Source:
The Citizen
The September 5, 1973, the Provincial Coordinator of Industrial Cords sent a letter to Salvador Allende, in which he claimed urgent measures to prevent the establishment of a fascist military dictatorship. In the letter, these tips from him saying workers to "Comrade President" lame attitude of the Government, rather than relying on the strength of the labor movement and popular, began to seek reconciliation with the coup, agreeing measures to weaken who formed the social base of the "Chilean road to socialism."
Del Poder Popular there are various interpretations, but the cords Industrial and Communal commands remain in memory as the most developed in this direction has been given in the history of Chile.
Was "our" government?
Letter from the Coordinator of cords to Salvador Allende
His Excellency the President of the Republic September 5, 1973
Companion Salvador Allende:
Now is the time when the class organized labor in the industrial belts Provincial Coordinator, Provincial Command and Direct Supply Front of Workers in conflict is considered an emergency turn to you, alarmed by the outbreak of a series of events that we believe will lead not only to the settlement Chilean revolutionary process, but in the short term, a fascist regime the most ruthless and criminal court.
Before, we had the fear that the process towards socialism were trading to reach a central government, reformist, democratic-bourgeois who tended to demobilize the masses or to carry type insurrectionary anarchist actions by instinct preservation.
But now, looking at recent events, our fear is not that, now we are confident that we are on a slope that will lead inevitably to fascism.
So we proceed to enumerate the steps, as representatives of the working class, we consider essential to take.
First, mate, we require that they comply with the Popular Unity program, we in 1970, did not vote for a man, voted for a program.
Interestingly, the first chapter of the Popular Unity program is entitled "People Power",
quote: Page 14 of the agenda:
"... popular and revolutionary forces have not united to fight for simple replacement of a President of the Republic on the other, or to replace other party in government, but to carry out fundamental changes that the national situation requires, on the basis of transfer of power from the old groups key workers, peasants and progressive sectors of the middle class ... "" Transform the existing institutions of the state where the workers and the people are the real exercise of power ... "
" ... The government essentially settle their popular power and authority to support that gives the organized ... "
Page 15:
" ... Through mass mobilization bases will be established from the new power structure ... "
It speaks of a program of a new Constitution, a single-chamber People's Assembly, a Supreme Court with members appointed by the People's Assembly. The program indicates that reject the use of armed forces to oppress the people ... (page 24). Roommate
Allende, if not I will state that these phrases are excerpts from the Popular Unity program, which was a minimum program for the class, at this time we'd say this is the language "ultra" of industrial belts.
But we ask, where is the new state? Will the new Constitution, the single-chamber People's Assembly, the supreme courts?
Three years have passed, comrade Allende and you did not rely on the masses and now we have mistrust of workers.
workers feel a deep frustration and disappointment when its president, its government, their parties, their organizations, give them time and again ordered to fall back rather than the voice of progress. We demand that not only inform us but we are also consulted on decisions, that finally after all are defining for our destination.
know that in the history of revolutions have always been times and times to retreat to advance, but we know we have the absolute certainty that in the last three years we could have won battles not only partial but total control.
Have taken on those occasions irrevocable measures making process after the election victory of 71 aldermen, the people clamoring for a plebiscite and the dissolution of an antagonistic Congress.
In October (1972), when the will and organization of the working class that kept the country on foot against the lockout, birthplace of the industrial belts in the heat of the struggle and kept the production, supply, transport, thanks to the sacrifice of workers and could give the deathblow to the bourgeoisie, you we do not have confidence, though no one can deny the tremendous revolutionary potential demonstrated by the proletariat, and gave an output that was a slap to the working class, establishing a civilian-military cabinet, with the aggravating factor to include in it two leaders of the Central Workers Union, by accepting to integrate these ministries, they lose the confidence of the working class as a full body.
Agency, that whatever the nature of the government should stay out any weak to defend it against the problems of workers.
Despite this ebb and demobilization occurred, inflation, queues and the many difficulties that men and women of the proletariat lived daily in the March 1973 election showed once again its clarity and awareness to give 43% of votes for candidates militants of the Popular Unity.
There too, mate, he should have taken the measures that the people deserved and required to protect the disaster we now present.
And on June 29, when the generals and officers rebels allied to the National Party and Fatherland and Freedom Frei got really in a position of illegality could be headed to the rebels and, relying on the people and giving responsibility generals and the forces loyal to then obey him, having led the process to success, having gone on the offensive.
What was missing in all these cases was the decision, revolutionary decision, what was lacking was confidence in the masses, what was lacking was knowledge of their organization and strength, what was missing was a determined vanguard and hegemonic.
Now workers not only have confidence, we are alarmed.
The right has mounted a terrorist device so powerful and well organized, there is no doubt that is funded and (trained) by the CIA. Matan workers are blowing up pipelines, buses, railroads.
blackouts in two provinces produce, undermine our leaders, our local party and union.
Are they punished or captures?
No mate!
are punished and arrested the leaders left. The
Pablo Rodriguez, Benjamin Matte, openly confessed to have participated in the "tanquetazo."
paves Will and humiliated?
. No mate!
Wool is paving Austral de Magallanes where a worker is killed and you have workers face in the snow for hours. The
carriers paralyze the country, leaving poor households without paraffin, without food, without medication.
veja Were they, they are repressed?
No mate!
the workers were veja Copper Cerrillos, of Indugas, Melon Cement, United Breweries.
Frei, Jarpa and funded by the ITT troupes, called fully into sedition.
lawlessness Are they, they quarrel?
No mate!
complain, calling for the impeachment of Palestro, Altamirano, of Garretón, of defending the rights of the working class.
June 29 generals and officers up against the Government, strafing hours of the Moneda Palace, causing 22 deaths.
shoots Will they be the torture?
No mate!
Torture in an inhumane way to sailors and junior officers who defend the Constitution, the people's will, and you, comrade Allende.
Patria y Libertad encouraged the coup.
captures Will they be punished?
No comrade, still holding press conferences, they are given safe conduct to conspire abroad.
While paves Sumar where workers and people die, and peasants Cautín, defending the government, subjected to ruthless punishments, paseándolos foot hanging in helicopters over the heads of their families until they were killed.
attacks you will be companion to our leaders, and through them to workers as a whole in the most insolent and licentious by media millionaires right.
Are they destroyed, they are muted?
No mate!
is muted and destroys the leftist media, TV Channel 9, last chance to voice workers.
And on September 4, on the third anniversary of the Government of the workers, while the people, one million four hundred thousand, we went out to greet him, to show our determination and revolutionary consciousness, paving the Mademsa Fach, Madeco, Rittig, in one of the most defiant and unacceptable provocation, without there being any visible response.
For all the questions raised, mate, us workers, we agree on one point with Mr. Frei, here there are only two alternatives: the dictatorship of the proletariat or the dictatorship.
course Mr. Frei is naive, believing that such a dictatorship military would only transition to eventually take him to the presidency.
We are absolutely convinced that historically the reformism that sought through dialogue with those who betrayed again and again, is the fastest path to fascism.
And workers already know what is fascism.
Until recently it was only a word that not all partners understand. We had to resort to distant or nearby examples: Brazil, Spain, Uruguay, etc..
But we have experienced firsthand, in raids, in what's going to sailors and junior officers, as are suffering from co-Asmar, Fame, Cautín farmers.
We know that Fascism means ending all the gains made by the working class, labor organizations, trade unions, the right to strike, the lists of demands.
A worker who claims their smallest dismisses human rights, imprisons him, tortured or killed.
believe that not only is leading us down the path that will lead to fascism within a fast-paced, but has been deprived of the means to defend ourselves.
Therefore, we ask you, Comrade President, that you at the head of this true army without weapons, but powerful in terms of awareness, decision, that the proletarian parties put aside their differences and become a true vanguard of the organized mass, but without direction.
demand:
1) Waterfront transporters strike, the immediate requisition trucks without reimbursement by the mass organizations and the creation of a State Company for Transport, so that never again is in the hands of these criminals the chance to paralyze the country.
2) Waterfront Medical College criminal arrest, we demand that they apply Homeland Security Act of State, to never be in the hands of the mercenaries of health, the lives of our women and children. All support to physicians patriots.
3) Waterfront stop traders, not repeat the mistake of October when we made it clear that we needed as a guild. An end to the possibility that these traffickers in league with the carriers, seeking to lay siege to the village from starvation. To establish once and for all direct distribution, popular stores, popular basket.
passed to the social area food industries that are still in the hands Village.
4) Facing the social area: Not only did not return any company where there is the will of the majority of workers who are intercepted, but it may become the predominant area of \u200b\u200bthe economy.
That set a new pricing
That the production and distribution industries in the social area is discriminated. No more luxury production for the bourgeoisie. That Real workers' control is exercised within them.
5) demand to repeal the Firearms Control Act. New "Cursed Law" which has only served for harassing workers, with searches conducted to industries and populations, which is serving as a rehearsal for the sectors (reactionaries against) of the working class in an attempt to intimidate them and identify their leaders.
6) face of inhuman repression of sailors in Valparaiso and Talcahuano, we demand the immediate release of these heroic class brothers whose names are already recorded in the pages of the history of Chile. That identify and punish the guilty.
7) face torture and death of our brothers Cautín farmers, we demand a public trial and punishment for of those responsible.
8) For all those involved in attempts to overthrow the legitimate government, the maximum penalty.
9) conflict Front TV Channel 9, that media workers are not delivered or are transferred for any reason.
10) protest the dismissal of teammate Jaime Faivovic, Secretary of Transportation.
11) We ask that you express through you our full support to the Ambassador of Cuba, Mario García Incháustegui partner, and all Cuban comrades pursued by the cream of the reaction and to provide our working class neighborhoods to establish its embassy there and residence, as a way of thanking these people, which has even deprived of their own ration of bread to help us in our struggle. That
expel the U.S. ambassador, which through its representatives, the Pentagon, the CIA, ITT provides proven instructors and financing the rebels.
12) demand the defense and protection of Carlos Altamirano, Mario Palestro, Miguel Henriquez, Oscar Garretón, pursued by the right and the Attorney naval bravely defend people's rights, with or without uniform.
Be warned fellow with the respect and trust that still have, if not satisfied with the Popular Unity program, if you do not trust the masses, you will lose the only real support is as a person and leader and responsible to lead the country, not a civil war, which is already in full swing, but cold to the slaughter, planned, working-class conscious and organized in Latin America. And that will be historic responsibility of this government into power and maintained with great sacrifice by workers, residents, farmers, students, intellectuals, professionals, destruction and decapitation, perhaps what period, and what bloody shore, not only the Chilean revolutionary process, but also that of all Latin American nations that are fighting for socialism.
We make this urgent appeal, Comrade President, because we believe that this is the last chance to avoid altogether, the loss of the lives of thousands and thousands of the best of the Chilean working class and Latin America.
Cords Provincial Coordinator
Industrial Supply
Provincial Command
Direct Front of Workers in Conflict
ANNEX:
"Chile will socialist period!"
"The industrial belts, spokesmen for the feeling of the proletarian base and heat-born bodies combating bourgeoisie and reformism, defend their points of view: that according to the process in our country to socialism is necessary to first defeat capitalism operator having full control of the means of production and distribution under workers' control.
therefore taken and operated businesses will never be delivered, or compromise with the tentative reformers who betray their class brothers to defend their own interests of the privileged.
Because here is a class struggle between exploiters and exploited, them or us, it is with the workers or to workers. Without workers control the means of production or distribution process will be revolutionary or socialism. "
The Cordonazo (fragment)
official organ of the Industrial Cord
Vicuña Mackenna July
1973
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