IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

Chile: call for workers' militia

Red Weekly No. 6, 7 June 1973 · p. 7 of the scan · 157 words

The scan: rw-no6-jun-7-missprint-date-1973.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 7 of the scan

It has been a month of violence and mounting tension in Chile. On 27 Aprila contingent of warkers on their way to a CUT (trade union federation) demonstration were stoned and machine-gunned from the Christian Demorat headquerters, and a young CP worker, Jose Ricardo Ahumada, wes killed, The demonstratons in response to this murder (Reviutionary Left Movement) peasanrs hold dawn meeting ou collectine Jari the part of the working class. Luis Corvalan, the Communist Party general secretary, is even sowing the illusion that the Christian Demorats will listen to his appeale to them not to 'add fuel to the fire' (E/ Siglo, the CP pa par).

But while the losdership of Allande's Socialist Party, like the CP, appesis for collaboration with the palice workers to resist the tempfation ir own hands becnusa that is Ceniral Santiago TOr TRO TOMSCOO OT OREN nom bh Lim ta ched Ain't march unprotectad. i is coming Can't go on

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