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[Austerita, austeridad, austerity. However you spell it, it…]

Socialist Press no. 244, 23 April 1981 · scan p. 3 · about 133 words

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Austerita, austeridad, austerity. However you spell it, it is the war cry of hard-pressed reactionary governments today of the announcement of a worsening in Italy's massive trade deficit, Forlani announced a new packet of measures.

They are designed to Italian CP demonstration scala mobile for a very low price. But the resistance of the CIGL following the CP's new "opposition" strategy, prevented this from happening.

But the CIGL bureaucrats are no more committed to the scala mobile in principle than are their CISL counterparts.

They have said that prices are frozen and oth measures taken they a willing to discuss the que tion.

The defence of the sea mobile therefore cannot 1 left to the union burea crats; it depends on conti ual vigilance by the rank ar file in the unions.

← Contents of Socialist Press no. 244, 23 April 1981