defend the workers and to defeat the military clampdown.
The events of the past few Have demonstrated yet again that the so-called socialist countries are nothing of Ine kindnev nav lave overthrown capitalism but their bureaucraud will stop at nothing to smash any development of workers' power.
The of the military and the bureaucrats must be broken. There is an alternative to Stalinism and capitalism: system socialist democracy. allowing full political rights to all parties and individuals prepared to ac cept the socialist constitution, will econome. social and political decisions through democratic system of workers councus Real workers' democracy would be an enormous attraction to the workers suffering unger Ine Stalinist and capitalist systems of the East and West. Defeat for the Polish workers would set back the labour movement enormousiy.
Socialists should do everything in their power over ine coming weeks I0 help the Polish workers to struggle for power. West Germany, France, and Italy.
for 'solidarity with Solidarity', the Communist Partv demonstration in Paris on Italian Rome on the 15th. Britain: 1000 people demonstrated in front of the Polish embassv on Sundav 13 December. and turinel demonstration is called for Sunday 20 December Len Murray TUC General The aUc condemns says.
Lies acis or reoression, enie net fer, on European Solidarity should allowed to continue as an in acoenael. lauc union that Military Council should be ended quickly and civilian rule restored, and that Torelen interventon should take place.
The Morning Star, paper Pars me Communist that what is needcreation political partnership between ine Party. sorearry ana other institutions' It states that this 'cannot be achieved military means France: Liberation, an independent newspaper estimated that 100,000 demonstrated throughout rialle In Paris, the Socialist ParCommunist trade unions in a joined the main non 50,000 calling for 'Liberty for alla union rents in roland L'Humanite, of the French CP said that it was all, resses ver Solidarity destroved the hope that was norn tor an morovement oi life in Poland.
Italy: Work stoppages took Monday throughout the events. Some 10.000 vouth marched Illan and thousands in Rome Italian Communist Party said: The blow struck against political solution be conHUNDREDS of thousands in the US and Western Europe immediately took to the streets to protest against the declaration of martial law in Poland. Demonstrations took place in Sweden, Greece, While the international labour movement called various communist parties took a mixed view, with the French boycotting the 50,000 strong 14 December and the CP supporting the huge demonstration in demned. The party asks that civil and trade union liberties restored and guaranteed.
USA: Tens of Inousana.
Americans or Polish. origin organised protest marches in Front ori the Doled Narions United York.
China: ire foreten minister said that China was firm opposed to any joreign in terference in Polish affairs Switzerland: The consulate Berne socialist was mantants Czechoslavakia: General measures saluted as "the only way tor stopping the rise of counter. revo unon ano tor brevenuing imperialism from putting into d of breaking up the unity of the Warsaw Paci 'The fact that the cousn covernment nos cecioed to find a solution by its own resources good thing. Warsaw devastated by the war Hungary to put down the studerts