Faction

Perons return as President of Argentina was expected by many to herald a period of ‘iberalisation. But the opposite has happened. Peron has moved systematically against the left wing of his own movement and the left in general.

The chief target of his repression has been the Argentinian Trotskyists of the Fourth International. “You see, what is happening here is happening everywhere” said Peron last January “It is going on in Germany, in France... You can’t stop it in any way, because it is organised on a worldwide basis. It is everywhere — in Uruguay, in Bolivia, in Chile, under different names — it is the Fourth International’’.

Recently the comrades of the Red Faction (PRT—ERP) — supporters of the Fourth International — have suffered a severe blow with the loss of Cde. Nancy Magliano. She was arrested on January 15th in Buenos Aires by Federal Police and has not been seen since, It is believed that Magliano, who was in ill health, was tortured to death because she would not divulge information about the activities of the Red Faction.

In the meantime, at the beginning of March, a right wing coup overthrew the left-wing Peronist administration in Cordoba, one of the main structures of the Argentinian working class, This has caught almost the entire left off guard. Only the Trotskyists of the PRT—ERP who have recognised the need for a dynamic attitude towards armed resistance are in any way prepared for the coming confrontation. It is to be hoped that their forces will not be too small to determine the outcome of any showdown with right wing Peronism, THE PLOUGH — PAGE 7

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