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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Under Review/International SANDINISTA

· Socialist Challenge No. 178, 1 January 1981 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 1,040 words

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page 10 of the scan

TRIPLE album dedicated to the revolution! That's the New Year offering the Clash.

Thirty tracks for z3.99 can t be dad valuc, so Wing gluea to the radio so didn bought album because of the title dinista refers to the FLN, the Daluisie Liberaton rron. waica ica revolution o1 1979 and because of the rumour that the record proceeds for LOUI were going t i the FSIN My local record shop had a big display in red and bacT ot what Sandinista fighters but was in. fact the Clash.

Untortunately incle s the same deal on the songs Only refers to the FSLN. could have Socialist Challenge The Clash been celebration and popularisation Nicaraguan revolution is a missed opportunity.

album consists I acks about tre as Дu amiasm - housing, poverty, corruption; six 1 January 1981 Page 10 on war, imperialism and the Hutical SUS laws live. ine workers star in one and reature in tour or live others; youth and unemployment score twice the film smal alle nored. that strange so lt all meates a change i custea love The first track sounded uke iner Band, the second like Follies', followed by rate disco. Elvis and Bowie. FABRIZIO BURRATTINI DEIANA of the Revolutionary League in Italy told about the recent political implications.

The earthquake hit the south of Italy, Potenza, Salerno, and Avellino. These comprise one of developed and backward areas of the country.

was once made about the area, Christ stopped at Eboli, and the story goes that Christ has not vet this country because it's so backward.

• mounter villages, which • made rescue very difficult. government tried to seriousness of the whole thing. Army The earthquake happened on a Sundav. and righ up until Monday evening the government was saying was not so serious, even though the media were procivil protection (rescue) services Between days after suit alve - - a hundred were discovered in all. of the victims of while waiting to o be rescue: modation from re accom brought down most of when Building regil tons for eat governmen thquake regions were ig Crisis The rescue services had no equipment, such special instruments needed to detect bodies rubbie. Unly 1) nelicopters were hat all the the offiale were needed Even ten days after the earthquake there were area:

hadn't beer along the motorways trying to stop the army cars and begging tael co come up lo first track listen with hal my on TRB Two and the Clash oper have neither the "tunefulness' nor edge of Tom Robinson. Chants Theirs is a combination of over-slick ano. Ine odd teeing that the words and music were writwithout each other. greate some of them sound like they Citalits dubbed over self-indulgent enjoyed listening to 'Sandinista day afternoon, and it would just as turned up loud at a party: Since only my best friends approve of my music tas tes, don't let me put you off buying it Any band illa Sing about the living revolutior snould be The album and enjoy it, ar ncourage the production o records at prices that youth and ELETTRA Communist Socialist Challenge earthquake and the The episode has deepened the crisis of confidence in in the south which eas especially soulll StrOnglord ruling casuan democrats The crisis began with a petrol scandal senior Christian Democrat who pocketed Hastes something like ti billion quite incredible!

Aid Often though, mistrust is not politcal people just think the government example orcansallons Laur unions to rengious organisa tions, arranged their own Even individual workers and down well coule to ne our da some factories the north the For the read to leave ides A youth of 14 got shot down there..

The kokane guns of jamdown town The killing clowns, the blood money men As every "cell in Chile will tell The cry of the tortured men Remember Allende, and the days before, betore the army came Please, please remember Victor Jara In the Santiago stadium.

cs verdas The Bay of Pigs • In 7901.

Havana For Castro is a colour s a reover man reo Those Washington bullets want Castro dead.

For Castro is the colour...

Inat wil earn vou a sorav orlead For the very first time ever When they had a revolution in Nicaragua.

•nere was no interterence trom America Human rights from Amerika!

Well the people fought the leader, 'Ant lone tiew..

'N if you can find an Afghan rebel nat the moscow dullets missed Ask him what he thinks of votin Isk the Dalai Lama in the hills of Tibe how many monks de ine canese cel!

In a war-torn swamp stop any mercenary.

'N check the British bullets in his armoury...

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...SANDINISTA! factories and go south to government Christian discredited but it will hang Loyal In Italy the Christian Democrats are not just the supercal, they state itself. The two - part and state - are interwined So sine people question they chucials question bourgeois demo cracy.

This is the danger and the Communist Party is a MUCH anyone else; it has gone to bourgeois state as anyone.

Communist But the right strengthening itsell in this south trying to get support from thos sioned with the government There have even beer vasuneton ounets acdin those Washington bullets again.

for the playboys in the Cuban sun, With no Washington bullets what else could he do?

• communist.. demonstrations of property vwicis protesing al ine re quisitioning of their holiday homes for use by the victims the commissioner • in charge operations munist. ¡ne trade unions have been organising as well, there's a real social polarisation going on, though it is not expressed in terms of a political way forward.

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Recently the Communist Party has made a turn away from supporting the Chris. argues to crats, and it now argue coalltion of Socialists and Communists. Dul ll s all words they don't oractice want bourgeois lose chiefs credibility their demand should get thi mUSi millisters _government may sur ive car a wake and thre survive for Toms at the moment. time away.

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