By PETER AVIS
ARIS — A “striking pano-
7 Of French working life,”—
Am, Was the Communist Party
€ss, held at Vitry-sur-Seine
jy Week described by a journal-
“iting in the bourgeois

:. Paper Le Monde.
4. four days, 1,257 men and
a 8athered in a suburban
* stadium to discuss the
lal questions now facing the
alliance — an alliance that
». People in France expect to
ue the government of their
By within the next few

| the delegates — average age
Nearly a third women —
€cted by the 97 depart-
federations of the party.
Nty per cent of them were
wae from factories, shops,
M 8, and farms.
re than half of them had
ice | the Communist Party
bon 968, the year of the great
tic - movement which gave
ing © the world that the
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3

thi Without Reserve
us “extraordinary” 21st Con-
th alled to shape the policy
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an Since united left can-
4 Francois Mitterrand was:

Was the most open and the
lively discussion the French
Unist Party has ever
», « In thousands of meet-
ae in hundreds of letters
44 Of them sharply contro-
a5 ) published in the party
iq) embers discussed a draft
» tion drawn up in Septem-
Y the central committee.
HAs 50,000 Amendments

4 result of the seven-week
~ in the course of which

than 50,000 amendments
3 draft resolution were pro-
loc from the party branches,
Bement was adopted by the
|; “SS that states clearly: for
OF See what are the aims of
i each Communist Party at
The 48e of history.

document endorsed the
© build a “union of the
People” embracing all
_Who have an interest in
leg © the power of the mono-

and their political execu-
ANd it reaffirms the belief that
Union will have to be de-

On the basis of the Com-

USt,

On

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ITED NATIONS ,N.Y. —
that the U.S., France and
to Titain in a three-nation

1 the UN Security Council
a fy ster of racist South Af-
®m the UN, the campaign
Million names of petitions

Ny ETITION
TREXPEL SOUTH AFRICA

th. by
Anti-Imperialist Mevement
Ave., Reem 405, N.Y.C. 10010

M THE UNITED NATIONS.

mon Program for Government
drawn up by the Communist,
Socialist and Left Radical par-
ties in 1972.
Becoming a Communist

Many party members had
pointed out that it was neces-
sary to spell out in more detail
what Communist policy was,
how it was to be implemented,
and. to state that joining the
party entailed “becoming a Com-

nist.”
THUS, on the fundamental
question of building Socialism,
the final resolution incorporates
the statement that “Socialism in
the colors of France will mean
. .» the collective ownership of
the principal means of produc-
tion and exchange, exercise of
political power by the working
class and its allies, the progres-
sive satisfaction of people’s in-

creasing material and intellec--

tual needs, the continuous de-
velopment of democracy and
extension of liberties, the crea-
tion of conditions to allow’ the
flowering of every personality.

- Expel South Africa

of the National Anti-Imperialist
Movement in Solidarity with Af-
rican Liberation, must be pushed
more strongly than ever, accord-
ing to Carolyn Black, the Move-
ment’s field secretary. The peo-
ple of the U.S., she said, must

im Solidarity with African Liberation

These aims are not new to the
French Communist Party ‘but

‘are stated in the final document

to make it clear that the party is
not concerned only with reforms,
and is not departing from these
aims because of its participation
in the left alliance.
Left Unity

Despite the current problems
with the Socialist Party around
the question of the left alliance,
no delegate suggested that the
policy of left unity should be
abandoned. The Socialists were
always referred to as allies, never
as enemies, and fraternal delega-
tions from the Socialist and Left
Radical parties were loudly
cheered on the opening day.

The policy of the French Com-
munist Party is, and will remain,
to work for the strengthening of
the left alliance and all its com-
ponents, to bring neares that day
when a majority of the French
people will choose to start build-
ing a Socialist society “in the
color of France.”

—Morning Star

from UN

préssure their government to
change its vote.

Apartheid in South Africa is
especially harsh for Black wo-
men and children, it was pointed
out at the latest All-African
Women’s Conference attended

_by delegates from 28 African

women’s organizations, who
vowed to push the fight for their
full rights.

Under apartheid, they said,
Black .women have among the
highest percentage of’ illiteracy
in the world. They are unable to
get training. They are forbidden
to join unions or go on strike.
More. than half of them are

household workers with long

-hours, poor treatment and low

wages. Their children, who must
be left unattended, suffer often
from malnutrition.

TEL AVIV — Israeli premier Rabin announced Nov. 10 that
the Israeli pound will be devalued by 42% as part of an austerity
program underway here. Other drastic measures include higher
taxes, import restrictions and increases in basic food items. Rabin’s
speech triggered violent demonstrations throughout the country.

Sugar went up 300% and items such as bread, milk and eggs
nearly doubled. The government moves mean that 75% of an
average worker’s $90 weekly pay will be spent on food. A tankful
of gasoline (at $1.79 per gallon) will eat up one-quarter of a week’s
salary. Bus fares were increased by 40%.

Rabin warned that these measures were only a beginning and
that “more severe measures could come soon.” Israel will spend
$4-billion this year on armaments.

PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT EXPELS CIA AGENTS

LIMA — Several CIA agents including a top U.S. embassy of-
ficial have been expelled from Peru by that country’s government
President Juan Velasco said at a press conference Nov. 13. Velasco
said they had been detected shortly after his government took
power, six years ago.

The agents were involved in creating civil unrest and an anti-
government campaign, as well as forming a food-smuggling ring.

Velasco did not appear sure that the country was fully rid of
CIA infliltration, as “like God”, he said, “the CIA is everywhere.”

\

MAKI PARTY HEAD QUITS OVER ISRAELI RAIDS
TEL AVIV — Shmuel Mikunis, head of the small Maki Party, a
split-off from the Communist Party of Israel, resigned Nov. 15. He
charged the party, which only holds one seat in the Israeli parlia-
ment, with failure to oppose raids by the Israeli army into Arab
lands. A number of Palestinian refugee-camps are in the area
where the raids took place.

GREEK ELECTIONS END WITH CARAMANLIS VICTORY

ATHENS — The first Greek elections for more than a decade
took place Nov. 17 and led to a large majority for Constantine
Caramanlis’ New Democracy Party. Caramanlis headed the govern-
ment in that country since the resignation of the military junta
after a crisis developed over the Cyprus coup last spring.

The New Democracy Party gained 55% of the vote, with the
opposition being formed by a liberal group, the Centre Union-New
Forces. _Andreas Papandreou’s Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement
trailed in third place and the Communists’ United Left coalition
gained 10% of the vote for fourth place. The Communist parties
were legalized for the first time in 30 years when Caramanlis took
power four months ago. A party who supported the former fascist
junta, the National Democrats, only received 2% of the vote.

LOCAL STRIKES HALT ITALIAN CITIES

ROME — Local general strikes for an average of four hours
Oct. 27 as trade unions kept up their campaign for increased cost-
of-living payments. Rome and Turin were the biggest cities affected
by the stoppages, which also took place in Bologna, Palermo
Savona, Trieste and Pisa. All categories of workers, from civil
servants to factory workers bus and train drivers and street cleaners
were involved.

LABOUR'S WILSON LAUDS NATO
LONDON — Prime Minister Harold Wilson said, Nov. 14, that
Britain looks favorably on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
“We have made it clear from the outset,” he said, “that we regard
NATO as the cornerstone of our security, and that NATO will
remain the first charge on the resources available for defence.”

- There was no reference a Communist spokesman pointed out, to

Labour’s election manifesto statement favoring ‘the mutual and

‘concurrent phasing out of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.”

NA SYTOYN
ANOEAAHNED |

For the first time ever, they were on strike — Greek workers at a
U.S. air base near Ahetns, 2,000 strong went on strike for 24 hours
in support of demands for higher pay. :

Under the military junta of Papadopoulos the.U.S. Pentagon was
able to build up its forces in Greece while Papadopoulos jailed
trade unionists and helped keep wages down. «i

Now Papadopoulos is exiled on an Aegean island, facing trial,
the junta’s cherished links with NATO are broken and the, U.S. bases
under threat.

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