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Italy: Government crisis poses problems for Stalinists said the State Department, "share profound democratic values and interests, and we do not believe the Communists share those values and interests.

The statement also said that the Italian Com nunists were "unwilling to meet the aspirations of their people for effective, just and compassionate government"

After this the third event was not surprising-a majority vote of the Christian Democratic Party MPs against an immediate coalition with the CP.

With a formal coalition now impossible the CP nonetheless is totally unable to hold the working class in control much longer without some apparently significant change in the present "agreement on programme" between the CP and the Christian Democrats.

The latest issue of the CP magazine Rinascita is forced to react to the growing pressure in the base of the party against the shameless class collaboration of TI TUC ite 1 menI ly sel fore tant #ork to sti been more strike selves ning victo prep: nail 1 work The fireme outstand le lessons of leaders co: coal io isolate I lout the str crucial 701 firemen ing class as a Leaders le most ime ress is that i won-thor : "militancy ers who sh s rock solid to end of hat was est ту was a ared to figh to bring oth :ers with clai loadership.

In an article in the magazine, Bruno Ferrero, a regional party secretary in Piedmont, writes with an understatement that cannot conceal his problem:

'... there is the risk of a gulf between the leading group and the mass of the party. In the course of recent years, the development of our line has been important. But broad areas of the party have taken it more or less as something for which there was no alternative. These dangerous and false attitudes appear in our sections"

The Christian Democrats, while rejecting open coalition, know they have to give the Stalinist leaders some kind of help so that they can carry out its counter-revolutionary task.

This helping hand has taken the form of the resignation of the Andreotti government.

It is clearly hoped that this be seen as an "achievement" Cont'd Page 2, Col 4. en's strike aut millions f the way the abined with inon gove 22C: C: 3TE : i whole. ihip i couli have igh not by "' from the owed themfrom beginf the strike. sential for a it tooth and er sections of ims outstanding into joint action alregaidt the free l to as Coalition But to carry our a fight on these lines means selag prepared to challenge the rer basis of the Lib-Lab coalition government, which *as formed last March precisely in order to force hrough a Phase 3 of wage control.

FBL General Secretary Terry Parry, a loyal member of the TUC General Council and a defender of all its reactionary policies, was clearly incapable of carrying out this task..

He opposed the strike from the very outset, and from the first day was talking of settling not for cash but for "guarantees" of more money next year.

Most decisive of all was Parry's complicity in the TUC's policy of using the 12month rule and endless manoeuvres to isolate the firemen.

Conscious

The TUC consciously acted to stop • any major section coming into action to break the isolation-the only way of winning the struggle.

The most important section that was prevented from coming out were the niners who had a conference decision for a November 1 review and a claim for £135 per week.

When the right wing voted on the executive to ignore the vote there was no fight to bring out the areas representing the majority of the NUM which are controlled by Scargill and the Communist Party-Yorkshire, Scotland, South Wales and Kent.

Instead the CP and Scargill took the right wing to court.

In the end the CP accepted the incentive schemes and Scargill offered no action as an alternative to them.

Meanwhile in carisso like the Literpoal.

the firemen.

Also instrunitatal t betrayal were the 17 TU Generai Council membe who voted to support ti firemen while holding bax their own members including tanker driver leader Moss Evans, and powe workers negotiator Fran Chapple.

And Parry, by remaini silent on these moves allowe the strategy of isolation 1 succeed.

enforced These same forces ar techniques will be used : further TUC attempts 1 enforce the 10% pay limit.

Already the danger sig ere flashing. Tanker drive have been limited to a parti overtime ban, and Frai Chapple, negotiator for tl power workers, is alreas talking of only shutting dow a few power stations at time rather than a nation stoppage.

They and other worke must see that if this 10 limit is not defeated thi permanent wage controis w remain in force.

Regain and defend They must take actir now on claims to regain lo living standards and prote their wages against inflatir through cost-of-living clause All out strike action mi be combined with the fig for councils of action in ea area designed to mobili other sections of workers simultaneous action on thi own pay demands.

In this way a coach al horses can still be driv through the 10% limit.

Those leaders that reje this perspective grounds of defending the Li Lab coalition governme must be removed.

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