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...course such a provisional government, presumably including Communists, would be unacceptable to the powerful Spanish right, especially the so-called "bunker"-the hard-line core of Franco's backers. Even if Juan Carlos favored a broad-based provisional government-and there is no hint that he (joes-it is extremely unlikely that he will want or dare to break with the right so soon. Since Communist demands for a provisional government are almost certain to go unfulfilled, the P.C.E. will probably launch a series of "democratic activities": strikes, walkouts, demonstrations. In fact, the Junta Democrática-a leftist...
...challenged immediately. "Although many people in the opposition will not accept him because of his close association with Franco," observed Centrist Politician Marcelino Oreja, "most Spaniards want to give him a chance." No one knows for certain, however, whether Juan Carlos has the courage to break with the "bunker"-the group of hardline rightists who were Franco's most loyal backers and can be expected to oppose any realistic political reforms...
...Falange veterans, who fought under their Caudillo during the Civil War, feel a deep loyalty to the existing political structures. If the "bunker" denounces reformist measures as the work of Communists, these former soldiers might well take to the streets with rallies and demonstrations. The Communists and other leftists would probably respond with counterprotests and a wave of economy-crippling strikes...
...group, "Remember, a mother's power is the greatest power on earth!" did not sound very stirring on the first day they marched, when the crowd of women met police several lines deep with riot helmets and nightsticks in their hands, waiting to prevent them from parading down past Bunker Hill Monument in front of the high school. These police are funded by the Commonwealth, ironically a source of authority Charlestown patriots fought and died for two hundred years ago. And the power of these police holds sway over Charlestown, creating an artificial calm around the buses at the high...
...first two weeks of court-ordered busing, at the beginning and end of each school day, Charlestown High School has looked like a besieged citadel. It is almost at the top of a hill, on a block facing the Bunker Hill Monument, which one boycotting student sarcastically predicted would be renamed "Martin Luther King Monument." Scores of policemen--the Tactical Patrol Force, U.S. Marshals, National Guard Helicopter pilots, MDC and city police, state troopers, and even an MDC sharpshooter--have all been on duty, guarding the area around the school to ensure the peaceful loading and unloading of school buses...