Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

Nhs: All Out November 8! Stop the Talks Start the Fight! Spanish

Socialist Organiser no. 107, 4 November 1982 · scan pp. 1–2 · about 231 words

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Felipe Gonzalez - a landslide win at tie polls, but how will he cope The turning points in War. And November 20th first time anyone describ- (PSOE) to power therefore modern Spanish history (20-N as it is spray-painted ing themselves as socialist is an -historic event for tend to be remembered not on walls) was the day of the had been elected to govern Spain. It is also a major Spain for 47 years - the event in the politics of first time in the living Western Europe as a Every Spaniard knows the nearly successful milit memory of most of the whole. Spain is yet another voters. country (after France, The election of the Greece and Sweden) in 1936 which began the Civil been joined by 28-0, 28th Spanish Socialist Party which in the last year or so by their year but by the day dictator's death in 1975.and month. February 23rd (23-F) was that the 16th July (16-J) ary coup of 1981. stands for Franco's coup in Now all these dates have October 1982, the date when the Spanish people overwhelmingly voted into power a government of people who have never held political office and who in particular are not in any way tainted by Francoism.

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Socialist Organiser no.107 November 4 1982 Page 2 HESE PREMISES them that left-wing Labour is any different.

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