whatever a context of general strike is necessary. simple SUSANNA SHANNON, London NW1 I MUST take issue with the extract you printed (28 August) the pamphlet Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
It elevates to a orincıple the right of all political Darues lo participate in workers. councils. Surely, though, the issue is one of practicality, not principle.
We support the struggle for democratic rights in which includes the Img wrkers lo create their own political parties, gecse understand that workers' aemocracy in practically necessary for the defence of that country against and for the struggle for internationally, not because of any moral desire for 'freedom', which the title of the exON 14 August you carried a front page report Duffield and Kirstin Crosbie in Glasgow on 9 August. The two comrades were selling the RCG's newspaper Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! at the Celtic football ground when they were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, charged with soliciting and inviting financial and other support for a proscribed organisation - namely the IRA and detained in custody for a week.
The two comrades appeared in court on 18 August to discover that the PTA charge had been dropped and replaced with one of breach of the peace. The Glasgow police have thus been favour of repressing them.
After all, what does the dictatorship of the proletariat mean if not the dictatorship of one class (the working class). over class .(the bourgeoisie) - including, necessary, the latter's political organisations?
We must also not gloss over the events which took place inside. the Soviet Union during and after the civil war immediately after the revolution. Then Lenin, Trotsky and the sosteviKs orsed facforced to beat a retreat. This was no doubt in response to the extremely wide ranging and eneNSEC CABI INI mounted by the Glasgow 2 Defence Campaign.
However, the Glasgow 2 Defence Campaign will continue to fight until all charges are dropped. The breach of the peace charges are still political charges directed against sellers of Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! which if successfully pressed will give the racist imperialisı British police a precedent for stopping the sale of anti-imperialist and communist literature in the streets of britain We are determined to continue the campaign until all charges are dropped, especially in view of the fact that since our comrades have been tions within the party and all opposition parties, as well as effectively removing the the government the soviets.
They felt it was practically necessary to guard the young and desperately weak workers' state from slipping into the hands of the bourgeoisie. They saw it as a temporary measure to enable them to 'hang on' to power until the German revolution came to the ICSUUC In our genuine desire to be seen to be the best released on bail they have faced further harassment.
heir house has beer burgled in mysterious circumstances and the police, without having to be informed, knew of an item of lost property from their house! Kirstin has since lost her job as a result of the week's detention, and Mike lost the opportunity to attend an arranged job interview.
We will continue this campaign until we win and until all harassment of our sellers ceases. To do so we urgently need funds. Please donate generously. Cheques and POs should be made to Glasgow 2 Defence Campaign, 49 Railton Road, Lodon SE24 OLN. MAXINE WILLIAMS, London SE24 fighters for democratic rights against background in which communism is so discredited, must make sure draw a clear distinction between the sorțs of democratic rights which enable the working class to proceed wware the bulding of socialism artd 'democratic freedoms which merely allow the ruling classes to exert their dictatorship over the rest of : us FRED KINGDOM,
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