Yolanda González: Here I'm, now and always!

His murder was one of the most brutal during the transition. Yolanda González Martín, young student and member of the Socialist Workers Party (PST, Party member of the international Trotskyist Nahuel Moreno driven current), He was born in Bilbao, Basque Country, in the year 1961.

To the 16 years began to military and became an activist at his school. It was part of the youth in post-Franco Spain starring marches in defense of public education, student sit-ins and support for the struggles of workers who were facing the early years of an agreed transition between the UCD Adolfo Suárez, Fraga the PP and the PSOE and the PCE, all protected and blessed by King Juan Carlos and the Church, as they had been the latest ideas of the dictator Franco.

They were the first years of a negotiated transition, who was beginning to attack workers, women, youth and nationalities. In the year 1978, Yolanda moved to Madrid and remained part of the student struggle, in the year 1979 He entered the PST. In December of that year I met in Madrid with Otres compañeres PST, shared rallies and marches that filled squares and avenues Madrid. Your smile, their joy, his strength and rebelliousness were active part in the construction of the PST young.

On the night of February 1, 1980, Yolanda was kidnapped, tortured and riddled with bullets. His body was found the 2 February. The "Basque-Spanish Battalion", a fascist organization of the Basque Country was awarded his murder. Franco and his followers were still entrenched in the state apparatus and security forces, and they wanted to attack and stop the student struggle and the growth of new revolutionary organizations such as PST. But they did not succeed.

An impressive student strike paralyzed classes in Madrid and Bilbao, claiming investigation and punishment of those responsible. Five days, They were arrested the perpetrators of the murder. Were mercenaries hired a far-right party, New force. The PST also demanded to stop fascist Blas Piñar call, Sec. Gral. New Force, masterminding the murder. The day began trial, with enormous courage, PST militants They stood guard and mobilized to court, so that no one could stop fascist gang.
Emilio Hellin, perpetrator of the crime, He was sentenced to 43 years in prison and as much for his accomplices. New force was outlawed forever and disappeared as a political party. But the presence of Franco in justice and security forces were still alive. Hellín escaped twice from prison aided by his friends Franco. He managed to change their identity in the state's own records, and only fulfilled 14 effective years in prison.

A journalistic investigation in the 2013 He revealed that he had an intelligence agency who gave courses to the civil guards and police, and that they were paid by the Ministry of the Interior of the Spanish State. And he is acting as a scientific expert at the Audiencia Nacional. Franco was still alive and was now a new institutional form.

Over the years were being obvious the close links between Hellín and the former New Forces and State institutions. They changed governments, but under the strict supervision of the monarchy agreed in 1978, all of them attacked the rights of peoples, from the workers, women and youth.

Many years passed, but they never could erase the memory of Yolanda, his struggle and his party, he PST. Yolanda and PST are present today with the million people who mobilized in the Diada in Catalonia, They are demanding their right to decide their destiny and face the Civil Guard and the Police. Yolanda and PST are still alive in the marches of pensioners, in workers' health, in the struggles of women for all their rights.

Spain still shaken today by a deep political crisis. They arm themselves and disarm governments and alliances, but none of them answers the needs of people and nationalities. Today nuestres compañeres SOL (Socialism and Freedom), vindicate the struggle and history of the PST and the memory of Yolanda, and demand punishment for all their material and intellectual murderers. And raising the banner with the image of struggle and joy of Yolanda, They are preparing for new battles to come.

Carlos Maradona (MST-Argentina)