Glasgow Workers and Socialists Demonstrate at Peruvian Consulate

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"The previous sentence of 25 years imprisonment on this selfless revolutionary was an act of barbarism which shocked:even those of us who are familiar with the brutality meted out to the peasants and workers of your unhappy country. If this attempt at judicial assassination succeeds it will convince the world that the Peruvian ruling class is not only one of the most despotic but that it is incapable of observing even. the most basic of humanitarian principles.

"If, however, in spite of the growing body of world opinion,’ a rigged court de-. cides to kill Blanco, you must realise that you cannot destroy his ideas; his example of fighting tyranny and the alternative way of life he pointed to will be cherished by the workers and peasants of Peru and will be used by them as a new starting point in their struggle to realise a socialist republic.

"(Signed]: David Dick (Secretary Pollok Constituency Labour Party Young Socialists); Monika Sinclair (Central. Labour. Party); Sophia’ Cameron (Housewife); Charles McMahon (Corbals Constituency Labour Party); Brian Biggins (Scottish Youth Organiser, Co-operative Union Ltd.); Robert. Dick (A.E. U. Branch No. 5); Jd. McGuire (General Workers Union); M. Evans (Pollok’ C.L.P.Y.S:.)3; Margaret McMahon (Govanhill Ward Labour Association); J. Forrest (Govan Constituency Labour Party); Pat Frydd (Woodside C.L:P.); David Riddell (f.&G.W.U.); Margaret Lilley (Pollok -C.L.P. 1.8. ); D. McGraw (Kirkcaldy Branch Communist. Party); Wm. Smith (D.A.T.A..); John McGinty (Sheet Metal Workers' Union); J. Lilley (U.S.D.A.W.); J. McCallum (D. A.T.A.); N. McQueen (Pollok C.L.P.Y.S:); A. Donnell (Pollok C.L.P.Y.S.); M. McCallum (A.Sc.W. }. A. McPherson (Gorbais C.L.P.Y.S.); Ian Mooney (Woodside C.L.P.); Les. Grant (Chairman, A.Sc.W., University of Strathclyde}; Toney Stouthall (Sec. of Woodside C.L.sP.); Charles Montgomery (Chairman. No. 1 Branch, Electrical Trades Union); John McPherson (Amalgamated Engineering Union). "

These were the actual signatories of the petition that was taken Saturday morning to the’ consulate. On Sunday when demonstrators again appeared at the consulate,many other people showed up, but additional copies of the petition were not yet available. Since then, many rank-and-file members of trade unions, Labour parties, etc., have asked to have their support recorded.

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