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of world’s worst

it is almost two years since, vite the late ‘Nye -Bevan to
the Lisbon» correspondent of| Jecture in ‘Pertugal, ‘he was
the Christian Sciente Monitor, thrown in jail and tortured.
Richard ‘Mowrer, wrote of the @® When Humberto Belgado
political situation in Portugal:; challenged Salazar by ruining
: “@pposition groups repre-} for president’ he was- denied
@entine a variety of political, the opportunity of adtifessing
@¥ecds are organizing in semi-' the voters. Despite this and
elatidestinity, preparing for despite terror and ‘fraud he
what they call the ‘moment of won one-quarter of the votes.
état’ Some of them, not con-, It is Delgado who is now or-
temt to wait, are conspiring se-; ganizing a new ~~ chatlenge to
eretly te give the push which Salazar on Brazilian seil. ~ =

they hope; will topple a reg- a = >

ime they despise ... The end.

PORTUGAL is aiso a colon-

ef Salazar dictatorship is near, ial power. But Salazar has not

even imminent.”
it dmay well be that the séiz-

-ing of the Santa Maria will go

déwt in history as the “mo-
metit of truth” which marked
the beginning of the end for’
ene of the cruellest tyrannies
in the ‘world today.

Here are some facts about
Portiigal, Canada’s “ally” in
the North Atlantic Treaty Or-

ganization: j

’ @ The average worker earns
frdin 12 to 20 escudds a day
{atielit 40 to 70 cents). But éne
potind 6f meat costs 25 escu-

aes: }

,@ In one Lisbon suburb
alone a medical checkup re-
vealed that three out of four
thousand people are suffering
frsm_ tubéreulosis.

@ Ninety percent of all the
cultivated lands belong to rich
Jandierds who make up only
gix percent of the rural popu-|
lation.

@ Civil rights are complete-
fy Won-éxistent. It is common
practice for armed police to
ald peopie’s homes and beat
i workers in front of their
Wives and children. —

The jails are filled with the
finest -sons and daughters of
tie Portugucsée people, in the
fetefront of whom stand as al-
ways the Communists.

When Oliveira Valanca in

{even begun to go through the
motion of granting seme meas-
ure of independence. “to the

people of Ango1ta, Mozambique

DICTATOR SALAZAR

and the other territories which
he and his friends so ruthless-
ly plunder,

Workers are recruited for
plantations of Angola in this
way. A European planter ap-

plies for labor forces. The
authorities send troops~-into
nearby villages © and-- press-

gang ali the men they: can lay
hands on.
This thinly disguiséd slavery
is called a “contract.” r
The workers toil 12 hours a
day, Sundays includéd,.for $3
a month.

Henrique Galvao, the com-

mander of the . Santa- Maria,

Was at one time an official in|-

Angola. “He is' the “authority for
the “statement that: “on ‘many

plantations’ “thirty-five percent

of the workers die béfore the
expiry of their*contracts,”.~ +

For those who fesist’ there
is the cavalmari—a whip made
of rhinoceros*™~ hide
causes internal hernorraging
or thére is tiie haramatola—a
paddle shaped like a ping- pong
racquet, with several holes’ in
it which leaves painful blis-
ters. . ‘

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BUT DESPITE these brutal
weapons, despite repeated pol-
ice massacres of which — the
world has heard -~ little; the

struggle for liberation is rising}

irresistably in “Angola. :

On November 20, Viriato Da
Cruz, general secretry ofthe
National Liberation Movement
in Angola, Said-in London: -

“The Angolan patriots will
soon launch direct action to
win independence for their
country. Our movement has
considerable effectives organ-
ized on a ~nation-wide scale.
Our direct action will aim at
tréatihng difficulties “for . the
Portuguese adniifiistration ~ in
Angalo. *. ; . Negotiations’ are
in progress among the leaders
of the main Angolan political
groups with a view to estab-
lishing ‘a revolutionary © head-
quartérs to direct this action.
It is possible that a liberation
army on the pattern of the Al-
gerian- National Liberation
Army will be formed in me
future.” - ;

‘Judging by their statements,
Galvao and Delgado have
wisely decided to work for the
wumnity . of - the
forces’ in Portugal and the lib-
eration forces in the eolonies
in common action to bring
down the Salazar dictatorship.

@

sapgmees snes

ate shews a shea. Sas ticielidaiee: at the meeting of of the Central Com.
ile a aca Amana Party of China in Peking dan:

4-18."

SS eee ad ¥ Eo,
ae

which ;

Cuban Premier Castro and President Dorticos are , shown
reviewing the parade in Havana at the Jan. 2 celebrations

of the second anniversary of

Cuban revolution,

Fair Play For Cuba’

group set up

A “Fair Play for Cuba” committee has been formed in.

Toronto.

. Heading its list of spOhsors
are Professor Kenneth Mc-
Naught, of the history depart-

in Toronto

The committee plans to hold
a public meeting in the near
future, show films and distri-

democratic!

the éontinuing - danger which

bute literature as well as or-
ganize tours to Cuba.
“Canadians have looked on
their Cuban policy so far as
being primarily a trading op-
which claims a membership of| portunity,” ‘said - Prof. Mc;
25, is to combat “blatantly dis-| Naught. ‘‘We should look on
torted reporting which eon-|our continued recognition of
stitutes not merely a grave|Cuba as an expression of the
injusticé te the Cuban people| right of any ex-colonial coun:
and g serious threat to their|try to choose its own way of
dream of a better life, but aj life.”
serious threat to the free tradi-| Meanwhile it was ceectee
tions -of our own people, our| that Cuba has opened a large
nation, our hemisphere.” trade office in Montreal,

Ghina Communists appro ve
81-Party Declaration

The Statement of the 81 Continunist parties and the
Appeal to the Peoples of all the World issued from their
meeting in Moéscow last November havé been “warmly
welcomed” and “fully approved” by the central committee

ment of the University of Tor-
onto, and Rev. John Morgan,
minister of the First Unitarian
congregation.

Aim of: the committee,

|| of the Communist Party of China.

On Jan. 18 the committee
adopted a resolution express-
ing satisfaction with the work
of the Chinese. Communist}.

the future we shall continue

which: was “hedied” By fotu countries -and- peoples: in te

Shao-chi.

The resolution pointing to

acious - struggles to
world peace - ard prevent
world war.”

Great stress is laid in the
resolution on the solidarity
the socialist- camp and of the

comes fron the ‘policies of
ageressioh and war of the
imperialists headed by the| international Communi
United ‘States;” declares that! imoveiient” as
“howéver owing to the funda-

portant - guarantee for. victory —
méftal balance: of class forces,

in the struggle of all peoples —

thé -powerfui forces of “our
era—the Socialist camp, the ha-
tiohal -* libération moverient

ism.”
“Spécial stress is also ret s ag
‘the importance of- tnity -b

‘fand alt - “peacé-lovinig countriés twéén Ehiha and ii soviet
zt and peoples.” “*

: Union."
> +“ Pebeuaey40,1961—-PACHIC PRIBUNE—Page

The resolution adds that “id ‘

“the most im

fiew world war ‘ean be pre-| for world peace;: national ib ;
"| Vented by “the joint efforts of |-eration, : démécraéy and socia!
Bo

cer een nina

to stand by the other socialist i
i Party. delewatlon. an: Mestow| nn 20 BIE Beabe-loving

defend :

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