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Communists proud of part

Militant unity won in Chile

_ The current issue of Informa-
tion Bulletin (supplement to
Communist Viewpoint), contains
an important interview given by
Luis Corvalan, general secretary
of the Communist Party of Chile,
to the CPSU paper Pravda.

Speaking of the electoral win
—the interview was prior to the
Inauguration of President Al-
lende—he pointed out:

“Naturally, we do not forget
that so far, nowhere in the world
have the ruling exploiting class-
€s surrendered their positions

Without a struggle. That is why

the Communist Party and the
Other Popular Unity parties have
appealed to the population to be
on. guard. The United Trade
Union Center has decided to call
a general strike, with the work-
€rs occupying the plants and
factories in case the reactionary
elements attempt to revise the
Victory of the people’s candi-
date. The Chilean people’s fight-
ing spirit is high and they are
determined to defend this vic-
tory that they have won after
$0 many years of struggle.”

As we know, that militancy
Prevailed. Luis -Corvalan con-
tinued:

“For us, Chilean Communists,

€. main conclusion flowing
from this victory is connected
With the vital importance of the
Unity of all the anti-imperialist
and anti-oligarchical forces in
the country.

“We are far from believing
that, a victory such as was
achieved by the people of this
Country could be easily repeated
i any other part of the contin-
ent, although the possibility
Should not be ruled out. In other
Words, we believe that instead
of rushing to conclude that now,
following the victory scored by
the people of Chile, the path of
elections has shaped into some
Sort of a model which could be
Mechanically copied by ali Latin

merican countries, we should
Conclude that the unity and mo-
bilization of the people, the anti-
Imperialist and anti-feudal, dem-
Ocratic forces and primarily the
Unity of the proletariat, unity of
the working people, is the most
valuable aspect of Chile’s experi-
ence,

“The unity of the people’s,
anti-imperialist forces, cemented
by the unity of the proletariat,
and, in the case of Chile, mutual
Understanding between the Com-
Munists and Socialists—two par-
ties enjoying the greatest influ-
€nce among the working people
—is the ‘basis for the advance-
ment of the liberation struggle.

‘is is the basis that may, pos-
Sibly, lead to the discovery of a
Way to another election victory,

ut also to other possibilities, to
Other forms of struggle which
Should correspond to the situa-
tion in a country.”

On the importance to Latin
America of the victory-of the
Popular Unity in Chile, he said:

“The Popular Unity . victory
Was met with true elation by
the people on our continent. The
People of free Cuba expressed
their enthusiasm, and in Monte-
Video, Caracas, Buenos Aires and
Cordoba thousands of workers
took to the streets to express
their jubilation over our victory.
We have also learned that mil-
lions of Latin Americans closely
followed radio and TV broad-
Casts on the night of the elec-
tions, waiting to hear the final
Tesults. We have received tele-
Srams of greeting, letters and

President Allende

messages from Communist par-
ties and other democratic organ-
izations on our continent and
also from other parts of the
world.

“It has been said, and we be-
lieve rightly so, that the victory
of the Chilean people, the vic-
tory won by Salvador Allende
during the presidential elections,
is the most significant event in
Latin America during the past
25 years, second only to the vic-
tory of the Cuban revolution.

The people of Chile realize
that their victory is a contribu-
tion to the Latin American’s
common liberation struggle, and
they will do everything in their
power to protect this victory in
order not to disappoint the €x-
pectations that fraternal nations
place upon it. ©

Regarding the Chilean Com-
munist Party’s role in the strug-
gle for the people’s unity, he
quoted Salvador Allende’s mes-
sage of greetings: ‘I would like
to take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to convey once again my
gratitude for the loyalty and
dedication displayed by the en-

tire Communist Party, from its
leadership to local party organ-
izations, in the struggle ‘for the
victory of the Popular Unity.’

“As concerns us, Chilean Com-
munists,” Luis Corvalan stated,
“I can say only that over a per-
iod of scores of years we havc
zealously and with determina-
tion worked for a united front,
for the unity of the.workers and
all the people’s forces. This
struggle has been waged for
more than 30 years and we have
had many successes and also
setbacks. Naturally, in this
struggle we have gained much
experience, making it possible
successfully to implement a pol-
icy of unity of the national, for-
ces, drafted by our Party. This
was not an easy struggle. In
order to unite the people’s demo-
cratic forces, it was necessiry
to overcome many obstacles, a
great deal of resistance, to fight
obvious and, often, concealed
enemies, to engage in polemics
with the incorrect stands taken
by certain sincere elements.

“In conclusion I should like to
point out that the victory of the
Chilean people does not belong
to the Communists alone, it 1s
also the victory of other national
forces, of all the Popular Unity
parties. Some did more, olhers
less. This is only to be expected.
Some took part in the common
struggle from the very inception
of the movement, others joined
at a later period, deciding to
take our common path, forget-
ting ‘differences and discarding
sectarian views. They helped in
one way or.another to strengthen
the unity which made our com-
mon victory possible.”

Sad statistic

A recent West German opin-
ion poll on what people should
be prosecuted for yielded some
curious results. Beating a dog
was considered a criminal of-
fence by 77% of those polled,
but only 61% said the sare of
wife-beating.

Peruvian children evacuated from the earthquake zone.

Letter to a rabbi

NEW YORK—In a wrathful
and moving letter Arieh Gibore-
nosh wrote to the American Jew-
ish Conference on Soviet Jewry,
he expressed the feelings of pro-
gressive Jewish Americans and
Canadians. He wrote:

Dear Rabbi Schacter: Your ad
in the New York Times ‘Another
Kangaroo Court,’ brought tears
to my eyes for those whom you

. succeeded in fooling with your
deliberate lying about so-called

anti-Semitism in the USSR.

“It is pitiful indeed, that you
as a Rabbi, who claims to speak
for and represent the interests
of the Jewish people in the

. U.S.A.. is engaged in this evil

Nixon - inspired, manufactured
“plight” of the Soviet Jews. Why
don’t: you turn your mind and
activities towards fighting the

_ever-growing wave of racism and

anti-Semitism in our own land?
You would rather engage: in
keeping the anti-Soviet cold war
alive, than react to what is fac-
ing the minorities in our land.
“You are not speaking for me,
and tens of thousands of other
American Jews when you engage
in this Nixon-accommodating
campaign against the Soviet
Union. We can see through it
and know what lies behind your
so called ‘humanitarian’ activi-
ties.. The Soviet Jews do not
seek any aid from you or those
like you. Chief Rabbi Levine

Why Zionists bait USSR

gave your group the proper an-
swer when he visited the United
States. The way it looks, you
seem to belieye that you can
continue peddling this diatribe
and get the support of the Jew-
ish people generally and Jewish
workers and intellectuals in par-
ticular. :

“Large groups of Jewish
workers and intellectuals do not
in the least pay any attention to
the lies and distortions peddled
by your committee. We Amer-
ican Jews are very proud of the

position of the Soviet Jews. .

Those of us who had the un-
forgettable pleasure of visiting
the Soviet Union have seen with
our own eyes the present situa-
tion at first hand.

-“We have spent time with
Soviet Jews from every walk of
life, old and young, workers and
intellectuals. Many of them hold
positions of importance in Gov-
ernment: administration, the arts
and sciences, the medical pro-
fession and the Army and Navy
— way out of proportion with
their status as a minority. Does
that sound to you like anti-
Semitism?

“If you are interested in the
plight of people, why not do
something for the thousands of
Arabs and Black and Brown
Jews against whom all kinds of
discrimination is being practised
by the Israeli authorities?”

“Strength, my son.”

The wife and son of Benjamin Ramotse start their lonely
journey home. They have just heard that he is the only one
among the 20 accused who vill still face charges under the
Terrorism Act. Eight-year-old Kgosi-etsile Ramotse had not seen
his father since he was ten months old. But they caught a
glimpse of each other as Benjamin Ramotse was being driven
away to the cells. On seeing his son, Ramotse shouted out,

SE

This is. what repressive
- law means for people...

Canadians, faced with the War Measures Act and its twin
repressive legislation now being pushed through Parliament,
will do well to ponder the following news story from Anti-

Apartheid News in London:

Five Namibian freedom fighters were sentenced to life im-
prisonment by a South African court on August 22. A sixth man

was jailed for 18 years.

The six had been found guilty of conspiring to overthrow the
South West African administration by force, and replace it with
a government led by the South West Africa People’s Organiza-

tion (SWAPO).

The indictment against the accused contained allegations of
arson and robbery, charged that they had established camps in
South West Africa and alleged that the accused had received
training in foreign countries, including Egypt, Tanzania and

Russia.

The prosecution handed into court a directive issued by the
Namibia Liberation Army, and signed by Sam Nujoma, Presi-
dent of SWAPO. It called upon guerrillas to attack key installa-
tions, including the military camp at Walvis Bay, and police
stations elsewhere. But it prohibited freedom fighters from at-
tacking civilians, particularly women, children and the aged.

One of those convicted, Jonas Shishileni, had been arrested
in March 1966—more than four years before he was brought to
trial. In addition, the law under which he was found. guilty (the
Terrorism Act) was only brought into effect 15 months after his
arrest. One of the particularly vicious features of this piece of
legislation is that it creates an offense for which the death sen-
tence may be imposed, for acts which were not crimes before

the law was passed.

In this case, the accused escaped the death penalty. But five
of them have now been sentenced to life imprisonment.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1970—PAGE 9

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