Is t course true inat the Sandinistas building up their defences. Given the ever greater belligerence of the United States, aosolute v essential ( defend revolution.
As FSLN (Sandinista) official declared February: 'Yes, revolution is under threat. It would be irresponsible not to take seriously the Reagan administration's desire to crush us. , All our political decisions taken with the aim of warding off this peril.' Guaranteeing defence with the participation the masses' is the priority task lala down by tic cond Sandinista assembly' convened in January. itiatives which draw in the masses are multiplying.
A campaign force Sandinista Defence Committees (CDS's) is in progres develop their 'revolutonal y vigilance' Meetings of explanation are being organised district by district in order to convince people to join the popular militias.
New centres of instrucPublished by Cardinal Enterprises, Printed By East End Offset (TU) Ltd, London E2, are the growing the militias means greater possibility of coordination with the armed forces.
This mass participathe tion has already proved its efficiency. Thanks to it, several bands of counter-revolutionaries have been disarmed could act. Not for nothing has 1982 been 'the year of unity against aggression'. mobilisation of are the masses in defence of Lne revolutIOn flas coupled diplomatic offensive with the aim of blocking imperialism's encirclement policy.
The Sandinistas can be well satisfied with the initial results. The positions taken by Ine rein- President Lopez against any US intervention is an important vic10rYThe permanent terence o political parties Latin America* (COPPAL) which organisations has taken a position hostile to any tervention and affirmed its support for er with the Post Office PO London Ni and the Salvadorean FDR.
The leaders are cónscious the importance, the limits, of these tions. They know that the majority of those opposing US intervention do so out of fear of the wave of they anti-imperialist that they are encountering baptised their own They know that those who favour a negotiated solution in El Salvador want to been complete major So the FSLN ship relying mobilisation masses, on the strengths of the political and military apparatus born revolution, Mexican Portillo their Salvadorean Trades. This is fundamental But the path is difficult con- ana narrow More than future of this revolution rests on other victories in Central in- the support of the workers movement and of revoluthe tionaries the world over.
government Salvador.
of bul also postsentiment victory of the leaderon the of in the and on being made by comclearly of importance.
Never the copy of America and on Tardencillas will 'get a hero's ment as proof that Nicaragua sending troops into In front of the press Jose declared that he had been tortured into making an canner With each 12 months inland subscription to Socialist Challenge we are offering a free NICARAGUA: THE SANDINIST REVOLUTION by Henri Weber (normal price £2.95) or AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X trained by the Cubans. He had fact gone to El Salvador on his own initiative.
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