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Spain — Appal by Th "jovenies Rebsldes"

International Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 26, 24 June 1962 · p. 6 of the scan · 742 words

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From 1.8. Info. puaierin Wp

Jovenes Rebeldes is a Spanish revolutionary group close to the Frente \ de Liberacion Popular. Its appeal is characterised by the posing of a socialist *sojyution to problems of overthrowing Franco in sharp contrast with the Communist Party of Spain which is bending over backwards in orde?P°accomodate itself to all onti-Franco forces even the royalists, and in so doing is putting forward only democratic demands. Once again they appear ready to repeat the mistakes of the past and seem blind to the fact that history shows (Indonesia, Irak, Guatemala, etc.) that once having helped to get their royalist and liberal friends into power they would be repressed. id note. The appeal readss

"..2eeThe workers—peasants revolution will take place when the workers and the intellectuals are able to link up with the peasants and thus achieve the dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry - which has nothing to do with the dictatorship of the proletariat over the peasants. The dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry is necessary to carry out the following demands:

(1) The effective right to work and a just wage;

(2) the suppressicn of the Latifundia,and the collectiviSation of big landed properties, the intensification of cultivation, and the industrialisation of agriculture}

(3) the suppression of monopolies, banks and insurance comPanies. The nationalisation of mines and big joint stock companies. ‘Socialisation of the means of production. The control of factories by councils of management democratically elected by the workers, in accord with the general lines of the plan of economic development, elaborated by the revolutionary government in agreement with the authentic representatives of the workers;

(4) the suppression of the oppressing police and army, the development of revolutionary vigilance and the spontaneous creation of people's militias for the defence of the revolutions

+24 freedom of religon and the separation of the Church and the State;

(6) revolutionary justic: based on the dignity of man, of his physical and. moral integrity, on the necessity that justice be applied by the people's assemblies 3 ,

(7) the elimination of illiteracy, within one year at the most;

(8) the freedom of thought, assembly, and of the press of all revolutionary tendencies 3

(9) the respect of all national languages and cultures and the federation of all nationalities into a Union of Iberian jjocialist Republics;

(10) the emancipation of women, and the equality of sexes.

"To obtain the revolutionary objectives of the Spanish people, it is necessary that all revolutionary intellectuals, workers and peasants:

1) organise themselves underground, both inside and outside Spain;

2) apply revolutionary vigilance in order to avoid infiltration by spics and provocateurs3

(3) eliminate from the organisations cowards, opportunists, bureaucrats, militarists and the undisciplined, who are not able to respect security rules, or who organise factional actions, and the sectarians and defeatists who divide and weaken the people 3

(4) preserve at all times the independence of revolutionary organisat— ions and try tounite thé'into a united front on a national scale through revolut— ionary action.

(5) work without rest in all ficldg to create the conditions which will permit as soon as possible the armed struggle of the people without which the people cannot free themselves from their chains;

(6) to adopt the political technique of active, positive neutralisn, iecoy to abstain from participating in the conflict between the blocs, or between countries of the same bloc, to accept unconditional aid from anyvhere and to contribute to the extent it is possible to th® struggle of the lforoccan people for the full liberation of their country, still partially occupied by the “Spanish militarists (Ceuta, lerilla, Ifni and Spanish Sahara)

(7) organise themselves outside Spain to efficiently contribute to the struggle inside Spain;

(8) fight in Spain against the opportunist belief that a solution can come from the outside, or from some man sent by providence, even if this man wore a Pidel Castro, to accept any disinterested aid from friendly countries, from working class parties and from Spanish organisations in Jmigration.

Spaniards! to safeguard the future generation frem the horror of thermo— nuclear war, it is necessary to remove capitalism from the face of the Barth, All the peoples shall contribute to the Rovolutions; and the Spanish because of the shameful exploitation that they suffer, and the lack of the smallest freedonis, are in better conditions than any other Juropean country to be able to achieve the socialist revolution. Workers of the world, unite!

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