FSLN jails trade unionists

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THREE bosses' leaders and four trade unionists were last week sentenced to seven months' jail in Nicaragua for 'undermining the economy'.

The policy of trying to balance between the classes followed by the Sandinista leadership every day weakens the position of the working masses, and opens up opportunities for the bosses. This leadership was swept to government by the mass uprising of the oppressed against the bloody Somoza dictatorship _and then proceeded to act in defence of the private property of the anti-Somoza capitalists.

Mass pressure has forced the leadership to approve some of the real reforms that workers and peasants have brought about through their actions and organisations. But all the time it has remained tied to an alliance with the bosses.

Action

While the government has been forced to take action against the more open capitalist right-wingers, they have at the same time directed their main force against the militant workers and organisations who seek to carry the revolution through in the interests of the oppressed - to the smashing of the capitalist system of profits, and the building of a planned socialist economy to meet the needs of all people.

Emergency

The year-long state of emergency recently declared by the government was presented as a weapon against any sabotage of the economy by right wing forces. In fact, as the law banning all strikes l'economic sabotage') shows, the main target is the working class.

Many militants have been* arrested since the Sandinista leaders came to power. As the struggle sharpens, this repression will escalate.

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