1 : For Revolutionary Resistance

Life Begins Where The State Ends

Before e mostbrual polceacionin recent West
and East Gemnan hisory on November 14h, the
MainzersruseinEst Berlnwas culurlly snd poli
cllyibrantcaserfortheefnthe city. Twelve houses
~among them 8 gay house and culural centes, & wim-
mins” nd esbin house, bookstore andaninfo coffee
Shop - had been sqatid by over 100 people from East
a0d West Belinformorethansix morths. Severa s,
the bouses had been trgets of neo-fasis aacks be-
cause of hei openly lefis and ofien radical poltics.
Likeallhe other 130 quats in ast Berin,the Mainzer-
irasee was represened i the squaters plenary which
was negotiaing with the ity adrminisirtion for con
racts for ll the squat. Despite rhetorical claims, the
SPD/Alemative Lst senate refused 0 ofer conracts
forthe houses inthe Mainzeruasse. Then, on Monday
November 12, heavily ammed police forcesevicied 3
otherong tem squts indiffereot partsof Eset Berlinin
srpris atack. They were not met with any srions
resistance, since the gencral analyss bad been that the
ity goverment would ot vict any squts beforsthe
federal and ciy clections on December 204, 1990,
When the inhabitanis of the Mainzersirasse feamed
about e evictons,which took place withoot ny legal.
basi, some 50 pecpl gathered for a sponiancous dem-
onstraon on anearby avenue and small barricade was
ercted to protect the demo from cars. Th police 100k
hedemoss aprtextodrive brough he Mainzertasse
infllforce, shooting CS gas and waterblasts no squas
and regul enans’ oildings alike as & pemeditaed
provocsion.

‘Afe the deparur of the polie fores from the
e, people in the Mai
seriousdetense baricades

time for polical negotitons. Over the course of the
afiemoon and that ight, more than 1000 supparters
gubered i the Mainzersrtse whi polie forces red
10 stack the st severa times withoutbeing abe 1>
brek through the baricades. AL the same time, con-
cemed neighbours and represtaivesof the ex-GDR's
civilighs movement 35 wellas palamentarians from
the PDS and the New Foram formed an ad-hoc round
able i supportof h squats snd unsuccssfully ied o
negotiate a poltcal soltion with the SPD/AL goverm-
ing colton. Tueadsy ssw amassiv medis propaganda
effor by the Social Democrats and the police forces
hroughout the RO, inordeto crminalizehe squaters
and disclaim the legitimacy of their demands. West
Berlin's mayor Walier Momper (SPD) caled the squat-
ters“chaotswilling o Kil” and sated that e “awless
space Mainzersasse” had 1o vanish immediaely. He

hatsocial problens, such as the factthit here
ar tens of housands homeless in Belin while in East
Berlin lone 25000 spainents remsinvacantand rents
inboth pars ofhe ity aeskyrocketng, e at heheart
of theconflit. AL the same tme, specalpolice it -
‘smong thenheinfamos si-error commando GSG9,
he fedral borderprotection service and aers - were
sentto st Belin from around the FRG. It intresting
1o note, that o ex-GDR police offices were deployed
for these actions, Last minute negotiation efforts by

pirit d

November/December
1990

No. 5

A Laln hefghting on the Mainzersirasse.

membersof the Allemiive Lis the
ment andhe Lutheran bishop o
responsible Social Democatc govemment oficsls
simply efused 10 pick-uphei phones or o make time.
In he carly morming hous of Wednesday, over 4,000
polie seled o the whole neighbourhoo around the
Mainzersuuse. Shony fer 7 a.m. the police tacked
the seets with yet anocher round of CS gas (which
causes asthmati auacks, vomiting, ey iation 4nd
stats of mental disorder), watr taks, eviction tanks,
and police commandos that came over he oof-1ops of
neighbouring hovses. Blend shock grenades and CS gas|
renades were deliberatly simed at people on roftops
and on barricades. Th police also sed ruber bules
and live smmuniton, injring two squates With 5o
Called "ty bollets” For sbout thre hours over 800
‘people defended th srees with rocks, molotov cock-
ails and barricades,thn the polcefofces hd boken
rough the last barricades and the remining people
thered inth st two houses. Over 400 people were
arested nd often brualybeatenduring he aresis and
inpolic cusody. One womynstll emainsn mensive
care with e hresening inures nficied by polce
bestings.

OnWednesday evening, mre than 15 00 people
gathered i East Berln for & peacell demonstation ia
Support of the squat and n prtes against the poice
brualty. The demonsrsion was ater broken up by
heavy police fores. For days now, the eighbouthood
sround the Manzerrass has been twrmed into a mili-
ary occupaton one with polce forces everywhere.
“The st el has been completly seledoffbypoice.
while conirucion workers ae demolishing the house.

Support actions for the squaters have aken placeacross
the FRG, and Western snd Eastem Europe. Inseveral
cites inthe FRG, demonscionsandnighly stiacks on
banks,depariment stores andpolice statons ook lac.
In Copenhagen, the FRG cmbassy was auacked with
molotov cockiils. In Milno (laly) and in Prague,
undreds ofpeople rid 0 occupy the FRG consulater.
Over 100 orgnizations fom the Left n he FRG have
{ssued an appeal demanding that the houses ae given
back!o hesquaters, tha th chargs b dropped gainst
ll people who were aresed, Lt th cily govermment
offerscontacts 0 al squats and that the mayorsnd the
censor o the imerior of West Belin sip down. The
Allemaive List lef the goveming coaliion with the
Social Democrats a consequence o the police acivi-
tie. Severl resonscanbe found forthis ndiscriminaie
use of millary fore by the admisistation

- The Social Democratic Pany is desperaely
teying togain votes for the lections on Decemmber 204
by stempting o estabisha "l and ordr” profle with
e conservaive votes.

"~ The city dministraion wanist spi e squats
wih the theeats of poice bratlity d evicions slong
e line o “go0d and non-violent” squats Which might
Teceive contrate i they bow o the govemment's con-
iions, and those"disobedient” squts fighting for sef-
determinatin, i the hopef pacifying the whole suit-

- The new standards for plice measures against
dical and milant lefist opposiion which were set
over the week re meant a warming forthe iizens of

‘Continued on the back page..

Barricades In East Vancouver

Squatters Resist Eviction

Statement on the eviction of the Frances St. squats,
November 279

‘At9 a.m.on Tuesday, Nov. 27, over 8 ot police
incuding the Emergency Response Team (ERT), the
'RCMP bombsquad, s helicoper, dog eams, fire ticks,
and two earth moving traciors were deployed i the
1600-bock Frances S in Vancouver's Bs-End. Their
targets were six squaied owses,occupied snce Febr-
ary 1990,

‘Sumounding hresof e houses weresix-foothigh
baricades, andinside were groupof squters o had
erected th baricades against an expecied evicion of
heis homes. A Supeeme Court order for eviction had
passed on Nov. 23, and alsoon tht day squaters and
supporters had reciedbaricades o rances St and e
lley bebind the houtes. Al 5 hors of negotitons
Wik police, the barricades were dismanled with an
agtcement here would benopolie actionunilNov.26.
On that day, the squatiers agai set up baricades, this:
time around thre of the hosse, and Al securing the
inside of one ofthe hovses

Duringhe Nov. 23 negotatons, polcesaedbey.
‘would noify the media and squatersbefor any polce
acton, nd would indicate how they would sct. Tlow-
ever il wasntonly the squtirs who used th extra e
10 organize, but alo the police, The massive para-
‘milary action, with an arsenal of stomati weapons
and tear-gas, was put o effct with te retxt, abri-
Cated by the poic, that 8 “new criminl slemens” now
‘ammed with 3 shotguns and 2 handguns,had moved o
e squats. The abrcaion included “relabe soures”™
andanallegedex-squater” who saw the weapons. The
very existenc of sucha perion canno even be verfied

stements, hfulyrepro-

“I¢% not social housing or 8 squsting issue

anymmore... Wearenow faced witha group of rminals
‘who have stockpiled weapons in a house. We've fe-
csived reisble informtion that the oigial grovp has
been taken over by people who could care les about
social housing, They have expressed & desie 0 Kill 1
policeman.” Bolic spokesman Consable Bob Cooper)

Infact,nofiearms have beca found desptc exten-
sive police searches. ' diffcul 1o fid mateial it
doesnexisl Themost olic can produce e canisers
of gasoline (used o gaie fires, plinly caried around
on Nov. 23), buckei of rock, lghibalbs illed wih
paint,and some molotov cockrails Hardy justificaton
forthe ERT assault and sniers on th roofiops. The
people behind the brrcades had notchanged, bt po-

ceclearly badio sy theisown drasic sif i actics
from Nov. 2310 Nov. 27. Adding tothe “miliat crmi-
‘mal anarchis” angle, memmbersof th bomb squad were
called i, in case of “booby aps", and bouses ina two-
block radius were evacused,

A people gathered around the police perimeter,
argeted individuals wer anesed or llowed 1 cross
thepoliceline snd then aresed. During the T-our siege
several hundred peopl gathred sround e ares, most
supporive of the squates and chanting “Troops out of
East Van' and “Housing i Rght", and yeling wam-
ings to the squatters whenever members of the ERT
‘moved toward tem.

Evenuualy police lins advanced owards the
barricades ithheavy machinery andaesting Speople.
Fourothersquates withdrew intothe bariaded house,
‘which police demlished, again using the heavy ma-
chinery. Aftrhis asaul th fourremalning squatcrs
emerged waving their it and maintained the def-

ance in the face of cops anmed with aomaiic rifles
poining a tem.

Intotl, 27 people wereareied. My were s
jected 1 physical assaults during their capure, and
‘while in custody. By Nov. 29 al hd been released, 12
charged with mischiel and obsiruction of justice, the
remainderhavingnotbeen chargedatall. Prisoners were
1old the investigation was “ongoing” and furher
charges could b laid. While i custody,prisoners were
shown sarveilance photographs - or 1o ther eason
hantoindicate police "knew everything” d o i
date the prisoner. OF course, the police themelves
dida't ned 10 go 100 fur for pholographs and video-
tapes,a joumaissnot nly reprintd e nnuendo put
forwad by the cops, but clarly acted s intlligence
gatherrs for themn.

“The days followinghe pars-milary assult s
Jiberalout-pouring from tenans rights groups, commo-
iy leaders”,as well s rad unioniss dencuncing the
extentof the plic operation and demanding nquiy.
Even “progressve” members of the Vancourer city
‘councl participaid inths “stackonthe police",whilst
alo collsborating wnnimously to declare the eviced
houses s “pablic nisance” and pasing special demo-
idonpormit. Wit s hebowssweredemolished oo
Nov. 29, despite the fuct that some squatiers sl had
possessions i the howses, nd despiethe fac ht some.
Ofthe houses were sl veable. Infoct orly wo of the.

152 houses had eceivd eavy damage, e he main
demands by the squatrsal slong had been o occupy
the houses unil demolition dsy, which the developer
Ning Yee dida'teven have unsil th ity council, nclu-
ing e proggessives”of COPE,unanimously gave it 0
him. A fow squatiers who had tored hei belongings n
a comrade’s bus, which was rided by the plice, found
money and ohet ems missing.

Palice Represion Bullds Our Resistance
I was importan hat the police action o Nov. 27
didnot intimidate e growing esstance in Vancouver
~hat peopledid ot reteat back o th safety oftheir
housesorfrend's hovses. Soon N 29 astrong, sy
protet was held. Gathering 1 Grandview Park i the
EastEnd, well over 100 people marched o the 1600-
block Frances, where some squaters made speeches on
theisdetemminaton 1 fight on and continoe squating.
From bere the demo procecded towards th downtown
area, blocking up rffic with a bunner n front which
read“Police Repression Builds Out Resisance”. Onihe
fout, anaguaed driver ried o drivehrough he demo,
nearly inuring 8 comrade, and ws guickly set upon,
escaping withafow dens. The second iopforhe demo
‘wasthe main targe of the peopl’srage: he Vancouver
Police Deparument station. The main enirance was
blocked snd police inside,clarly intimidued, locked
the doors . caled i more offces. A police car

outside was auacked but because thers was no prepars-
tion beforchand,people lacked the ncessaryols 0 do
real damage such s paint iron baset. Before the cops
couldorganize orcall inmor offiers, e demomored
down through the ouristurendy Gastown sre. Here
people becams bolder, and some began knocking over
postal andnewspaperboxes - butagan oy higherlevels
of propery damage weresoppedby lackof repartion.
The protestthen moved back upto Hasungs, ndpriorto
eaching Granville St., 5-10 motoreycl cops aived
and aiempied to cordon off the demo, bumping into
‘eople inthe rear and iing thers who ot n el way
alonghe sid of he demo, Here, the demonstatrs, now.
numbering beoween 3040, became more organized,
linking s and ot allowing the cops 1 top e demo.
orto intimidae them. The determinaton of th deman.
srators,tocontnue he demotoa pint hey haddecded
it would end, and ot o allow the plic 0 send them.
back on the “legal” domain of he sidewalk, was an
imporiantandempowering rocess. Al imporant was
he minorproperty dumagelistrbance it developed

milancy that gave direction o people’s snger, ven.
fonly in smll way. Although a handfl of pacifss
ried o control his spectofpeopl’s acions, e demo
el was strong and rlaivly coherent. It was mobile
1oavoid policebuild-up, many pecple were masked, nd
had prepartions been made beforehand, many actions
againt th police snd finsncil arets could have oc-
cured. Mostofall, it was needed 1 egain some power
and strengih aftr th polic asault on Nov. 21.

Condusion

With thei overt represion th police hoped to
break peaple down, 10 1ap a growing radicalzation
amengst the squatiers. But insiead, the opposite has
occured, eprstion has radicalzed people even more.
‘The experences atthe hands of the police,the discas.
sions in the ji, the sureilance the police openly
displayed, he abricaton used o miltaly suack the
squais, s i many ways contrbuted 0 proces the
policehud clarly hoped o coral Thereisalsocontin-
g harassment of peope, incloding blatant police pres-
ence around people's omes, nd the very eal theatof
police raids s police contnue the “search” for weap-
ons. I fact, one house was rided in conjunction with
the poice assaut on Nov. 27 under the pretet the
person, eltve of e of those arrsted, was 8 “wesp-
ons deler”

“The parallls o the confromation i Ok have ok
been missed; the extreme offenive launched by the
stae; hecriminalization of resistance; and the couner-
insurgency techniques; have sl occurd in 3 commen
‘pattem. s clearthat the Native sruggleforsovereignty
and the suuggle fo wutonomy and self determination
manifested inthe occupationof empty housing present
4 threat 10 the st Becavse when people sruggle
collecively, and fight ogethe, they gain power and
develop possbiies fo fighing back

Directyour Angertt
The “Crimizal Element”, Vancouver 1990

Takenromthe magasine: Resistance "Docunents And
Analyss O The llgal Front”. Resisance has been
coming ot oraver a decade rowand covers "ilans
autonamist ani-mperals atioal ibertion,feni-
st and ani-melear siruggles in advanced capialist
couniies” i has e ofhe veryfewsonwces o forma:
lion on armed srusgle in Norih America and Europe
thatis i Englishand coming out o Noth Americ. We
highty recommend ihis magatine for people who bave
any intres in theseforms o siruggle. A long overdue
e (814) shoudbe outanytimerow. Writeo: Friends
OfDur, P.0. Box 790, in. A, Vancouver, B.C,,VEC
26 Canada.

Interview With A “Machetero”

The fllowig interview with Filiberto Ojeda Ris was taken from he Augus ssue of NACLA ReportOn The
Amaricas. Since then he has, long with another Wels Frgo defendand Ls Alfredo Colon Osorio,eiiegrated
himself ito the clandesine sruggle. The commanigue which accompanied iher return 1o he siruggle from

Clandesinty follows ths inerview.

Seven years have pased since & Wells Fargo
employee drove off with 7.2 millon in Harford, Con-
nectcut. I 1985, the action was auriboted o Los Ma.
chetros, the mache wielders, a Puero Rican lbera-
ion organization hat ince 1976 has cimed credit for
a seies of amed atacks aganst FBI and US. milary
nsallionson the sland.

Filbero Ojeda Rios, 56, s a founder of Los
Macheteos Heis curntly under feden indicumeat i
Handord,sccusedf conspiacy inthe WelsFargocuse.
On August 30, 1985, he and 14 other independenisias
wers arestd in an ealy-morning rid carried out by
205 FBl agents snd members o the Puerio Rican Aneil.
Iary Police

Ojeds was ket in prevenive deerion for 45
monihs, the longes pre-ial aling or ny prisoner in
LS. istory. Now hat h feeon b the FBI closely
moritrs his movemeats through an elecironic becper
permancatly siappedionhisankle. Hemay notlesve San
Jum without permission from the Hardord judge; he
‘mustrepors daily i cout authories and s under astrct
curew.

Los Macheters says its goal i 1o draw iniera-
onal anenion 1o Puero Rica’s colonial satus and,
through amed scion, o pressure the United Saes 1
Withdraw rom th sand. Ojed has testiffd bfore the
Urited Nations and the USS. Congress.

His poliicalactvisndaes from e 1950's From
196110 1969 e lvedin Cuba, sudying polieal science
athe Universit of Havana. There he joined 8 Puero
Rican evoluioaary organization,the Movimiento Pro-
Independeacia. A yearafie his efun o Pusro Rico, be
‘wasarested snd sccusedofparicipating inanocherpro-
independence group, the Movimiento Independenista
Revolutonario en Armas, though these chirges were
Iatr dropped. Now, ifconvicted,he faces sentence of
10 250 years.

“The Well Fargo el s curely awaiting Sa-
preme Cout lingon whethertaped conversations of
Ojdainbishome may beintroduced asevidence. Ojeda
and th ightoberindependentisascharged in the case
e proteting he deciion 0 hold procecdings in Hart.
ford, beleving they would only eceive » fur il i
Puerio Rico.

‘The Wells Fargotrial s been deayed for two years.
When wil It begn?

Very imporunt hings have been happering. In
July 1988 e fedeal disic coun judge i Hartord
suppressedevidence tha the Bl obained throughélec-
woni suvellnce, becaus e tapes wer: not immedi-
el scald a5 eguird by law. The FBI delayed the
saling for 84 days,ime enough 0 alier the contnts of
hetapes nitssbortores in Washington. Thevioation
was 50 evident hat he presiding judge saw 0o aliema-
tivebut 0 supress the spes.

Prosecutors immediaiely appealed the decision
before the Second Citcut Court of Appeals in New
York. A panel o thre judges thoroughly reviewed the
case and unanimously confimed the opinion of the
disgict coun, This decision ws then appesld by the
govermiment o the Supreme Cour, and 8 hearing wat
held on February 28, 1990. The Cour oted o remand
the case 1o the Second Circuit nd 1o order forter
Grdings to determine whether govermment ageis had
acted withjstifcaton.

“Thefac s thee seior udges from the Second
et in addion 1 the district court judge, unani-
‘mously agred hat the FBI had violaed he procedares

forclectronic surveilance makes the accptance of the
sppesl very suspicious. This demonsirtes that the
Supreme Coun's] intenions ar eithe o pressurs the
Second Circuitniojusifying he govermmen'sposiion
and periting the use ofthe 5pes, o Lo avoidrespon-
ibilityforcondernning lea volaionof helaw by the
FB

s is an imporuat case besause of s poliicl
e, Whateve is decided by the Supreme Court
establishes a binding precdent i the Unied Sutes.If
the evidenc i sopprssed, oher perseculed organiza-
ons who ar vicims of the same type of vilaons by
the FBI can sppe on the same grownds.

That s where tings ar now. We ar waiing for
the courts o decid,and the i could sart by Sptem.
ber in Hardor.

‘You were recently found innocent in an important
case In Pucrto Rico.

Yes, on August 26, 1989.In 1985 was charged
with esising st and ssaulin two Bl sgents dr-
ingthe stack on my home. As thy sdmiiedduring the
sl they wied 1 murder me. It was n exvermely
importan il I was covered every day by th medi,
and e Puero Rican people became invalved. This isl
ised many isues, ke language 0d jury selcton.
Most Puero Ricans do no speak Englih,but fedena
proceedings have 1 be held in English. Prospecive
jurorshad o stand i fronofhe jodge 0 be quizzed on
heir undersunding of English. This was veryoffensive
1o prople. | undestock my own defense in Spanish,
because 1 have the right 10 speak 1o the people in
Spanish.

“The main ssue was that this was case of
independentiss against the FBI as an insttaon. The
Jiry,made upof Poerto Rican workers,saw s clesly.
They did no se jus me on ia; hey saw themselves
and the Pueto Rican peopl on tisl. They made &
hisori decsion: They unanimously acquitied me.

Why did you gt avolved with Los Macheteros
“The FBI s instutionalized repression in our
counry, I crested "sbversive” lstswith the ames of

more than 150,000 independenisas, who fien find
themselves thrown out of work. FBI agens orgrized
and cined desthsquads witin the Purto Ricanpolice
department.

Lo Machetros is » clandesine orgaizaion
formed in 1976 thatuses armed srvggle o oppose US.
repressionia Puerio Rico s cominustioncf ou ong
ruggleforindependence. Pople who believe ininde.
pendence have toprotec themselves aguins epession;
clandesinityprovides hattypeof protection. Ofcourse,
clandesiniy does not mesn hiding from the people,
only from the reprssive forces. You have o be i
meried inthe population 10 be able 0 progress toward
the gosl of independence.

‘One branch of Lot Macheteros doss organizing i
communies around concrete fsucs. For example,
Squaters struggling for housing get oo suppor. Work.
ersonsrke getoursupport. Anotherpar. of the ogani-
zation undenakes miliary acions, such 38 aiacks
against LS. milary basesin Porto Rico.

‘You refer to repression fn Puerto Rico. What have
you personally experienced?

Tvea s arssied in New York Ciy for sy, for
demonsteaing sgainst the Playa Girion (Bay of Pgs]
atack against Cuba. Then, when tried t0 g0 1o Cuba,
FBI agents threaencd me with five yeus in jail 1nd 3
$5,000fine. While s in Cuba, the FBl questined my
family boutmy whereabout. | was aresid by the FBI
in Puerto Rico in 1970. They accused me of being a
(Cuban gent, and they stared a smear campaign aganst
me,saying ha L was workingfo the Cubans sndno for
the Puerto Rican peopl. Over the years, my whole
familyhasbeen visied by the FBL My iscr s aparimeat
i New York was ansacked a couple oftmes;nohing
was stolen,batll her hings were trownsround o the
foor. My brohers have been harassed atwork. The FBI
red 0 g them fired

o the carly 1980's, the FBI began waiching me.
constanly. They put miciophones i my home and car
and wiresps on my phone snd on the public phones
actos he sree rommy house. They aled me b foo,
carand even arplane. Then, in 1985, ey atacked my
house. They said it was o arst me,but L iruly thought
they intended to murder me. They came dressed in
‘millary garb,with paintedfces and bazockas,using ir
overto conirolth whole neighborhood, s if it werea
milary commando operaton.

‘This wasin connection toyour aleged nvolvementin
the 1983 Wells Fargo ncldent?

Yes, tha's corect. Butth surveillance was partof
heie investgasion into Los Machetero as a poliical
organizaton.In 1985, Los Macheteros assumed espon-
sibility for the Hardord action. At that point the FBI
reditecid it investigtion; instesd o sccusing us of
poltica civiis inPueroRico,they decidediosccuse
sofriminal conspiracy sndrobbery. It was convenint
forthem. They could y us in Harord, even though
hey lleged hat conspiracy ok plice n PueioRico.
“Thisis e ofhe reasons we st demandinga change of
venue.Ifweare going ogeta fururial,willbeinPuero
Rico, ot Hartord

‘The Bush administration bas proposed a lebicie o
determine whether Puerto Rieo wil remain a Com-
‘momwealth, become asta, o achleve independence.
How have Puerto Rican ndependentisas reacted 1o
is?

There e two tendencies among indepéndentis-
s, Oneisthatof e Puero ican ndependence Pany.
‘which will participaten the plbiscie andis convinced

One f PutrioRico s hree majorparis, socil demo.
crati and pro-independence. The ather iwoare hepro-
Statehood New Progressive Party and the pro-Com.
Imonwealth Popuar Democraiic Party.

by Washingion will no grant sstehood even if this
option wias. We tink that ihis i ot only a grave
take, but & very dangerous policy, because it isi.
pates sy scne o sruggle. I saiehood will ever be
ranied, even i i wins by a large majority, then why
Should we srogle [against 1

Everyingseems 0 indictethtthere have been
offers and negotisions beind closed doors behind the
US. govemmen snd th leaders of the paricpating
pustis. e PIP has been led 1o beleve that the Uniced
Sutes has n intenion of incorporating our naton a
s, i s cxacly the in that has been d 0 the
peogle. At the tame time, President Bush has been
Scively campaigning in favor of stichood.

“The second tendency, adhered 1o by othr inde-
pendentists organizations, i o boycott the plebiscte,
becanse we consder it llgiumate, lebescte without
reedom, maniplatonof the Purto Rican people. .
& plebiscite o cam intematonsl opnion, Lo case the
for decolonizaton. The United Nations has
esablished that a “uanser of power” is necessary
before legidmateplebiscit can be hld. A process 0
ensble peopletohink rely andcoivol hirves must
take place frst Only then - and it may ake years - can
welgiimaely cll for a plbisite.

Forexample, mostof the industres in Puero Rico
e owned by US. financial groups. The US. phamna-
coutcal and lecronics indusres are the backbone of
the economy. People fear that independence would
cause these caterprses 1 leave Pueto Rico. With an
offical unemployment rte of over 20% relly pechaps
closeto 0%, peopefesrlorhirjobs,for heis urvivl.
Sinty-five ercentof Pcro Rican famile eceive food
checks, the equivaent of food samps in the Urited
Stse. Theinjectonaf federl fnds no the county is 0
grea, hat the government Keeps a hokd on nearly every
Puerto Rican family. How can we have # legitimte
plebisctc nder conditons ha create such a sense of
dependence on the North American system, a colonial
sysem?

Does Los Macheteros have a plan to move toward
economic independence?

In March 1984 we pot forh program ofnaional
reconstructon, 10 move economic power into Puero
Rican hands.Our sims were natonslisi ndplralisc,
o the creation of ocialist economy, bt reforn of
e capialis sysem,using some elemerts of 4 soc
program. We proposed & mised economy that would
‘combine privae businesse, cooperatives, nd publicly
‘conrolled enterprises. At the same e, we ls ssed
our willingness 1o negotae with orega-owned indus.
il xtabiishments, 1 seek hef cooperaion i plans
fornatonal reconstrction.

In order 1 cary out this program, plidcl e
powerment i essential We want o ensor the imple-
entation of tue democracy, with rpreseaton rom
al seciors of societ, pariculaly those tradiinally
ignored and sbused by the colonial administraiors:
workers and the poor in geneal. The most mporunt
thing would be o esabish provisona govermment
and congres 1o convene a popular discussion o what
typeof govemment and wha ype of sysem we Pocrio
Ricans wani.

“Thisis ot the irst tme tha the Unlted Stated has
Proposed & pleblcit for Puerto Rico.

No,this wouldbe e thindplebiscte i ess hand0.
years. The irt,in 1952, etblished the present Com.
monweakh, But & solved nothing. Unernploymens,
comuption, crime, drug addiction, mental iless - all
these problems grew wore. Th second plbiscie was
i 1967, The FBI tred 0 manipalat th vrious par-
tie create conflct among them, and interfere with
possible paricipaion by independentiss. It w

In the 1567 plebiscite, commonwealth states won.
60:4% ofthe vote, saiehood 39 %, and independence
0.6%. Vote abstenson was close 1o 30%, with most
independentstasandseveral pro-satehood forces boy-
cotingthe baloting dut 0 FBI inerfrence.

DEVRIMCI SOL COMMUNIQUE

The following communique concerning the execuon of Hiram Abas was carried out by Devwimei So (The
Revolutionary L) an organisation tha has ben part o te esisiance 10 the fascist government o Turkey. For

the mas prtinNorth Arica there s reai

Iy il exposure of the Siruggles in Tukey,inclucing the Kurdich

and Armenian liberation siruggles, and consequenty knowledge of the esisance thre i minimal. In 1980 @
milory coup occured when socal and polica conficts ntensifed 1o the poid of threatening te siabilc of the
Turkishsystem. At ht time there was assiv demorsiraions and srkesas wellas milan itcks wpon ot
capitalistnerssis. Therepression hat followed afer th coup saw hundreds of thowsands arrsted and ortred
with mary thowsonds mardered or imprisoned. In he face of this bratal repression mary leaders of fist sroups
and organisatonsld hecouniry. Thepeoplefrom these groups ha iayed were largely unprepared o deal with
whatwas ocuring and consequentlyresistance was limited. One of hose groups thatstayed was Devrinci o They
were organized maislyin he he ghetioes of theLager Turkish e and becaise of thi pasthisory offighiing
Jascits suchas te Grey Wolves and ihe MHP) theywere able 1o organize aresisiance 1o he miltary icaiorship.
Since 1983 th Otal government i supposedly meani 0 representaretur 0. “democraic” systm bt i eality
tishe contimationof the millarydiciaorship under a dierent guise. Th et in 33 regrouped as Sol itk (Let
Unity)and sought 0 pen a dialogue wth the Ozal government while disconsining the rmed siruggle. Devrimci
Solrejected i pth and has continued 10 rganize resitance.

ANENEMY OF THE PEOPLES OF TURKEY AND
THE MIDDLE EAST - HIRAM ABAS

Our orgniztion DEVRIMCI SOL (Revoluion-
ary Let) condemned HIRAM ABAS 1 desth. On Sep-
tember 26h 1990 tis death penaly was caried
through: HIRAM ABAS wasexecoted by ourorganiza-
tion.

Who was HIRAM ABAS?

*He was on of those who orgnized the coups of
March 24hand September 124hand declared waron he
people.

+ As leader o the CounterGuerril
planned and praciced several murders.

* Whil keepinga eading posiionn the Natonal

he had

Security Service (MIT), an nstiution ht s responsiv:
forthe murders and massacres, he was esponsible for
murdering and oruring thousands of evoluionri,

* To destroy the organization of the Kurdish
peopl’s lberaion, b planned and hutched several
plos in cooperation wih therses.

* In cooperation withthe CIA and MOSSSAD he
planned plos against he Plesinian people.

* He was one of those who practiced the sue's
policy aiming a the pasivity of the people by teror,
tonues, murders and massacres.

Thersaren'tany documentsnecessary loproverhe
offences of HIRAM ABAS.
“The evolutionaries and pariots know him from

fare. The fac that ther s now alk o third plbiscie
showsthatth st wo mesntabioltely nohing Justas
i one would mean absolsely noting.

I the popular movement prepared fo nationwide
struggle?

“The ineraction of progressve forces in Puero
Rico has sarcely been one of srang slidrity. Coloni.
aism and FBI ineligence operaions have kept them
ivided (by playing up) issues with 3 low degre of
relevance,ortrough vicious personal tacks Coloni-

im has many ways of distoning 3 socety that s
aicnated ot only from the means of produciion, but
o from the basic lementsof national consiousness
nd selfeseem. Even those who understand the nature
of colonialism lose faih i he people’s ivggle and
become demoralized. Individualism, asrogance, mis-
rust persona conflicts and manipulaion-alhse end
1ohave ansffcton popula oganizing. The enemies of
he peopl, mainly the FBI, eap the harvest o divison
and decpen he s

Nevertheless, thee is an objecive realty - hat of
s colonyindetriortion - influencing the movemen of
the Puerio Rican masse towards freedorn nd troe
demosracy. The enomous number of peopl without
work, the higherime snd enaral comupton,thedeeri-
ratoninservice oreducation snd healt cr thatvere
oflow quality 1o begin with, th high cost o iving, the
ecslogicaldeeriration snd environmental conaming.
tion - al o these elements of Poerio Rulcan relity
deternine he path of progressiv forces and the real
possibiliesforuniy.

“There s avery sirong endency towardorganizing
st the local level around the divere issues that bring
people togeber. As a sult, hundreds o independent
localorganizations bave sppesred. And hereis s move-
‘menttounifyallheselocalorganizations ntoapopular
frontto coordinat on naiona ssues.

Do you expect to win your case i Hartford?

The U, govermment ries o solaieus by callng
stemorss, Butthe popleofhe United Sates mustsee
it his s fulse. To sruggl for independencs is our
ight,jst s it was your ightn 1776, We need suppors
i the Unted Sttes in order 10 et the farest posible
ol in Hanord - which will nver be s fair s we could

have gotenfrom jury of our persin Purto Rico.
(NACLA Repors On The Americas)

he orure-centres snd the bloody raids.

“The Turkish and Kurdishpecple know hisservant
ofthealigarchyfromhis teroractions snd murders, He
Himself sid that he had taken pan in 140 rads by
“risking his I

The Palestinian people and the peoples of the
Middle Esst know him 33 collsborato withthe CIA
24 MOSSAD, who planned murders together with
them and wanied 10 crete enmity beiween he peopes

“Theiotllectuals ofourcounty know him fromhe
Ziverbey.Palace, the scre tortureceaire of the MIT.

“There i no one who dossn'tknow him.

Hohad ed the rid against the brave fighier o he
THKP-C (Popular Liberation Pary-Front of Turkey)
ULAS BARDAKC and shot hm.

He was a professonsl orurer who had spread the
\ortare methods ofhe CIA ssd MOSSADin o counry
ind educated torturers.

T thetorure centres of the MITheled thetorares
ofour people and torured them.

He was one o those who had organized the mas-

cre of Mayday 1977, during which tens of thousands
of people were shot and 34 revolutonaries murdered.

He was one of the leading members of the
CounterGuerrill that murdered many revoluionaries
in coaperaion with the fascst MHP (Natlonalst Popa-

Macheteros-Ejercito Popular Boricua

Communique %Q“‘ cl/ Yy

MESSAGETO THE PEOPLE

Puerto Rican compatios:

Tuclve years ago, when our orgniztion, the
Ejercio Ppolar Boicu, Los Macheieos, st publicly
exprssed sl we took 4 outh, We swore hat we
‘wouldnever i 10 the peope o aiemp 0 manipulae
heirapinion withopportuiaic, {ueoreccpive s
ment, Todsy we renew thatosh

On is solemndae which maks e ryof rbel-
ton nd irugale ofou pople i urui of e inde-
pendence and lieraion, we hve iaken a sip that
responds 10 the gravesiasion which our people are
fcing, Companeros Filbeto Ojda Rios and Lus Al
fedo Colon Oorio ave remed o whathasbeen teir
fundamental means ofsggle daringth 4t two dec-
ades, e gl from clandesiiy. This deciion e
spondstoth cry f our eople,who nderstandhat
heelfon andduy ofevery puritsobenicd witihe
peopl n moments whenthey reconfronting s histric
momentof spreme defniton. Inthe same manne, i
decsion esponds o the policy of the Ejercito Boricus
Machetcros. It s a poicy of preparing ouriclves 10
develop s vt srogle deigned 1o advance our
proces of Hheration nd soca usic, unted with all
our people.

Los Macheteroshave becn brually victimized by
e governmentof e Unied s for havingassumed
& paioic and milant posture indefenseof ourrights.
They, withhe powes ey havetodistor e tuh,have
done everyhing possible to make our people and the
intemationsl communiy belicve (bt those who
sggle for e beny ofour couniy arscriminals and
teronie.Therut st e crmils ndeorissare
them, oot us, We never invaded theie terory, nor
sbigced her people 10 the idignty of slavery; nor
e todestoy heie cuare orkll i youhindiry
wars, W neverusedibeirwomea sod alhirpeopl as
guinea pigs for experiments. We never conaminated
beirenvironmens, nor creaied a st of dependency or
2 sense tha without us they could do nothing, nor
deprived hei peopl o al senseof sel-respect. We do
ot contolthlmmigration, e commerce, e
communicaions; we do o ormulae reprcssive poi
cesnoratempt 0 sl tei atul resources o g
dae them 15 4 people, cresing divsions n the very
bosomof the Nort America famil. Sl Jsshave we
introdoced exiemely cormpt noms o heir way of
lfe ot the morl degeneraion which corodes our
socey. We have never ntoduced rumpant crme and
drugs o e couny. Th only i is they have
commiid all these crimes agains s, it we aainst
ihem.Howcan they sodstor the rah unl ey make
hemilves ook ke g00dgoys and we, who hve done
nothing but deend ourselvs aginst tei aggrssions
anddelendurlegiimae rights aepresenied s hebad
guysPltis e clsscstory f e hiel who cscapes, nd
Who, o cove is scape ries, “Ther gos he e
They ar the ciminalsl They are e reorisl

‘Why have we opted o esos o clandesinity and
coninae our ot srugle from tis posion? The pri-
mary reason i hat i those who srggle for socil
usiceand independence have beenbrtally eprescd.
Themersdefense of ourmotegimateinerets s used
by the coloialpowers o repress us, 1 open filesand
lisiof subversive,suboc s o sae frorism and e
fibricatonofcasesdesignedioputusinil.Ourpeople,
Today mor thenever, e b condiions: digs,
coholsm, riminaity snd comprion drown us i
pinitual misery 1nd moral decadnce,our ecologeal

/

balunce s being destroyed and our environment poi-
soned;cnce gainthe shadow of deah looms over us
contequence ofth threa of yet snothr war hat
devour our youth; the gave economic sitution crisis
redces th reachof ourslaresand we hrdly mansge
10 pay our debis and survive.

On t0p of it all, the govermmen of the Urited
States withthees.direcorof the CIA ndnow President
ofthe UnitedSstesat s head, Ms.George Bush, ies
impose on our peopl his hegemanic policy and 10
continue his contoland dominion ovr ou pecpl and
soil For these purposes,and in order 10 couneract the
effctof the revolutonary siruggle developed by Los
Macheteros and other puiriotic organizations in he
counry, ey have invented sutegis that divide our
people éven more and which, in the end, consitute 3
Sophistiated fascs whic s all e more ol forits
sopbisticaton. Thiisthe disgracefu lbiscie i great

earlyevidenced n the aiempt o foo ur people
andhe itermational commnity by conducting plebi-
scite designed by them n clear violaonof nemationsl
lw. We ar i favor of plebiscie. But it must be
plbiscitcwit transfraf powers. We wil igglefor
this wansfer of powers. Otherwise, the plebiscite is
completely unaccepiabl s one whic s not condcied
in fredom and with totally dependent peopl. How
can they hopeto convince anyone thaihis plebiscie is
Valid when 65% ofour popolation receivesfoodsamps,
‘when our ducationis subjecied i thelt nerests; when
themesns of ommunicaton re conroled by them and
‘when menta dependency doeto the effectsof colonial
fam i s0 overwhelming?

“The Yankee policy s a diny, fraudolentpalicy. It
s poliy of war. Usingthir extaordiarly efecive
‘mechanisms of ropaganda, ey ar able 1 dstrt he
rath and ty t0 make the people beieve that white is
black td biac i whit. This ha beenth daly bread
of the people of oot mationfor 52 years, with th result.

hat they have managed 10 anificially divide Puerto
Ricans, counting on the collabortion o their howse.
servants who have aken care of thiriterests and are
esger to rende them sevices even when indigniy,
opporunism and ack of selrespec i the price. Those.
back-porch collsbortors,those Judases which do ve.
ything possible 1o guaranie that ous people fee nfe-
o tothose who appressus, those who for few pices
of silver el their conscience and become shameful
pavns inthe seviceof prfidious,acistandexpoliting
masters, will o day have (o pay the price of their
betrayal Because thy are conscious of what they do.
They know, in the most profound recesses of their
conscience, that they are serving the Yankees for 3
price. And that prics is few crumbs that re shared
‘mong those who funcion s inermedisies in order o
permit the govemment o the Unied Sstes 1o wield
economic and politicl conrol over our couniy. Even
‘when it means frustaing our independent economic
development,the rinofou frmers, e perennial sste
of dependency that we sulfer, e enormous emotional
problems and the lck of slf esteem from which we
Suer a people,our inaily o control aying that
has 10 do with gusraniceing our security s devlop-
ment acconding 1o our own fforts and kesping s rom
frely takinginour hands the reinsof ou destny.

“The govemment of the United Sutes has done.
everybing possbl o prevent us from making contact
‘withour eoples it asorganized campaigns against s,
using unscropolous people who lend hemselves 10 e
ad labor of exccuing, consciously o unconsciously,
ihe same kind of opertions tha characieized COIN.
TELPROwd whichemanstefrom heofice of he FBL.

‘We ae cenain thatth govemment of the United
Sutes and s snister Bl willepress and arass fmily
‘members and loved ones of those companeros. They
will o begin witch i agait al those indepen-
demisias whoavesupporied usdurig he st years. In
esponse tothis,we sk our peopl tohave o far. They
are ot soperior o s, Don' respond o thei questions.
Clos the dooron them and do not slow yoursclves o
beintimidated. They havenorightoverus nd we must
make tis clarly known. To our family members, we.
say that we know they will ufer, But we ask that hey
‘ndersand that the suffring of all Pert Ricans who
suffer s 8 reult of his systen 50 full of inustices
blges usto respond forth beneftof the lrger Pucrio
Rican fumily. We look towsrds the future with opt-
‘mian Wehave o doubtthatwe wil riumph Trh nd

Lares, Puerto Rico
September 23, 1990

LONG LIVE LOS MACHETEROS!
LONG LIVE FREE PUERTO RICO!
UNTIL VICTORY, ALWAYS!

Ejercito Popular Boricua

Actions...

These shor s e al aen fromhecapilist
e die 1 the futhat we ave sen any reiion
of hem i she rdicalrevlionary prss (ot weve
Sen, tht ) Weask comvodes o e lon o when
i actionsdooce,

Gresce

“Two ni-ark missles were fred e Eropesn
Community' offcs in Ao, Geecean Docaber
160 i uncea i hee was med roupht ok
responsibilyfo the st or i t was 1 sccident of
ome son.

Ity
A bomb that weat off in 3 US. milary clubin
Vaican City was directed t e nearby Vaican Radi.

“The bornbing on Decomber 25th that damaged he UsS.
miliay club, the Vaican Radio headguarters and &
music hll was claimed by snarchists n a hone call 10
thelalsnnews sgency ANSA."WecelebratedtheHoly.
‘Chrstmas in our own way,dynamiting Vatcan Radio,
an organiztion which pushes deologica drogs.”

UsA.
(On November 12w vehicles and a building at.
McChord A Force Bse n Tacoms, Washingion were
fircbombed. Sty fterwards people were arested,
one of whom was military personsel, nd charged with
the action. At tis time it it unclear if the acton is
polcally moivated bu s inteesting o notethatthe
base i saging rea for U.S. woops beng sent 1 the
Niddle Eat. This cton ecived negligible coversge n
he capalst medi.

Life Begins Where The Stae Bnds coniinued...

theex.GDR whose social and economic conditions are:
deteroruing rpidy. They ae supposed 0 understand
quickly thatany seious protest and resisance hat o
renain ithn he it hesysiem st otherwise they
will b brally purished. In shor, e message s: any
esisance against the new order nd regime s [riless,

~Theescalaional orce by the polcealsosetsrew
sandardsfo fuure il and social moverment o be
‘avareo. The FRG government i clearly frid hatthe
potential for socal unrest duing the coring tansiion
period i growing, Therefore they wan o destry the
cristing buss and the sirctures of the milant eft
eforehand nd spi the el in general long helnes
of “vilence” verss “non-violet proest”,

-On a Boropean sal, the FRG government and
polie forces are following the guidelines set by the
TREVI.comaission. TREVI stands or“trorism,rdi
calsm, extremism, violeace, intematonal” and func.
tions as the West European counterinsugency plan-
ning commitee. According o he TREV-commission

squnsin Westen Europe sretobe evictod

‘Any examples o sl determination snd ahems-
tivesar being pereived a threat 1 the New Grester
‘Gemany; e ntemal oppositon has to be pacified or
exinguished, especially in the designaed capial. As
one squatersaid afier th eviction: It s not 8 coinc
dence that he st chose Berlnand s pariculrtime
10showits ul orce.Inthe Mainzerirass we stempted
1o crate diffeent living conditons wih as much self.
detemminaton and solidarity as possible against the
growing acsm, no-fasism sndplic-stemeasures.
Thestae forcesbecame lealyafaidofusbcause ere
people from diffren movements andardinary citizens
lived and talked with each oher,and we were develop-
g new reality a8 an example for others s well. We
always knewibatulimaely we wouldnotbe sbleto win
a millary confrontaion with he sse forces, snd we
wers rying 1o negotate poltcal olotion for months
beforehe evition. B oknown batwewould
ot giveupourhouseshatasilyorquiely. And th ast
48 hours have alo becn an incredibe experience in
solduity and strugglng togeher.”

(roma comvade in West Belin 1911190)

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issues. We will o be publishing a magazine tht will
expand upon what we cover n the bulletn. At this
moment we have o subicripion rat fortbut we ope:
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outatleast 10 times a year on a near monily basis We
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Box 475, 253 Colege St.
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MSTIR5_CANADA

‘Derrimei Sol Communigue consinued..
lac Pary) 1 prevent the revousionary stuggle rom
developing.

To cast a shadow on the Liberation War of the
Pulestiian people he haiched plas o clos the repre-
sentative adminisration of the PLO in Turky:

He wasone o those who planned the huning and
destracion of th revolutionay and patioic organiza-
tionsandaking rom the people heir democrai, ol
caland cconomicrghts,

There are 50 many offensesthat they csmmot be
counted.

Thefactibat HIRAMABAS
was ot 1o be hidden,

Because of i affences againsthe evalutionaries
and e people he dide's cam deathonce, b thousands
of imet.

With the execution of HIRAM ABAS our organi-
‘ationas shown thathe poople's ustie will becaried

people'scncmy

hrough, no shater what osiion e was kept in

i pite of his nomerous actons gsint the people
HIRAM ABAS was pushed ou afe the oligarchy
ide'tcd him sny loner. This s the common carac-
ter of the bourgeois and fascst overnmens. We have
livedithundredsofimes,hose who weren't neaded ny
Tonger by he state wer pushed out without repecting
theispresent position. Thefacthatthe eadrof hecoup
of Sepember 12th, KENAN EVREN i proteced now
will ot mean that e wilbe prtectd forever None of
e people's nemics shouldforgt tisfactl

"We declare once more: It 't imporiant whether
the enemics of the people are protected by th sat or
ot They can't excape the People’ Jutice The leader
ofthe coupof Sepiember 12 will ke thesame end a5
HIRAM ABAS.

“Those who lead the war against th people today,
the govemment of Ozal snd hs voluary helpers will
v be forgotien b herevlutionaies nd the people.

‘THE REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE WILL SURELY
BECARRIED THROUGH!

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE!
'LONG LIVE THE DEVRIMCI SOL!

'DOWN WITH THOSE WHO DECLARE WAR TO
THE PEOPLE AND OPPRESS THEM!

THE REVOLUTIONARY LEFT
Militarized Revolutonary Unions

News In Brief...

Greek Anarchist Arrested

On November i 3 Greek anarchi, Kiriskos
Mazokopos, was seriously wounded when a bamb.
exploded causing him 1o Iose his e eye and band. He.
‘wasasied an hour ater b security tahospitl where
e was reciving ucatmens, A furber olice nvestigs.
tion tumed up weapons and explosives at 8 locaion
rented by him. This comrade has beca charged by the
sat wih: possession, use and transporiaton of wesp-
ons and explosives as well with a bombing and 31
execuion, 1 a mermber of he armed grovp Revolio.
ary Soldary.

Diing the inquiry process against Mazokopos, e
defended social siruggles nd anarchist acics:

“Lundersiandihat wderiakegreat responsibilty
Jor ihings and ssuation which have ccured ard per
‘haps cthers. For reasons of personal principles it
otaly unihinkable for me 10 have any osher sard
againit his inquiry.

My principles, which have been formed within
socialmovement whichsincethe fall of he dictatrship
(andaiways inproporiion with prioriies which asthor-
ity ets)are standing agains authorite’ actvies.

That movernent, which during this pericd s the
only voiceofresistance and proest i Greece against
the “newlveralsm, against the "new liberal” ol
{arianism which wanis 10 predominae ol over the
world”

“This information was received from he Isive
of Anarchis Solidarty (LA.S) whichis comprised of
various anarchist groups and. indivduals in Athns.
They formedibe LA.S. 1o hlp boildand expand slidar.
ity wihia Greece and in ther counrir. They can be
contaced at: LA, P.O. Box 30658, Atbens 10033,
G,

GRAPO Militants Captured

In our last issue we reporied on the amest of
‘GRAPO milants i Spain. We erroneously sated hat
there were 6 guerills captared when n fac thre was
5. They are Femando Silva Sande, Maria Jesus Romero.
Vega,Jesus Cela Seoane, Guillermo Vazquez Bauisa
and Glga Oliveira Alons. They werecaptured by stte
securiyforcesin idrid with a numberof weapons and
wer allegedly planaing t kidnap an indusralist. One
of the GRAPO members, Jesus Cela Seoane, vas 1
Ieased o prison during e course of e ongeing hun-
gessisike. It s possible that he securiy orces simply
followed Him il he made conact withother GRAPO.
milltais. All were torured and beld for many days
‘withou secing lawyers et.by the policesndfce xten-
sivecharges fortheir activitie inthe amed clndestine
siroggle.During the course of thepolice sctionthy had
been hoping 10 catch another GRAPO milant but he
mansged o evade capure.

‘A The Spirtis an n
formation coletive fo-
cusing on milant and
revoluionary strggles

N, O persective
tonomous but we see 4
need to_discuss s0d
analyse all forms of et
resistance in order to
contrbute (0 3 revolu.
onary process Wewel-
come and_encoursge

F, others o joinus inour
work.

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