ASTMS Motion
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of ASTMS on Wednesday 9th April:
This branch unconditionally supports the struggle of the workers, soldiers and farmers o Portugal for socialism and agair the restoration of fascist reactic The struggle for socialism can only be carried forward on the basis of full freedom for all working class tendencies, and the strengthening of the organs of dual power which already exist, uniting them as the basis for a workers government. For this reason branch condemns the action of the Portuguese military government (supported by the Portuguese Communist Party) in banning the two Maoist partie: the MRPP and the AOC and in jailing dozens of their members. Branch requests the secretary to write to the Portuguese embassy protesting against the ban, and calls on other bodies of the British trade union movement to similarly oppose the ban.
This was passed WRP members in abstaining. om. con. witt he branch
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This motion was passed by the Charing Cross branc