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diritti nevati. of pay and for the defense of The demonstration was first proposed for the 18 september by the PRC; it was pushed back so as not to coincide with the last day of the Unita fete organised by the PDS, due to be addressed by the party's leader Ochetto.
Pressure
This move enabled the organisers to pressurise the PDS left in supporting the demo; it was also backed by workers councils in the factories (COBAS) and by the National Forum for the Alternative, a permanent forum for debate between opposition groups in the However, despite the presence of some supporters of the PDS left, the PDS as such was not won to the initiative.
The party's 'number 2' Massimo d'Alema proposed a delay to 'better discuss the gramme of the deso; and avgramme of the demo; and Gavino Angius of the party's secretariat then announced that the party would not support the demo because 'the preparation was too rapid' and 'dominated by the Party of Communist Refoundation'.
The reality was otherwise: the PDS refused to participate in a demonstration which was clearly against the government and the new finance law, in light of the abstention recorded on this measure by the PDS in parliament.
Moreover, the PDS had supported the 3 July sell-out agreement with the bosses as necessary and positive for the workers'.
Despite the success of the demonstration it is not clear whether it will mark the beginning of a new round of struggle against the government. A similar demonstration in September 1992 unleashed a wave of struggles, but these resulted in defeat.
More secure The present government of Ciampi seems more secure than the d'Amato government in 1992, since it is supported both by the PDS to the left and the Northern League to the right.
But once again a turnout of 100,000 organised largely by the PRC and the trade union left has confounded the sceptics.