general strike in the Basque country.
It rests on a confusion between two names: José Antonio Garmendia, whose trial has not yet rial victory) was based on the confusion of the two names. In fact, the twenty-three-year sentence against 1. Garmendia, a reflection of the new toughness of the dictatorship, shows that the struggle to save José Antonio Garmendia and his comrades is more crucial than ever!
SPAIN In Navarra there were also many work stoppages. In Pamplona, capital of the province, there were mobilizafions at eight factories, among them Super Ser, Onene, Union Carbide, Minicable, and Electrocomo. In the city of Estella there were stoppages at about o dozen factories; at Varsalvai in this city a mass general assembly was held in the factory. That night a demonstration of about 600 people marched through the streets of downtown Pamplona, This information, extremely scanty, gives an idea of the breadth of the movement and its degree of organization in confronting the genuine state of siege that grips all the cities and villoges. The workers commissions played the role of united rallying point in this mobilizafion, and it was proven that the toughest repression no longer generates sufficient fear to paralyze moss initiatives. The strength of the Basque workers will be manifested once again when the trial against Garmendia and Ortaegui opens. In Barcelona a united demonstration (with the Communist party, the PT (ex-CP), the LCR/ETA-VI (sympathizing organization of the Fourth International), and the MCE) drew 3,000 people who thus asserted their solidarity with the struggle of their Basque comrades against the state of exception and for saving the lives of Garmendia and Ortaegui. In Valencia, various organizations - among them the OICE (Organization of the Communist Leff), the MCE, the Communist Union, and the LCR/ETA-VI - prepared a demonstration assembling 1,000 persors. This was the largest demonstration since the April 1973 demonstrafion in solidarity with the struggle of San Adrian. Internafionally, demonstrations were organized in France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, and Britain, with the participation of the sections of the Fourth International, to assert international solidarity with the struggle of the workers of the Basque country and to oppose the repression. The dictatorship is nonetheless continuing to prepare trials against comrades Garmendia, Ortaegui, and Eva Forest. José Antonio Garmendia has been transferred to the prison of Burgos, which indicates that his trial should begin soon. And the Francoist dictatorship will soon open a new trial ogainst the leaders of the El Ferrol general strike of March 1972. More than ever, it is necessary: to brooden the mobilizations to save Garmendia, Orfaegui, Eva Forest, and all the political prisoners held in the jails of the Spanish state. The June 11 day of struggle throughout the Basque coun try demonstrated that the terrible Francoist repression was unable to block the development of the mass movement. This day had two objectives: to struggle against the state of exception and to struggle against the death penalties demanded by the state against two militants, Garmendia and Ortaegui: In Vizcaya (Biscay) about 15,000 workers participated in the mobilization, despite the repression. Important strikes took place in many factories, such as Mecanica la Pena and Astra in Guernica, Precicontrol in Ermua, and in various workshops in Durango. There the shopkeepers closed their shops and a demonstration of 200 people was held in spite of the repressive forces. In the Fishing villages of Ondarra and Leqeito the workers did not sail on June 11. In Guipúzcoa the mobilization was very broad, although not as large as that of December 11, 1974. The strike was followed very broadly throughout the province. In some factories the strike was total: at Alfa, Lambreta, and Star in Eibar, at Sigma in Elgobar, at Suchard in San Sebastian, at Nerezan, Vizcaino, Gozmendi, Mill, and Manterola in Herrera, at Bianchi, Tubos Estanos, Astilleros Luzuriaga in Pasajes, at Union Cerrajero de Mandragon and at the vocational school in Mondragon. In the furniture industry in Guipüzco the strike was also total. More than 70,000 workers of the province participated in the mobilization, that is, about 80 percent of the workers.
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