CAMPAIGN
TO FREE PABLO AND SANTEN
[See, on page 52, the Declaration of the International
Secretariat on the case of our imprisoned comrades.]
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
From many countries, workers' leaders, left-wing figires, parliamentarians, intellectuals, workers have and cabled the Dutch authorities to express their solidarity with MICHEL RAPTIS (PABLO) and SANTEN, well-known fighters in the workers' movement capitalism and imperialism, to protest against the repression hy which they are being coöperated unconditionally with people's struggle for liberation, and to demand their immediate release.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, the Communist writer JORGE AMADo, and FRoTA MoREIrA, Brazilian ex-senator and member of the Executive Committee of the Partido Trabalhista, signed the following statement on September 2nd in São Paulo, Brazil:
Once more colonialism has struck at militants fighting for the freedom of the Algerian people.
This time the "Red Hand," a fascist organization service of the "ultras" and tied up police forces of the western world, has organized a Machiavellian bring about the arrest of Sal Santen and Michel
Raptis, leaders of the Fourth International, developing in Holland an intensive activity o| solidarity with Free Algeria.
Free men in the entire world must protest against such attempts, which put everyone's
These men, true to their revolutionary beliefs, are now paying by losing their freedom and the right and duty of those who still have faith in man to struggle unceasingly against colonialism.
In spite o! possible differences with the polilical thought of these militants and with their organization, the Trotskyist Fourth International, what is at stake is the safeguarding of human dignity, of the right of men to struggle for their of the right of the Algerian people to count on active help by all left militants.
Therefore we appeal to intellectuals, to workers' leaders, and to a great wave of protest addressed to the Dutch put a complete stop to colonialist provocation. Brilain, Labour Party MP JoHN BAIRD, after an admirable but unsuccessful attempt in Amsterto persuade the Dutch grant political status to the prisoners, returned home to set up a British defense committee for them. One of its first actions was to send the following protest:
H.H. The Minister of Justice
The Hague, Holland fati Your Excellency,
On the 10th of June of this year, Sal Santen and Michel Raptis were arrested in connection with their aid to the freedom-fighting Algerian an act is in contradiction to the traditions of the Dutch people. We remember the many actions in Holland in suport of Ger-
9 man Jews after the rise of Hitler in 1933. No one thought in those days that the people who fought Nazism would be thrown into prison and persecuted for fighting for freedom for Algeria.
Sal Santen lost his family in Hitler's gas chambers and Santen and Raptis were both active during the war in the struggle against German fascism. The fighters for Algerian freedom are fighting a similar battle today.
The struggle of the Algerian is very hard indeed. In fue years 600,000 Algerians were killed,
1,500,000 displaced
150,000 vere imprisoned, of whom 50,000
Algerians 200,000 refugees living in terrible conditions in Tunis and
Morocco.
To those people Santen and Raptis have offered their unconditional aid. Whether we agree or not with the political views of these men, we protest with indignation that they are not criminals and should be immediately released.
We ask that all those people who have fought and suffered under Nazism and all who believe in liberty, in justice, and human rights should support our international appeal.
Signatures: JOHN BAIRD (MP) JOHN SILVERMAN (MP) KONRI ZILLIACUS (M P) IAN MIKARDO (Member of National Executive, Labour Party)
This campaign in Great Britain was also joined by the noted historian IsAar DeuTscHKs and by Z SoyKo leaders of the Pan-African Congress
From Argentina, cables of protest were sent by the LA PLATA ENGINEErING STUDENTS' CENTRE; Attorneys SILVIO FRONDIZI, A R STORDEUR, and ENRIQUE BROQUEN (a Socialist leader); the civil engineer NIcoLAs BESTO MORENo; GUILLErMO E COrTET, President of the Sociéte Française and Secretary of the Alliance Française of Junin; LISANDRO VIALE, state deputy; GUSTAVO BEYHAUT. professor at the University of Buenos Aires; R VIScONTI, leader of the Partido Argentino: SUSANA PREMAT, a university leader. In the trade-union vement, many leaders and factory delegates also signed cables to the Dutch government, among them: CARLos E GRANOLLERS (radio announcers), LUIs E BERCHERUCCI, HÉCTOR MENÉNDEZ, ANTONIO GARRIDO, and ALFREDO MANDoLA (metal-workers), and AurelIo Rico (meat-packers).
As we go to press, we learn that a letter of protest to the Dutch government was signed by the following professors of ihe National University at La Plata: CECILIA CASOGLIAD, HUGO R SATAS, EDUARDO DE LA FUENTE, A GIACOBBE, GUSTAVO MARTÍN, A HECHENLEITNER, HÉCTOR A SOMENSON, E C WILLEMOES, ROBERTO C PIsONI, and RoBERTO VAN DER BrOECK. Another declaration demanding release of Santen and Raptis was signed by ABEL ALEXIS LATENDORF, journalist, member of the National
10 Executive Committee of the Partido Socialista Argentino, GERARDO COUSILLAS, general secretary of the Federal District Federation, KAPLAN, attorney and leader of the Movimiento
Revolucionaria (Praxis). Une hundred fifty persons signed another appeal at a public meeting of the Partido Obrero in Buenos Aires on September 3rd. From the province of Mendoza, a cable was sent by NELSON CACERES in the name of the Partido Obrero. POrINOY and JORGE FISCHBARG.
From the province of Cordoba, a text of protest was sent, signed by RAFAEL CEBALLOS, RoBERTo FERRero, student leaders, and VicToR ORELLANA, Peruvian student leader. The same text was signed by Dr SANTIAGO DEL CASTILLO, former Minister of the Interior, former governor of the province of Córdoba, former Vice-Presidential candidate, and by RóMuLo PRETELL VARGAS, HÉCTOR PRETELL, JOSÉ ANANOS CASTILLO, ROGER ANCAJINA, ARMANDO MICHILOT, CARLOS A NEIRA, OWEN MOQUILLA, and CHÁVEZ, leaders of the Partido Aprista Peruano de Argentina.
From Brazil, in addition to the statement already
CID FRANCO, Socialist Party deputy, speech in the São Paulo State Chamber of Deputies, denouncing the arrests and calling for protests against them. Texts of protest were signed by five São Paulo state deputies: LUCIANO LEPERA and RocHA MENDEZ of
Trabalhista, JETERO FARIA CARDOSO and ONOFRE GosuEN of the Partido Socialista, as well as
FRANco himself. MILToN MARCONDES, São Paulo municipal councillor, also signed.
At the Congress of the STATE UNION OF STUDENTS OF SAo PAUlO, representing 40,000 students, the 400 delegates voted unanimously in favor of an energetic protest against the repression against Pablo and Santen.
Chile, a message to the Dutch governmen! was sent by the CUT [Unified Workers' Federation]: Senators ALEJANDRO CHELEN ROJAS, HUMBERTO MARTONES, GALVARINO PALACIOS (Socialists),, and PAUL RETTIC GrAsseN (Radical): the writers and Socialist Party lea-
MIGUEL SAIDEL, ALMEYDA; CUT President CLOTARIO BLEST; JOEL CACERES, CUT leader and alderman of the Commune of San Miguel, Santiago; LuIs CUT leader; WALDo GrEz, leader of the Clerks' Union; Attorneys ERICH SCHNAKE, WALTER BLANCO, (Socialists), and JAIME CONCHA, ORLANDO BUDNEVIČ, CAMILO LIZANA, PAUL MIRANDA, and CESÁREO ÁLVAREZ.
This campaign has just been joined by SALVADOR
Socialist Senator, President of the FRAP the Chilean FRAP presidential candidate in the to the current President, Alessandri, only 30,000 votes).
In France, addition to SARTRE, many other top intellectuals joined the campaign, such as MAURICE NADEAU, noted critic and editor of Les Lettres Nouvelles; CLAUDE BOURDET,
Unifié and director of France-Observateur: MICHEL LeIrIs, noted writer; the writers PIERRE NAVILLE and JEAN GueHenNo; Catholie writer and editor J M DoMENACH; the noted mathematician L ScHwARTZ; fessor J J MAYOUX; and many others.
FRANCIS JEANSON, head of the "Jeanson network" for aid to the Algerian revolution, and at present a "fufrom justice" after being sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for his work in defense of Free Algeria, also expressed his total solidarity with Pablo and Santen.
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
In Italy, the campaign has been joined by FERNANDO SANTI, leader of the C GIL [main Italian labor federation]; the Socialist leader ANtoNIo GIoLITTI, an editor of the review Passato e Presente; and many Milanese intellectuals, trade-union
In the United States, protest was made by Does, Presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party; the S W P also sent a strong letter to the Dutch authorities demanding the prisoners' release.
From Uruguay, a cable of protest to the Dutch goasking the release of the prisoners, sent by: Professor CLEMENTE RuccIA, former Minister of Education and former Director of Secondary Schools; University; Dr MarIo CAsSINoNI, Rector of the UniverUniversity and Dean of the : School of Architecture; University Councillors CARLos REVERDITO, JOSE ALBERTI, and RUBEN DuFAU; University professors: Architects HÉCTOR IGLESIAS, JUSTINO SERRALTA, ALVAREZ LENZI, JORGE BISOGNIO, RICARDO SAXLUND, HAREAU, and HUGO RODRIGUEZ JUNANOTENA: EDMUNDO SOARES and JOSE WILLIMAN JR; Historian EUGENIO PErIT MUNOZ; Agronomists WASHINGTON OSABA and LUIS PLOTIER: Architects OMAR DI GIORGIS, HECTOR MUINO, LUIS OLASCOAGA, ELENA AMESTOY, ARNALDO DIA-
CARLOS TOSAR, MARÍA GRECCO, WALDEMAR LOPEZ, FRANCISCO CURZIO, and FELICIA GILBOA; Civil Engineer L'Ys DAGUERRE DE OLIVERA (president of the Comité pro Cuba); Dr ANIBAL ARTIcAS; Professors FEDERICO
TERESA ROSSI, ROLANDO VIEIRA, J P MARTÍNEZ MAUTONE, ZULMA NOGARA, DARWIN DiAZ, and DIEGO SUAREZ.
The National Executive Committee of the Socialist Party has authorized Socialist parliamentarians to sign the protest cable. As we go Senator Dr JosE
CarDoso and Montevideo Municipal Councillor MARÍA DEL CARMEN PISANO, MARÍA A TRUJILLo, SUSANA T DE MUSTO, ALBA L DE MARTINEZ, and ANGEI CAFFEra (leader of the school-teachers) have also signed the protest.
In addition, many workers' leaders have sent their protest to the Dutch government, among them leaders meat-packers such as CESAR BENTOS PEREIRA, president and secretary of the Packing-House Workers Federation; LuIs ALFONSO, PEDRO BUZARA, JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ, RUBEN INVERNIZZI, HECTOR HERRERA, PABLO VERDÚN MOREIRA, ALBERTO
ALBERTO AGUIRRE, ARI VIDAL, OSCAR and MARTIN NOGUEIRA.
Other protests flow in from students, intellectuals, and trade-unionists in Cyprus; 12 members of parliament in Ceylon; political and trade-union organizations, and one of the deputies to the (at present dissolved) parin Indonesia; from the UNIVERSITIES RADICAL FEDERATION NATIONAL ExECUTIVe in New Zealand.
Ansuer the appeal of the International!
defenders of the Algerian revolution now jailed by the allies of French imperialism! • Answer the urgent call of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jorge Amado, and join your in the world chorus of protests in defense of the leaders of the Fourth International!
Send copies of your resolutions, letters, telegrammes, and cables, to this magazine.
Help Free Pablo and Santen!