EUROPE 'The cops fall back, and the crowd begins to cheer Some daring marchers rush forth . . MARCH ON THE BASTILLE A VIVID ON-THE-SPOT REPORT OF ONE OF THE RECENT HUGE DEMONSTRATIONS IN PARIS, THE FRENCH CAPITAL, HELD IN PROTEST AGAINST THE FASCIST SECRET ARMY ORGANISATION (O.A.S.) AND IN SUPPORT OF PEACE AND FREEDOM IN ALGERIA JJO W does it feel to find oneself part of such a crowd of 100,000 militant marchers battling police? For an American, accustomed, perhaps, to picketing peace- fully as police stand by, it is an overpowering experience. You’re walking down a six-lane boulevard. The parade has over- flowed the street, extending to the sidewalks, and each rank includes almost 100 men and women. Ban- ners proclaiming: “Fascism Will Not Pass!” and “Peace in Alge- ria!” are borne high. As they walk the people chant. One part of the crowd intones in rhythm the ini- tials of the OAS. Then there is a reply in the same cadence, but louder: “ASSASSINS!” Repeated, block on block, the chant gives the marchers an overwhelming con- sciousness of collective strength. Some demonstrators leap up to look back: “There are still more coming, after us, as far as you can see!” Young people, most of them —the average perhaps not more than 25 years old. The sidestreets are lined with men and women who have come to cheer, although they lack courage to participate. Converging A block from the great square of the Bastille, where all the ele- ments of the parade were to assemble, the forward movement is halted. The entrance is barred AMERICA Conrad In the St. Paul Dispatch “I hold In my hand a list of 179 million U.S. underirround communist agents! ” by a solid line of policemen. They tell the marchers they cannot enter the square. Meanwhile, in all the other streets converging on the Place de la Bastille, the same thing is occurring. The square is empty save for several thousand policemen. A FTER some discussion, leaders of the demonstration pass the word to turn around the march, instead, to the Hotel de Ville, and send a protest delegation to the government. In each street border- ing the square, thousands begin to move in that direction. But in a few blocks they encounter groups of helmeted policemen. No, they say, you cannot go to the Hotel de Ville. Go home. Get off the street. But the marchers, rank by rank, turn around. All eyes are now in one direction—toward the Bastille. We will go back to the Bastille. The march goes on. Someone be- gins to sing the Marseillaise. It flows forth from 10,000 throats in one street, and from 15,000 in another, all converging once again on the Bastille. Steel Helmets In front are two solid lines of de Gaulle’s policemen. They have put on their steel helmets. They are holding their deadly clubs, metal-filled and flexible. At a distance of about five paces, the front rank of the marchers in each street confronts the policemen. The paraders shout to the cops, reminding them the OAS has murdered some of their own men, and urging them to let the parade pass through. They get no answer. Those in the front rank pass back the word, “Crowd in behind Burma T.U.C. Supports South African People’s Struggle RANGOON. The Burma Trade Union Con- gress in a statement has strongly denounced the South African Gov- ernment for carrying out racial discrimination and arresting, im- prisoning and killing a large number of Africans and progressive people. TTie Burma Trade Union Consress fully supported the South African people’s struggle for democracy and indenendence and against racial dis- crimination. the statement said. It urged that the World Federation of Trade Unions take immediate action against the inhuman acts of the South African Government, us and begin to push us forward. We can shove them back.” But once the demonstrators are within their range, the police begin to club them. There is great confusion for a moment; some paraders try to fall back, others are still pressing for- ward. The policemen form a wedge in the centre of the street. The crowd is wavering, on the verge of panic. Someone grabs a banner, rips the cloth away, and breaks into pieces the stick that held it. Then the air is filled with fragments of wood, battering the policemen’s helmets. The cops fall back, and the crowd begins to cheer. Some daring marchers rush forth, sal- vage the sticks they had thrown, and head straight for the police- men’s lines. Marseillaise The cheer now is a roar, and everyone is running forward. The first few go down, unconscious, but others push through the police lines, first by dozens, then by hun- dreds, finally by thousands. They advance one block, and stand upon the very border of the square, where hundreds of addi- tional policemen have been sent as reinforcements. They have thrown up metal barricades. The crowd, now en- raged, is threatening to storm the barriers, but its leaders, knowing lives are in danger, manage to re- store their discipline. Having won ptissession of their street, they prepare to use it for a public rally. Speakers mount car tops to ad- dress the crowd, urging all parties to unite in resistance to the OAS. “Unity! Unity! Unity!” the crowd starts chanting. Then, once more, the whole group unites in singing the Marseillaise . . . The huge crowds which have defied police terror in Paris have proved that the French democratic spirit still runs high. Communists, socialists and Catholics, trade unionists, and the leaders of the French Students’ Union and the National Unon of Teachers, all came together on February 8 to speak at the funeral of the eight anti-fascists killed by de Gaulle’s police during an anti-OAS demonstration. Nearly one million persons attended the funeral recording their protest against the vicious manner in which the French police attacked the democratic forces, coupled with the Government’s failure to deal effectively with the fascist terrorism of the OAS. Seen above is a section of the huge crowd preparing to leave the Place de la Republique in funeral procession. Racialists Provoke Riots in British Guiana recent riots in George- rate fling by opponents of the town, capital of Briririi colony’s ruling party, the Guiana, represent a last despe- People’s Progressive Party, to oust the PPP Government, led by Dr. Cheddi Jagan. The PPP, which stands for inde- pendence and socialism, has won repeated general elections in the country, which is now on the threshhold of indenendence. In elections held late last year the PPP once more trounced its oppo- nents. In Georgetown itself, how- ever, ex-PPP supporter Burnham whipped up racial feeling amongst the section of the community of African descent and captured most of the town’s seats. The background to the recent riots appears to be an attempt to bring down the popular govern- ment by terror, to give the colo- nialists a chance to restore their full power, and to prevent the de- velopment of a second ‘Cuba’ (even though the Jagan govern- ment has proceeded very slowly with the socialist side of its pro- gramme). # Seen in the picture are Dr. Cheddi .Tagan and his American- born wife Janet, who have wea- thered manv storms together in the past and who will not easily give wav to the present attacks on the PPP-led government.
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EUROPE 'The cops fall back, and the crowd begins to cheer Some daring marchers rush forth . .
MARCH ON THE BASTILLEA VIVID ON-THE-SPOT REPORT OF ONE OF THE RECENT HUGE DEMONSTRATIONS IN PARIS, THE FRENCH CAPITAL, HELD IN PROTEST AGAINST THE FASCIST SECRET ARM Y ORGANISATION (O.A.S.) AND IN SUPPORT OF PEACE AND FREEDOM IN ALGERIA
JJO W does it feel to find oneself part of such a
crowd of 100,000 militant marchers battling police? Foran American, accustomed, perhaps, to picketing peacefully as police stand by, it is an overpowering experience.
You’re walking down a six-lane boulevard. The parade has overflowed the street, extending to the sidewalks, and each rank includes almost 100 men and women. Banners proclaiming: “Fascism WillNot Pass!” and “Peace in Algeria!” are borne high. As they walk the people chant. One part of the crowd intones in rhythm the initials of the OAS. Then there is a reply in the same cadence, but louder: “ASSASSINS!” Repeated, block on block, the chant gives the marchers an overwhelming consciousness of collective strength. Some demonstrators leap up to look back: “There are still more coming, after us, as far as you can see!” Young people, most of them —the average perhaps not more than 25 years old. The sidestreets are lined with men and women who have come to cheer, although they lack courage to participate.
ConvergingA block from the great square
of the Bastille, where all the elements of the parade were to assemble, the forward movement is halted. The entrance is barred
AMERICA
Conrad In the St. Paul Dispatch“I hold In my hand a list of 179 million U.S. underirround communist agents! ”
by a solid line of policemen. They tell the marchers they cannot enter the square. Meanwhile, in all the other streets converging on the Place de la Bastille, the same thing is occurring. The square is empty save for several thousand policemen.
A FTER some discussion, leaders of the demonstration pass the
word to turn around the march, instead, to the Hotel de Ville, and send a protest delegation to the government. In each street bordering the square, thousands begin to move in that direction. But in a few blocks they encounter groups of helmeted policemen. No, they say, you cannot go to the Hotel de Ville. Go home. Get off the street.
But the marchers, rank by rank, turn around. All eyes are now in one direction—toward the Bastille. We will go back to the Bastille. The march goes on. Someone begins to sing the Marseillaise. It flows forth from 10,000 throats in one street, and from 15,000 in another, all converging once again on the Bastille.
Steel HelmetsIn front are two solid lines of
de Gaulle’s policemen. They have put on their steel helmets. They are holding their deadly clubs, metal-filled and flexible.
At a distance of about five paces, the front rank of the marchers in each street confronts the policemen. The paraders shout to the cops, reminding them the OAS has murdered some of their own men, and urging them to let the parade pass through. They get no answer.
Those in the front rank pass back the word, “Crowd in behind
Burma T.U.C. Supports South African People’s
StruggleRANGOON.
The Burma Trade Union Congress in a statement has strongly denounced the South African Government for carrying out racial discrimination and arresting, imprisoning and killing a large number of Africans and progressive people.
TTie Burma Trade Union Consress fully supported the South African people’s struggle for democracy and indenendence and against racial discrimination. the statement said. It urged that the World Federation of Trade Unions take immediate action against the inhuman acts of the South African Government,
us and begin to push us forward. We can shove them back.” But once the demonstrators are within their range, the police begin to club them.
There is great confusion for a moment; some paraders try to fall back, others are still pressing forward. The policemen form a wedge in the centre of the street. The crowd is wavering, on the verge of panic.
Someone grabs a banner, rips the cloth away, and breaks into pieces the stick that held it. Then the air is filled with fragments of wood, battering the policemen’s helmets. The cops fall back, and the crowd begins to cheer. Some daring marchers rush forth, salvage the sticks they had thrown, and head straight for the policemen’s lines.
MarseillaiseThe cheer now is a roar, and
everyone is running forward. The first few go down, unconscious, but others push through the police lines, first by dozens, then by hundreds, finally by thousands. They advance one block, and stand upon the very border of the square, where hundreds of additional policemen have been sent as reinforcements.
They have thrown up metal barricades. The crowd, now enraged, is threatening to storm the barriers, but its leaders, knowing lives are in danger, manage to restore their discipline. Having won ptissession of their street, they prepare to use it for a public rally. Speakers mount car tops to address the crowd, urging all parties to unite in resistance to the OAS. “Unity! Unity! Unity!” the crowd starts chanting. Then, once more, the whole group unites in singing the Marseillaise . . .
The huge crowds which have defied police terror in Paris have proved that the French democratic spirit still runs high. Communists, socialists and Catholics, trade unionists, and the leaders of the French Students’ Union and the National Unon of Teachers, all came together on February 8 to speak at the funeral of the eight anti-fascists killed by de Gaulle’s police during an anti-OAS demonstration. Nearly one million persons attended the funeral recording their protest against the vicious manner in which the French police attacked the democratic forces, coupled with the Government’s failure to deal effectively with the fascist terrorism of the OAS.
Seen above is a section of the huge crowd preparing to leave the Place de la Republique in funeral procession.
Racialists Provoke Riots in British Guianarecent riots in George- rate fling by opponents of the
town, capital of Briririi colony’s ruling party, theGuiana, represent a last despe- People’s Progressive Party, to
oust the PPP Government, led by Dr. Cheddi Jagan.
The PPP, which stands for independence and socialism, has won repeated general elections in the country, which is now on the threshhold of indenendence. In elections held late last year the PPP once more trounced its opponents. In Georgetown itself, however, ex-PPP supporter Burnham whipped up racial feeling amongst the section of the community of African descent and captured most of the town’s seats.
The background to the recent riots appears to be an attempt to bring down the popular government by terror, to give the colonialists a chance to restore their full power, and to prevent the development of a second ‘Cuba’ (even though the Jagan government has proceeded very slowly with the socialist side of its programme).
# Seen in the picture are Dr. Cheddi .Tagan and his American- born wife Janet, who have weathered manv storms together in the past and who will not easily give wav to the present attacks on the PPP-led government.
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