growing des By DAN KEETON In Chile, repression takes many forms, but on the cultural and educational front, the fascist junta of Augusto Pinochet is meeting increased - resistance. That was the message Chilean student leader Patricio Lanfranco brought to a packed house of over 100 people at the Britannia Centre in Vancouver Jan. 26. Lanfranco is president of the Cultural Association of the University (ACU), the largest student organization in Chile to- day. Formed to preserve Chilean culture in the face of fascist domination, it has wide Support among Chilean Students although it faces in- creased repression by the junta. “Oppression has been made worse this year by the imposi- _ tion of the fascist constitution,” Lanfranco told the meeting, Organized by Canadians for Democracy in Chile. “‘But 1980 has been the year of struggle.” crush a growing wave of forbid- den cultural events and student- faculty demonstrations organiz- ed in large part by the three- year-old ACU. Introduced Jan. 2, the new law will break up Chile’s eight universities into smaller cam- puses and will reduce govern- ment financing by 50 percent, effectively turning the state-run universities into private institu- tions ‘‘to train leaders for the junta’s new economic model’, Lanfranco said. Speaking through translator, Alberta student leader Lake Sagaris, he outlined recent events which have demonstrated the renewed resistance to the junta’s policies, including: e A mass protest by the “entire student movement”’ against the higher tuition fees which had been imposed solely against 200 students who had demonstrated against the junta’s phony plebiscite. e A ‘90-percent student response” to a call for 24-hour Student opposition to Pinachet pite junta's new law university president later expell- ed five leaders of the local stu- dent federation and that case is now before the courts. “Tt is not that we have faith in the Chilean legal system,’’ Lan- franco explained, ‘‘but the trial will publicize the case.” A precedent has already been set in the case of an expelled student in the university at Concepcion who was ordered reinstated when the court ruled that the university president had no power to expel him. Most recently, the resistance has centred around important events last year at the University of Santiago. Over 1,000 students boycotted classes for six days to protest the expulsion of linguistics professor Malva Hernandez who was active in — the Association of Relatives of: the Disappeared. Later, in November, 10,000 students and some faculty members walked out in protest over the university’s notorious security forces and the expul- sion of two student leaders. Ad- students who came in from around the country. “The pressure on the ad- ministration was such that even the right-wing newspaper EI Mercurio editorialized that the strike raised just demands,” he said. The junta’s response was to fire the presidents of Chile’s universities — initially ap- pointed by the junta — and to introduce the new universities law. But that legislation which will affect the professional status and employment of professors as well as the accessibility to university training, “has created a force for bringing together the opposition to the new law,” Lanfranco emphasized. That could well be demonstrated in April when the ACU plans to hold its first con- ference. ‘‘And we'd like to see some Canadian students there,’’ he added. More information on ACU can be obtained by writing; CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING COMING EVENTS FEB. 8 — Give Peace a Chance. An evening of slides, folk music, conversation and snacks. Special guest: Bert Ogden, president, B.C. Peace Council. 7:30. Due to CUPE strike, new location, 805 E. Pender St., Van. Bring your friends. FEB. 8 — Moscow Olympic Games, a film showing of the opening ceremonies. Reception fol- towing for Anatoly Arseenko, cul- tural attache to Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. 2 p.m. 600 Campbell Ave., Van. Refreshments. Picture dis- play. Adm. $3. Auspices Canada USSR Assoc. 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