The victory of the FSLN fighters on 19 July last year was a blow against the common oppressed Americas: United States imperialism. The US multinationals are the chief beneficiaries of the misery of the people of Central America.
The US is desperately trying to head off a repeat of That's what lay behind the Americanbacked coup in El Salvador which took place on 15 October last year. It was an attempt to give Washington's domination a new mask, to replace the bloody and discredited mask of General Carlos Humberto Romero.
But since the new junta came to power more than 900 workers and peasants have been killed by police and army. The rights. speech, assembly, and been suspended. 'agrarian reform' is no more than an excuse for military occupation of the countryside.
the . of free rave ave The much-touted freedom struggle In the countryside the masses are to effectiveness that the Sandinista-led terrorist struggle gained when three tendencies.
the The organisations are Revolutionary February mass organisation collective leadership, and school and market vendors' organisations.
Liberation Forces BPR, FAPU.
Initially, Communist San repression called stüdents, ted tingents. dead February.
reforms denounce Salvador.
The Workers SHOl many The armed strictly superior groups.
the FSLN in Nicaragua healed a split among its grows Salvadorean the Bloc (BPR), the 28 People's League (LP. 'moderate' 28), and the United Front for Popular Action (FAPU). Each of these is a Many price'. and they are made up of trade unions, peasant massacre organisations, teachers' unions, high 300,000, university students' associations, and slumdwellers and They also each have an armed wing. The Revolutionary Army of the People (ERP) is identified with the LP-28, the Farabundo Marti Popular (FPL) the and the Armed Forces of National Resistance (FARN) with the people marched through the streets Salvador protest again support economic and social demands of ti workers and farmers The demonstration, one of t largest in the country's history, Dy the Revolutionarv ordinating Committee of the Masse Workers, peasants, teacher slumdwellers, mark vendors, and many others particip marching disciplined COl This united mobilisation was m with reactionary terror. When tl march approached the Metropolit Cathedral of San Salvador, police ar para-military sharpshooters ope fire on the peaceful demonstrato adjoining buildings, leavi more than 300 wounded and 2 But this did not stop the strug of the masses. Strikes, , occupatior and takeovers continued througho And on 17 March Revolutionary Co-ordinati Committee of the Masses called 24-hour general strike in oppositi to the junta's avowed policy repression and US intervention strike totally paralys economic activity for one day.
Once again the government reso ed to mass murder. More than 1 people were killed as the army right-wing terrorists bombed machine-gunned factories and attac peasants in the countrysic who had factories and farms were lined up a The National University, whe of groups organising centres, was spec target. Witnesses say that it was ev bombed from the air.
The government forces reporter had new helpers in carrying out bloodbath — US Marine 'advisers This measure was aimed primar against the agricultural and industr workers, rather than the armed le wing guerillas government's all paralyse the movement terror in order to then take on t struggle organisations military confrontations, which the army's fire power logistic support systems would be!
those guen US intervention This policy has the full backing the Carter administration, despite claims to be supporting a peacal government which trying to implement reforms. Carte slogan is 'No More Nicaraguas In January, two days after t against the march Carter Scill Assista Secretary of State William Bowdler Salvador. He loudly reiterat Washington's support ..to murderous junta.
According by Institute for Policy Studies: 'Secur assistance from the United States El Salvador between 1950 and 19 has totalled...$16.72m.
"The United States has trained total of 1,971 "Salvadorean office including at least 17 in urban count insurgency, 14 in military intelligen 108 in basic combat and count insurgency, and 124 in basic off preparation.' This is a continuation of nearly years of US government backing military regimes Socialist Challenge 17 Apht 1980 P
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