tion of capitalism. cive to the restoration of capitalist order-which, after all, must depend on this workforce. Thus their strategy must be, if possible, to enter Luanda peacefully'. Once there, they will aim to indulge in a selective massacre of militant workers and leftists with the help of the right wing of the MPLA, and thus crush the workers' movement with the minimum damage to the restoraReports have been received that the MPLA leadership has arrested twenty revolutionary militants in the ranks of the movement. This move cleariv attest to the rightward swing of the petty-bourgeois Neto current. and can onli play into the hands of reaction at a time when the Angolan revolution is in dar ger of being crushed by imperialist and reactionary forces aligned against the DISARMING These militants have been active in developing the struggles of the workers and neighbourhood committees which so heroically took the lead in ousting the FNLA and UNITA from Luanda. Their arrest serves only to disarm the masses who were responsible for many of the successes of the MPLA, leaving them weakened against the coming onslaught.
Ine interauonal Marxist Group wil be organising a campaign for the release of these militants-details will be published shortly. Meanwhile, militants in Britain should be raising this matter in all their initiatives in solidarity with the MPLA. For further details, contact: Africa in Struggle (Angolan Defence), 97 Caledonian Road, London N.1.
----- pull-quotes -----
militants arrested