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(Forwarded)
AFAPP
PCE(r) > MAY 1ST IN PARIS: ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR PROLETARIAN > INTERNATIONALISM > > Following a call by the magazine "Solidarity for Red > Aid", the different branches of AFAPP and the PCE(r), > almost a hundred Spanish anti-fascists demonstrated in > the streets of Paris on the symbolic day of May 1st, > "International Day of the Working Class". > > There were two powerful reasons for expending such a > lot of economic, human and material effort more than > 1000 kilometres from the Spanish state: to show our > full and committed solidarity with the Communist > organisations from Turkey and their political > prisoners who for months have been carrying on a > struggle to the death, with their hunger strike to the > end against the extermination that the Turkish fascist > state has planned and is implementing against its > revolutionary political opposition. In addition, in > Paris we presented and made heard our denunciation of > the Vichyist government in France, which has taken > hostage five Spanish Communist militants, including > the Secretary General of the PCE(r) Manuel Perez > Martinez, and two guerrillas from GRAPO. > > A bus and various cars full of anti-fascist commitment > took to the road for Paris, loaded with militants from > places as far away as Andalucia, Madrid, Valencia, > Catalunya, Burgos, Euskadi, Cantabria, Asturias, > Galicia, Italy and Germany. Our hosts were our Turkish > comrades from the DHKC (Revolutionary People's > Liberation Front), who showed with their care and > attention throughout the two days that our visit > lasted, that the language and the thousands of > kilometres that separate Turkey from Spain are no > barrier at all to proletarian internationalism. > > There were working meetings, comradely gatherings and > an important display [of solidarity] which sooner > rather than later will bear fruit. In the > demonstration, impressively enclosed by the different > revolutionary Turkish contingents, the close to 100 > Spanish anti-fascists made known their commitment to > solidarity with the fraternal revolutionary movements, > to the tens of thousands of people and their political > organisations participating in this day of demands and > struggle. They denounced the situation of open > fascisation which is laying waste to the Europe of the > monopolies, and expressed their active solidarity with > the hunger strike by the Turkish revolutionaries, as > well as making their demand for the liberation of the > "Paris 7", as the Spanish Communist and Anti-Fascist > prisoners in France are already known internationally. > > During the demonstration, 13,000 copies of the special > May 1st edition of the bulletin "Solidarity for an > International Red Aid" were distributed. Dozens > People's Republic, Basque, Galician and PCE(r) flags > were waved through the streets of Paris for more than > five hours, along with PCE(r) and AFAPP placards, > together with photos of the "Paris 7". In another show > of revolutionary and internationalist solidarity and > fraternity, many AFAPP militants marched together with > members from TAYAD carrying photos of some of the > Turkish martyrs assassinated in the hunger strike. > > Economic support for the "Paris 7" was raised, and we > talked to a multitude of people about the reasons why > we were there. We made firm contacts, carried out > interviews for newspapers and for the radio, etc. In > the same way, a call was made for people to attend an > assembly which was held on May 5th in local centres > which the Turkish comrades made available to us. With > more than 50 people taking part, this assembly heard a > contribution from an AFAPP lawyer, a Turkish comrade > from TAYAD, and a comrade from the Committee for Red > Aid in Paris, who denounced both the political and > police collaboration between the Spanish and French > states and the conditions of isolation imposed on the > Spanish anti-fascists imprisoned in Paris. The > speeches were followed by a lively debate. > Significantly, various representatives of a political > group formed by militant Communist and Republican > veterans exiled in France were present at the assembly > and participated in the debate; they have already > begun to organise and demonstrate their political > solidarity with the imprisoned comrades. > |
