tabrian branches of Spanish organizations…and even we help them in some struggles.
The important and main thing is that MPLC ideals of restoring our national Identity; the Memory of the Cantabrian Guerrilla and Freedom Fighters against the dictatorship; the Pride of being Cantabrian and the conscience of our rights are going up. And our struggle for Independence and Socialism is expanding and are getting more and more recognition in the working class and in the People.
The Red flame burns brightly again. More and more people are getting involved with us or with social, cultural and ecological activities. National events such as our National day (28 of July) are a success and a reference to many, many people, young and old. We have a National headquarters in Santander quite big. We make quite a lot of activities even they are not enough. The Cantabrian Identity is majority. Now the Cantabrian National left is the reference for the people no the branches of the Spanish organizations, even if they try sometimes to win for them the united activities.
But apart of all this we can’t fell in an unrealistic optimism.
Our Country face many dangers and threats. We have a very hard way in front of us. And we have real problems. The drugs are still one of the worst. Working class hoods are flood since the latest ‘90 with Cocaine and the damage that had make to the mentality of the people and to the daily life and solidarity inside the community is worst than the others. The coke takes away the freedom and justice senses of the spirit and fill the gap with egoism. And this is happening in all the Country specially in the young generations. The police is obviously looking to other place, if they aren’t involved directly.
Our Land is being destroyed by constructors and landlords. The professional politicians are a corrupt cast that governs Cantabria without listen to the People and making profit and at the service of business men and landlord. Our Identity is attacked from the Media, the right-wing positions and from the Spanish State and the “Cantabrian” administration. The fascist are trying to reorganize. The industry and the traditional national sectors of the economy are being totally destroyed. The exploitation of the working class is one of the worst, and salaries are one of the lowest of all the Spanish State. The emigration between the young people is huge.
Our Culture is being under many pressures and even our language is not even recognized, with the real danger of disappearing in the next years.
We will try our bests to defend Cantabria from all this and of course trying to keep moving forward to organized more and better the MPLC with the will of one day achieve the goals of Independence and Socialism.
To finish we send a respectful salute to Ireland and specially to the RSM. Your fight is an example.
Thank very much to the Starry Plough for this space.