U.S. presses terror drive on Central American workers

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ДАДА Socialist Action/Joe Ryan Speaking at a "Vigil for Life" in Boston on Sept. 7, a Vietnam war veteran explained why he opposed the U.S. war in Central America.

"Because of our experience in fighting the war in Southeast Asia," the veteran said, "we have a duty, an obligation, to raise our voices in opposition to the immoral war in Nicaragua. We have to let EDITORIAL the public know that the war Central America has already begun. It already another Vietnam."

These words could not ring truer. In mid-August, Reagan declared that his administration backed a contra takeover of Nicaragua. The $100 million in aid to the contras voted by Democrats and Republicans in thè Congress is aimed at achieving this purpose.

U.S. military advisers are now openly training the contras. It is estimated that $100 million has already been spent financing military operations in Honduras involving over 40,000 U.S. troops in mock invasions of Nicaragua.

The U.S. war against Nicaragua has killed tens of thousands of Nicaraguan people and resulted in the injuries or mutilations of many thousands more. Over 250,000 people have been displaced from their homes because of contra attacks.

Over the past seven years, the U.S.

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