ARGENTINE STUDENTS MOVE TOWARD UNITED ORGANIZATION
The student movement of Argentina took a big step forward when it held the first national meeting of Anti-imperialist and Revolutionary Students [Estudiantes Antiimperialistas y Revolucionarios] in Buenos Aires September 17-19. Thirty-seven different student organizations from colleges throughout the country were represented.
The meeting was called by a coordinating committee set up by student groups in Buenos Aires and La Plata,
The coordinating committee had already begun the work of organizing action in response to the appeal of the Berkeley, California, "Vietnam Day Committee" to stage international demonstrations on October 15-16, This work was given a big boost by the national gathering.
A document on the national situation in Argentina was adopted that outlined the student role in relation to revolutionary activities and the struggle against imperialism, As against the trade-union bureaucracy, the document calls on students to solidarize with the new class-struggle tendencies among the workers and the revolutionary regroupment of forces.
Agreement was reached on starting a discussion concerning differences among the ranks over various questions.
The organization was formally established but it was agreed that for the time being it will serve only to coordinate activities.
Some of the delegates, particularly members of the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores [Revolutionary Workers party] favored establishing a permanent organization immediately on the basis of resolutions adopted by majority vote.
Others, however, were evidently not yet ready to take this step. It was agreed therefore to defer this until after further discussion and preparations.
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