Eastern Europe Solidarity Campaign, 10 Park Drive, London NW11. Ring 01-458 1501. Labour Focus on Eastern Europe, Box 23, 136 Kingsland High St, London E8.
Polish Solidarity Campaign, 69 Edinburgh Rd, London E13.
Solidarnosc Trade Union Working Group in UK, 64 Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court, London SWS. Ring 01-373 3492.
Solidarity events with Polish workers BIRMINGHAM: Rally February, called by Birmingham Polish Solidarity Committee and the Trades Council.
CARDIFF: March and rally Polish Solidarity Committee on Sai 16 January. Assemble 1.30 at Sophia Gardens for march. Rally at 3pm in Cardiff City Hall with political and labour movement speakers.
GLASGOW: March and rally called by Glasgow Polish Solidarity Committee on Sat 23 January. Assemble 1.30pm, Queen Margaret Drive for march. Rally at 3pm at Patrick Burgh Hall with labour movement speakers.
MANCHESTER: March Greater Manchester Polish Solidarity Committee on Thur 28 January. Assemble 6.30pm All Saints, Oxford Rd for march. Rally at 7.30 at Free Trade Hall with labour movement speakers.
Lancashire association of trades councils back Solidarnosc This County Association condemns the sheer deceit of those who claim to defend Solidarnosc whilst simultaneously, a) conspiring to prop up military dictatorships and states, justifying recime. Its and its incursions into Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and the Seychelles, b) conspiring to nuclear warheads in Europe pointing at the heads of the Polish and other European and Soviet workers as part of their Cold War * sobolcone economies neoreoone contingency plans for the military invasion of Cuba, Grenada and Nicaragua, d) arresting and jailing striking and picketing workers, while seeking Graphic: PETER KENNARD in restrictions to undermine the abilitv of unions their own colines democrațic right to a job, a living wage and sexual and racial equality.
Only the labour and trade union movement internationally can legitimately defend its right to an independent existence. In Poland we therefore call for: a) an end to repression and martial law, b) the release of all political prisoners, c) no intervention in Poland by outside nation and march Sat called by and rally called by other Latin American the racist South African Not Namibia escalate the number of even further legal to pursue the THE IMPOSITION of martial law in Poland represents a severe setback for the workers' movement in Poland and internationally. internment of many of the leaders of Solidarnosc, the crushing of the factory occupations and the rolling back of the gains made by the independent working class organisations have halted the development bureaucratic leadership. However the workers' movement is not defeated.
The resistance goes on.
Solidarnose bulletins are still being circulated clandestinely and passive resistance in the workplace continues. Through such resistance In C establishment of the class struggle has characterised Solidarplace. cannot predict the timescale. But the Polish crisis will be prolonged.
Solidarity Solidarnose is a maior lask for the whole of the left. and will be so for a pro. tracted period There are big opportunities BAILELI the ranks of the workers allu young people for a camraign of solidarity with the But the traditional leadership of the workers movement acts as i block developing The leaders ioin in Cold War mongering and seck to ally Thi silence the lefts deafening.
Their refusal to build solidarity with Solidarnose strengthens The of the and helps the right wing to gain credibility. They weaken themselves by appearing identified with the Stalinist bureaucracy In this situation many of the traditional alliance: within the workers' movement will be upset by the events in Poland and their impact on the political situation. Only the revolutionary Marxists ment oppose the inperialist offensive against the colonial revolution. against Thatcher's austerily policies and are also prepared to organise the anti Stalinist struggle defence the Polish workers.
Socialist Challenge believes that there are iwo tasks. organise support for the Poland. This creates the best conditions for the emergence politically stronger leadership of the rank and file Posa workers Second, Socialist Challenge, representing the most consistently internationalist current also aims to extend its support. Socialist Challenge sup. porters up and down the country should be wearing Dauces selling Socialist Challenge which has had the best record of coverage on the Polish events.
Until now the response of the labour movement in defence of their Polish sisters and brothers has been disgrace Socialists should argue for the TUC and the Labour Party 1o organise support for the Polish workers. We should demand that tions are organised calling solidarity 'cil for an end to martial law * full rights for Solidar*release of all internees * no Soviet intervention The Eastern European Solidarity Campaign the beginning of February for which it is seeking national Labour Party and trade union sponsorship.
Moves are also underway to organise a national nose conference that will lav the basis tor ongoing solidarity action. particularly in the rank and file of the labour movement.
Socialist Challenge opposes the Cold War calls for boycotts of Polish and Soviet goods, proposed by trade union leaders and Presi dent Reagan. who openl supports the suppression of democratic rights in El Salvador.
Contrary to other press reports Solidarnose representatives in this and europe have not called for such boycotts. Nor would they be in the interests of the Polish workers themlabour movement should also have nothing to do with phony "trade union set up to replace It will be just like the other unions in castern Europe, with no right to strike. and with all appointments in the union totally under the control of the ruling party. any contact with these ment should insist that they publicise the TUC's support for Solidarnose.
these organisations. Un-