those who have been arrested during the latest wave of repression in Argentina.
He was detained in Cordobascene of u right-wing mini-coup in March-on Monday 29 April, and accused of carrying false documents and having propaguida put out by the underground People's Revolutionary Army (ERP).
Guevara's arrest is only one of many curried out recently by the police with the approval of President Peron. While suspected sympathtisers of the ERP have been the main target of this campaign, they are by no means the only ones to be affected. Juan Carlos Coral of the Socialist Workers Party (PST), for instance, was also recently arrested for defying a povernment ban to speak at a raily in support of striking hank workers.
Now the repression has been openly extended to include members of the Montoneros, a "lest Peronist" semi-underground organisation which has pledged its loyalty to the president on many occasions. Along the Montoneros wha have beeh arrested is one of the survivors of the 1972 In * slatement Issued on 13 ocl/l Diethnike Kommousistike Koma Chloris honsler Communet Party, 4h0 Grock section of the Fourth International tenoris that tow of it members. Tannes Felekis and Yannis Nikas, were arrested following the upsurge of students and workers last November.
The statement also notes the arrest of Soronis Pepadopculos, who helongs to a different Trotskyis group.
Among the other far-left groupings. fileen memhers of the International ers by the military, Alherto Camps.
tortured by the police in the capital, Buenos Aires. The special mobilisation to pay bomage and placards, and beating their up almost half of the crowd of 60.000.
by denouncing tiem as 'childish. stupid and corrupt. According to the Paris daily Te Monde, teach young supporters, and words of praise for their enenties in the unions" [i.e, the right-wing burealcrats.
Greek Trotskyists report arrests the Workees Revolutionary Party here have beenreported arrested. Only the been released by the junt: Theodoros Emanuel Sakukis, Angeliki Starropoulos and Herakke Langothelis since the upriung, the statement con it is estims rod that about 800 people were seriously wounded and about a hundred killed. "Trétew massacre' of political prisonwho is reported to have been brutally The clearest indication of how for this process has already developed came with Peron's May Dey spesch Montoneros had once again made a to their leader; and with their banners 'bombos' (Creole drums), they made Imagine tbeir surprise and con fusion when Pron bepan his speech sentence contained an insult for bis.
Firm bellevers in Peronism as the Workery Linion, which is assocated with cements.
The total number of those arrested dianes, he pbout 250, In the revolt itself, Alberto Villar. means to social rovolution, the Montoneros were dumbfounded hy this sudden turn of events. Slowly their slogans died away, and then they formed up in columns, furled their banners, and marched sadly out of the square, as Peron's insults continued to echo around them In this way Peron openly con cluded an operation begun immedi ately on his return to Argentina last June. The military dietstorsbip hnd been overthrawn largely as a result of the mass support for the popular ructrilla arcups such us the ERT and the Montoncros. Bur Peron had no intention of pring in co shelt demands for an anti-capitalist policy Insteud, he used the face that the "eft Peromists" regarded him de essential to their plans to play for time, persuading them to hold hack un action while preparing a series of measures to isolate and then smash them. The absence of any organised resistance when the police took over Cordoba and kicked out the left Peronis governor was a sigh of his success. Now he feels confident enough to openly Bravow these Just how far Argentina has moved hack towards the conditions chat prevailed under the military dictatorship is shown by Peroe's reactior when questioned about the reported torturing of Monronero mollitants: He declared list be had the fullest confidence in the local police chief responsible for the prisoners, Villar was the hated federal chief Once To Do coco To us prod by Peron No clearer proof could be needed of Peron's real intentions lowards the Argentinian workers' movement. Peronism obviously no longer has any use for its lefts. The problem for the Marxist revolutionaries is to convince these thousands of young militants that they have no use for Peronism either, and that the only road to social revoltion lies through arming tbe working class for indepen dont mass struggle.
JOHN MAASTON (British section of the Fourth Internationall 97 Caledonian Ad.
London N.1 Twould like more information about the iMG and its activities NAME Red Weekoy 9 May 1974
CLAY CROSS Red Weekly The Clay Cross Labour Party has called a conference in London on 8 June, and is inviting participation from all sections of the labour movement. The conference will take place at 2 p.m. in Westminster Central Hall.
The Clay Cross Councillors at present face fines and surcharges of 17,000, but there are rumours that this could mount up to as much as £100,000.
In addition the 400 other councilJors, up and down Britain, who have been subjected to similar proceedings surcharpes of up to El million imposed on them!
The benants in Clay Cross are still paying the E1 increase slapped on their rents by the Tory Government imposed Housing Commissioner. Anthony Crosland, Labour's Housing Minister, has refused to remove this man from office, and bas refused to remove the fines and surcharges on the councillors, or to lift the ban on their holding office for live years As David Skinner said in a letter to Tribune on 3 May: All this is under legislation enacted by the Tories, which Labour is pledged to repeal We reject the arguments that the Government is powerless in face of the "law". We call on the Labour Government to take immediate action lo repeal the Tory laws, and relation to all pennities enacted under al.
*To those who accuse us of breaking the law we reply that we are keeping the only law nocepted by this movement, the principles which stand for the interests of the working class. We would remind them that we are abiding by the decisions of this movement, the resolutions passed at the Labour Party Confe rence, and it is the leadership which is breaking that law a new trail in anti-Tory struggle. The massive vote of confidence won by the Clay Cross Labour Party at the recent local elections demonstrates the way in which militancy can unite the working class against the to rally all who are concerned with the struggle against Labour's continued inability to solve the basic problems of working people Red Weekly readers snould get their trade union branch and other orpanisations, to send delegates. Further information can he obtained Charlie Bunting. 7 Lynan Close, Danesmoot, Clay Cross. (Telephone: 0246 862756). The Clay Cross Councillors blazed This conference is an opportunity
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