SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Hunger strike victory

Socialist Action No. 17, 8 July 1983 · p. 8 of the scan · 299 words

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IRANIAN refugees in Pakistan ended a hunger strike victoriously on 17 50 refugees had oc cupied the jN building Karachi protest against the agreement signed between Iran and Pakistan for Iranian refugees to nanted the Iran authorities.

After more than two weeks of sit-in hunger they managed to force the UN High Commission Refugees (UNHCR) to negotiate their demanes UNHCR have agreed to provide interprotection for Araman refugees Pakistan and to provide them will meaical and financial support. ruled Italy for 30 years.

1979 to under 33 per cent, and their parliamentary representation from 262 to 225 seats.

reflects a protest against the corruption and inertia Democrat coalitions.

unemployment Democrats have been in- Cell Their vote fell from more than 38 per cent in been able to gain at the exof the DC vote towards a parties they schnaus. Concoc coalition fall, another it has not gained in seats, the specific weight of the PCI has increased in the parliament. It means that the Comemulate chulalt SuCCes success of Spain's Socialist leader Gonzalez, is reluctant to make the party the hostage of a PCI-dominated coali ton. instead ne is content to wait for better times ahead.

Features of the more remarkable features of the contest was the election of left-wing theoretician Toni Negri on the slate of the Radical Party. Negri has been accused of being the "intellectual leader' of the stal canadates. putting him on TV nearly every day. As a result of his elec tion. he now gets parliamentary immunity, etfective v wrecking the frame-up.

The far left slate ro elana Democracy supported by the Italiar trolskvist movement wor 1.5 per cent of the votes SVOI Scal Chamber of Deputies, including long time leader of the far-left Massimo Gorla, elected in Milan Eighty Trotskyists were

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