Party-led trade union federation. che CNT, called off the general strike against the military coup, claimite that considerable propress bad been made against the regime secretary, Arisendi, are in jail, together with hundreds more trade unionists and political prisoners. General Seregni, last year's presiden electoral coalition in which the CP participates, has hot been seen or heard of sice his arrest carly in July. The regime has also announced nists as a condition of removing last month's ban on it inside the PRT were a serious threat to its abili- The labour movement internationally must of course demand the release of Arisntendi and all other political prisoners. That goes almost wit bout saying.
But at the same Lime if must learn the reasons for this situation, understand how it is that the General Strike of yesterday has been trans formed into the vicious repression of today.
The answer lies to a major extent in the after Bonnet's death he left the PRT and forned policy of the Communist Party, which was unquestionably the main leaderahip in the strike movement. It was the Communist Party which by its peddling of illusions in the possibility of a left shift in the regime laid the whole working class movement open to the attack which Bordaberry is now able to carry out. It is not enough to demand the release of political prisoners, essential as it is. It is also more than ever necessary now to understand lisation, und the conversion of wide layers of the could have been and in future can be prevented Red Weekly 27 July 1973 Pag