Trotskyists put on trial

THE PERUVIAN military dictatorship has begun court proceedings against the leaders of the Trotskyist Liga Comunista who were imprisoned at the beginning of last month and savagely tortured.

Latest reports from Peru say that preliminary hearings against José Carlos Ballon and Sergio Barrio took place on June I1 and 12. They were charged with plotting against state security, against the nation, the constitution and the law of the freedom of the Press.

The final charge levelled against them is 'outrage to the nation and patriotic symbols'. These charges are cynical even by the standards of the Peruvian junta, which has confiscated the Liga Comunista's Press, taken away all its basic rights and subjected its members to torture in plain violation of the constitution.

These attacks by the Peruvian military regime have the full approval of the Stalinists. Our picture shows Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos relaxing in Lima with the Peruvian dictator General Juan Velasco Alvarado during his recent tour of Latin America. Cuban doctors recently amputated Velasco's leg. RESOLUTIONS and letters of protest from working class organizations demanding the release of the Peruvian Trotskyists should be sent to the Peruvian Embassy, 52 Sloane Street, London, SWI.

Bolton sit-in '85 per cent success' THE OCCUPATION of Hawker Siddeley's Bolton factory ended yesterday with workers claiming an 85 per cent victory after a four-week dispute.

At a mass meeting of 2,000 engineers, who produce missile components, a shop stewards' recommendation to return to work on Monday was accepted with only a handful of votes against.

The dispute at Hawker SidDangers in Phase Two deal at BIG DANGERS face the workers at Gestetner, Tottenham, following the decision of the shop stewards' committee on Tuesday to argue their pay claim under the Phase Two provisions of the government's pay laws.

This is a reversal of their previous position of non-recognition of Phase Two.

On May 1 there was a total shut-down as workers followed the call for a one-day strike and there was extreme dissatisfaction with the TUC because everyone knew a one-day strike would not be enough to defeat the governFROM STEPHEN JOHNS deley's plant at Lostock, near Bolton, Lancs, concerned a decision by management to put semi-skilled workers into the milling section.

After workers occupied the plant on Monday the firm agreed that the men should operate under the jurisdiction of setters in the milling room.

It will be up to skilled men to make sure they do not do scab work.

The deal is to have a six-month trial run. The factory gates were Gestetner resolutions condemning the statements of Hugh Scanlon that the government had won on Phase Two and that he would be prepared to accept pay laws and the Industrial Relations Act with some amendments.

A claim was put in for f5 and other benefits which challenged the pay laws. However, because of the continued collaboration between Feather, Scanlon, Jones and the government, which has resulted in many settlements of £l plus 4 per cent over the last few months, the works committee have set their course for accepting a Pliase Two deal. reopened by cheering workers at 2 p.m. yesterday marking the end of the first prolonged dispute in the factory's 36-year history.

Convenor Dave Jameson said after the meeting:

'The most important result of this dispute has been the solidarity shown by the men.

*Sectional grumbles have been forgotten in this fight. This is the first time the factory has got together in this way. We as stewards hope to keep this spirit alive and go forward.' Acceptance of the pay laws only strengthens the Tories and management will probably now press home their advantage by attacking the workers in other ways-for example, through the bonus scheme. This will mean speed-up.

The management may also pick on individual shops and seek to isolate them, thus dividing the factory.

Last year the work force was reduced by some 350 people. The reason given by the manage. ment was the effect of Nixon's economic measures. Gestetner's main overseas customers are in the United States.

The new measures now prepared by Nixon must hit even more.

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