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liberation movestrike such as the Rhodesian security forces are are repeated, not because the truth ascertain politically You can get the pamphlet, The either the strike to three Anti-Apartheid Movement, 89 conditions Charlotte Street, London WI, ZAPU, 39 Goodge By Our Foreign Staff of Peru's main union confederation called a halt to last week's three day general strike before it was half way through.
Communist Party-led Confederation of Workers (CGTP) gave lack of popular support and government repression for calling the Repression has certainly hit the strike movement hard, with the suspension constitutional guarantees, the banning number of left-wing publications and the arrest of about 100 leaders of the unions governmen Tuca tut illegal because it had political rather than economic aims. The CGTP's decision to restrict its strike to economic Party considerably limiting the workers" room for manoeuvre, was of course not binding on the government.
decision to limit the days because ment were judged right for a general strike must also have had a demoralising effect. Indeed many workers will have been left with the feeling that, however real the repression the CGTP leadership was glad of the early opportunity lo stop the strike.
The strike was originally called under pressure from the rank and file. A mass rally of 12,000 in Lima on 7 December brought together workers from all major sectors to demand 1 that the CGTP name the day for a general strike.
The immediate cause of the strike is the continued austerity, measures introdueed by the the price demanded by the International Monetary Fund for restructuring the country's foreign debt.
But it is doubtful that the UTESCHE leadership PENE CGTP was best qualified to lead such a struggle. A couple months ago the president and Communist general secretary both attended the Annual Conference of Executives.
They told 300 businesspeople and 100 generals and governofficials how they supported efforts to restructure the debt and rejected any idea of stopping or freezing payments to foreign creditors.