesix parties - except the Liberals who aretaking the matter to their entire - but the Government itself will probably cent against CreASe production of nearly 11 per cent.
As we go to press the final text published. It is still the subject of byzantine manoeuvrings whether or not it should be put to in Parliament for a vote, The larger parties — the governing Chrisare in favour, while the smaller who regard them selves as the losers in the agree ment, are against, as they want to leave themselves a certain cibowroom.
Bur there are no victor and no vanqwished* har gened. the country which gained, The accord is believed NEUROSI extensIon or pole: powers to tap phones and inter rogate suspects without legal remoriam is no alternative aither.
advice; a reinforcement of selecLivity in education; and a reiter intent to the Imternational Monetary Fund in March.
reweighting of the cost of living and gratefully acoepted by the Government. It also seems likely that the new deal will reactivate the plans — initiated in last шорс з ссолотіс раскаде шт shelved in March -tax revenue. This would mean a nse an varous Tous or purcoasc deciare the big tbe workers pay packet.
PLICACHAE SCHMIR has signed his name to all this. but it will not provide any lasting SOLutIOn Lo Dis probocus. accord is not the historic com that direction.
For a abstaining industrial sphere. to increase such another velled attack on tion against the aust Lines The Genoa dockers' strike - the formation of a by RICHARDCARVER Guerilia leader Antonio Lo Muscia: killed by poilos iast weekend. The historic compromise' won't help him, but "national government" with the • it is being presented as a step in supported the Government by the PCI has agreement. on all importan issues, which has akaravatco op has not yet received any clear political expression, but has emerged as a current demanding more vigorous action in the brought ther mack up against the party lea ership. For example, /'Unine, th PCI daily paper, recently carried does a furious denunciacion of the MOSLEE The irony is that these workers spot. are not, for the most part, even syrnpathere to the tar left. The three major union conferences last month all gave overwhelming But what the party rank and file i or ur least a section of itis demanding is tbe implemente son of the bistoric compromis Hogue, that this will introduce into Italian society and the Conomy at least some obing ives, values and methods which conform to the socialist ideal".
Quite transparently this ha not happener nor could it hap pen. But the fact that his rank and file is demanding chat it happen, after a year of support Jor thou Clas enemy, puts Berlinguer on the PORTUGAL: Parliament has law forhidding unofficial scrikes and setting up a mandatory 48 hour warning Introduced by the Socialist Party and supported by the Commu nist Party. The only deputles to vate against were one from the far left and the two expelles UNIL BOCCASE CAREYRS November for being ' Trotsky ists"
SOUTH AFRICA: Unemploy ment is rising by 1,000 every day and now stands at 1ie million Witnesses before a commissio in Cape Town have confirmed tbat the attack on Nyanga town ship by misran! WOTACT 10S Christmas wasled by police.
ICELAND: Seven widespread strikes have led to record wage increases for most mean immediate 26 per cent rises, going up to 46 per cent over ENE MEAL TA MOREES USA: Valentin Prussakor, Soviet dissident living in 1bc United States bas written to President Carter complaining o rebression in the US. He said thar dissidents like Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andre the West. If in the Soviet Union Russian culture finds KGB, in America the impression Is creared that it falls under the tutelage of like minded func tionaries,"
UKRAINE: Pyotr Grigorenko trial of human rights campaig
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