to integrate them into its project; in a demagogic way 20 soldiers were inThe officers still say, however, that reaction will take advantage of indiscipline to launch an attack. They say that discipline is just as fundamental as unity; they, try to confuse the minimal demands and the political rights of the soldiers with so-called reactionary Balance-sheet Antonio: The struggle to purge reactionaries became generalised after 11 March, particularly in units where the soldiers had a tradition of struggle against reaction. We organised a meeting where we drew up a balance sheet of 11 March and how the unit had reacted to the bombardment of the comrades of RAL-1 less than a mile away. regard to the latter this balance sheet. Gastao: It is important to stress the most advanced experiences of the alliance of the workers with the workers in uniform'. On 25 April and the following days there were many contacts made between the soldiers and several political and workers' organisations; later on, this alliance was cemented when the workers at the Lisnave shipyard, considered to be major stronghold of the working class, decided to organise This was banned by the first provisional government with the agreement of the parties it included - particularly the Communist Party. The workers' response was to mobilise and march out of their workplace together. At first they were surrounded by troops from COPCON and the marines, but when the workers started shouting Soldiers, under your uniforms you remain workers the soldiers moved aside and the officers were powerless in the face of this alliance.
Later there were other points of contact between soldiers and workers: on