The radio station is the svmbol ot. and an extraordinary means for, conthe political authority of the FMLN and of its leadership. Tonight there is to be a discussion or ine airectives broadcast the population for 28 March, the day scheduled for national elections:
'Evacuate houses close bases: these bases will be attacked.
military patrols; on 28 March they will all be targets. Travel as little possible; many roads will be mined strategic points. Assist the actions of the guerrillas by building barricades in the surrounding areas obstruct the movement of the genocidal armed forces.
In practice, this concerns very few of the poor peasants who live in this tiny valley. What are elections? None of those at the meeting tonight have ever volea. Maybe their votes were cast for them at the military base in the nearest towil, foot. But they don't know anything Besides, for months no army patrol has ventured in here. So, 28 March will be almost just another day. Blind Such night meetings have a real become routine in the innumerable Lucild Call s lIKC this And these circles of men and women sitting on the ground, as these people are this evening around Arturo, between few nammocks ana Iwo tiny peasant huts with walls of dried mud, are the best illustration of the reality meaning of this struggle of an entire people.
You would need all the ill will, prejudice and ig norance, and blind self-interest of a Reagan, Haig, such criminals to see in this 'the hand of a foreten is not not Cubans, and their constant extenson retlects the advances of the revolutionists. hev are ine expression not only of the popular over wiels support for the actions of the revolutionists but also of the massive incorporation ot the population into the fighting.
This fact makes posy be FLN's misland possible understand capacities have grown so considerably in these last months. has made possibie more and more audacious and more and more effective actions in areas that not long ago seemed to be securely held by the army.
Army Based on these liberated zones, the nuclei of guerrilla fighters have grown into the organised detachments of a 'Revolutionary Army' that today comprises between five and six thousand well-trained fighters.
Militia Rooted in the mobilisathe people in the liberated zones. a militia of twenty thousand members growing up. It is already able to organise the selfdetence ot sections ot the masses. coordination will Army. And all this work is being directed the perspective prepang a general uprising.
Strike the Clues and notably in the capital despite the brutal repres. sion that prevails there, this militia When the soldiers came to Guazapa province organised primarily among the workers in the workplaces, and whenever this is possible, framework of the tradeunion structures that have managed underground.
'When we called for a general tie lass earn workers didn't tollow us But almost all of them consider that our , struggle is also theirs. So, VITYPONT OVEMENT AFTER POLA @FRANCE @BELGIUM ITALY @SPAIN Viewpoint Fortnightly news review of the Fourth International. £0.65 subscriptions £6 special offer for 6 months. Send cheques etc made out to 'PEC ', to International Viewpoint rue Richard-Lenoir, 93108 Montreuil, France.
Socialist Challenge discussions. Our conclu sion was that the attitud of the workers who didn follow the call was the e pression of a high level o politicisation. A good par of the working class military's repression ever day, estimated correctl that we did not have ih capacity defend th " That was the wa an FMLN cadre explaine it to me. He added:
'Given the degree repression that there is the capital, the precond tion for any major ma action 1s capacity for self-defen: and mobilis tions Besides that, workers nave to be co vinced on the basis of the OWI capacity exists decisive thing eliminating hesitations i been the growth of the te ritories under our contro This has enabled everyar to judge how the millia: relationship of forces -been shifting favour. It has almost mas it possible to accelerate:! organisation of militia: the cities.
Health The effect.:= liberated zone: described variously br FMLN leaders I talked 'rearguard bast.cand They are also areas which certain basic Do! in the FMLN programr. are aircady put inio pic tice.
refort literacy programmes.
11.0 system of public healt La network collectivised distributio ot goods • all this work being carried on in co junction with the tasks milla training and organisatio 25 March 1982 page