In effect it will mean the transter of engineering work to Edgar Allan's Manchester works. During the first part of this operation the movement of ine tools packing department - 100 jobs were lost. Many workers accepted voluntary redundancies, leaving the 28 in the packing warehouse to tight for their jobs.
The building of support for the pression for the workers.
The reason for the Government's action is clear. More and more, the soldiers of the Portuguese army are begin The huge demonstraiton called last week by Soldiers United Will Win' (SUV) united 5,000 soldiers and 45,000 workers on the streets of Lisbon. The demonstrations of disabled war veterans have also attracted huge sympathy and solidarity.
example, the marines have refused to be drafted into the new internal security force established by the Government. It is also clear that a large number of solcers omned u une burne or me spanisn Embassy after the executions ordered by Franco.
out an emergency issue of the paper on ning to act independently of their officers.
Furthermore, whole regiments - for cipline in the army.
of Europe The workers at Republica - who brought They have got escopune m tae army working class in Lisbon The Government attempt to seize the of the working class.
the hierarchy of the army. It comes after The occupation of all Portuguese radio and TV stations by troops is the latest step in the reactionary cainpaign of the Sixth Provisional Government. The suppression of news and conmunications once more shows how hollow is the claim of the Portuguese Socialist Party, which dominates the Azevedo Government, that its reactionary camincludes the LCI (Portuguese section of the Fourth International), has joined with the largest Maoist organisation - the UDP - in calling a mass demonstranon in opposition to the Government's act.
But despite the response of the workers, it is also clear that the new Government move is an important test of strengin by the Portuguese meht. It is being aided in its policy of repression by the Portuguese Communist Party whose leader Cunhal stated in a speecn on Sunday that the Government had an acceptable programme and called for the consolidation of authority and disApparently Cunhal does intend to make Portugal the Chile tions, the first crack has come in the Socialist Party with its approach to the Revolutionary United Front for a joint On 21 August a chartered plane at Vienna airport was loading up with cases offically containing machine parts. The "official" destination was Prague. The customs officer, however, discovered the presence in the cases of 400 machine rifles.
When questioned, the pilots and mechanics all American - admitted that the arms were destined for Portugal and came from an Austrian arms factory. When asked for whom they were intended, the answer was: A former member of the Portuguese army under Catano.
Despite the secrecy of this business, it was discovered that the company which hired the plane was nothing but a PO Box in the US, and that this same ghost company had apparently hired a plane from the same charter conpany in 9ol. ne destination? Greece.....
campaign against the repression in Spain. In addition, te workers commission: in the factories are further consolidating their position and revolutionaries are ave to omy a crucia role m an mcreas ing number of struggles notably the protest strike of 250,000 metal workers which took place last week.
With the certainty that the Spanish proletariat will soon de adding is colossa weight to the revolutionary upsurge in Southern Europe, the Portuguese workers nave every chance or aerating the lates test of strength by the right and of defeating the escalating fascist plots. struggle in Portugal is getting harder, but the Portuguese workers, with international Songarity nave evory Chance OL VICtOrY Page 3: Report on the SUV demonstration.
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paign of the last months was carried out to establish "freedom of speech'. By occupying the worker-controlled stations such as Radio Renascenca, the SP shows that it stands for freedom of speech for the capitalists but sup