have looked at i • situation in these 'If cne sar socialism means the 'Therefore we havi counted in the same v to be counted in relation to our struggle I'm not equating TesCSN. system of society in East Europe fascist societies. There are some people who say they are two sides of the same I argue contrary to that because they do have a socialised base but-the real point is that with a socialised base or not cannot have socialism democracy, without freedom, free expression of opinion, without the right of workers organise without a free press in the best sense of the word.
I've found a great deal of unpopularity even among some of my friends for saying some of these things. historically they are afraid, rightly afraid, that maybe we might be used and manipulated by enemies of the working class movment throughout the 'But I say to them that we have to point out the opposite view; that if we don't stand up to be counted we are assisting the enemies of the working class movement.
'To come to the real issue: the question of the Polish workers organising to that is what don't want it."
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them in that right.
Because and quite do in with their the now 'But the state apparatus and from party control. It is vital surely in any socialist socie don't have bureaucracy with total centralised control, but you have many areas and centres of power which can offset each 'The most important centre of power must be the independence of the workcreate independent trade Democracy 'If sections of workers independently wish to organise separately free trade unions, even, incidentally, if these were Roman Catholic unions, they have the right to do it and we have to support I hope the Russians are not gong to they when they moved tanks and guns to destroy Czechoslovaks had actually created. Because if they do, it will be much more dangerous to world peace than when happened do they think in terms? If you have a socialised base in these countries but with real democracy and real working class power then the vast Eric Heffer bureaucrats in the That is why we have to say, those in October