The Francoist dictatorship has decided to condemn to death Jose Antonio Garmendia, a revolutionary nationalist militant of ETA (V), without previous warning, in order to prevent a national and international mobHisaaon which could stop it trom going THE TRIAL COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF JUNE!
Once more we are seeing a major mocktrial in the framework of the total mockery which Francoist legality amounts to. The sole 'evidence' is the "moral conviction' of a military judge that this Basque militant is guilty. Apart from that they have only Garmendia's signatureobtained whilst he was in a coma,as a result of a severe head wound and the torture to which he was submitted- on the bottom of a piece of paper on which the police were able to write what they liked.
The dictatorship no doubt hopes tat une mousands or arrests carried out in the Basque country under the state of emergency will be a sufficient guarantee to head off a mass mobilisation,both in this ates ano iane rest orme spanish sate But it is wrong: the working class and the oppressed masses are not ready to allow the dictatorship, in its death agony, to seize new victims! There will be no new execution! There will be no new Salvador Puig Antich!
Despite the state of emergency and the terror campaign of the fascist-police gangs, the Basque country will once more be at the head of the struggle, and the workers and oppressed masses of the entire Spanish State will make solidarity with the Basque struggle and the defence of Garmendia the central axis of their mobilisations.
It is urgent to develop an immediate response to this new attack by the murderous dictatorship. It is necessary to respond with immediate demonstrations,stoppages of work, mass meetings, and actions of every kind in the factories,in the neighbourhoods and in the schools. It is absolutely mccessary to set in moaon une weapon which can halt Francoism's murderous plan: THE GENERAL STRIKE.
In the Basque country the revolutionary or gamsduous and une worker s commissions have already decided to call for a day of struggle against the state of emergency on Il June. It is now necessary to bring about a united call throughout the Spanish State for a general strike on the day on which the trial commences.
-We call on the workers and the oppresseu masses to redouble ten actions of every kind to save the life of Garmendia;
—We call on the Workers' Commissions to develop an intensive campaign of agitation, to push for stoppages of work and mass meetings, and to prepare for huge demonstrations;
-We call for immediate unity of action of all the workers' organisations at the sectoral, local and central level to organise a mobilisation which will be capable of stopping the hand of the Francoist butcher!
The dictatorship, on its death-bed, has embarked with this trial on a test of strength which could be decisive.
To transorm it into a general offensive against Francoism is now the task of the mass moment.
FREE GARMENDIA!
END THE STATE OF EMERGENCY!
FREE THE POLITICAL PRISONERS!
DOWN WITH THE MURDEROUS DIAKSHIP!
23 May 1975 MAURITIAN POLICE ATTACK International solidarity is needed the Spanish people against the dictatorship and its rule of terror.
PICKET the Spanish EmbassySaturday 7 June-10 a.m-noon (Hans Crescent SWI nearest tube Knightsbridge).
RALLY in solidarity with the Room 7.
DEMONSTRATE-Saturday, 14 June-assemble 2 pm Speakers On 25 April the Spanish Gover nment declared a state of emergency in the northern Basque country, giving the authorities more sweeping powers to carry out political repression than they ordinarily possess.
alist group, ETA. But this was only an ssination of Carrero Blanco the regime