SUPPORT for the Polish workers is urgent. The savage measures taken by General Jaruzelski's government, threaten made by the Polish workers, but also the fight for socialist democracy in other Eastern European countries. In this regard, the Polish situation has been likened to the events in Chile in 1973 when the government of Salvador Allende was ousted in Pinochet's military coup and tens thousand:; slaughtered.
Oil roate is nol cale and the likeness is only superficial. First, been military LouPoland. In Chile. leaders of une army conspire with ine and the Brazilian military democratically-elected clical. But in Poland zovernmen cecicec to use mutarv mean:
crush nine independent workers' movement. Coup Talk of a military coup in FoRno misses ine nout. anc lets the ruling Communist Party off the hook. characterises caster european countries is that the state is based on an leaders of the party, the army.
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I any cases. une same not only the gains Chileans were people cal transfer from one branch of the state to another, or even occuov more tnan ore position at the same time.
this the General Jaruzelski simultancousiy munster derence. orme minister and first secretary of the Communist Party polical hale and s declare the Hilallous stalc ui wal lU uC Tena lis orveges ao main tain its monopoly of political whole evolution lowards a revolu ror example. soudarnosi began to take initiatives control stocks and distribution of •foodstuffs in lale vulcautial mismanaceme generale ne rend une began with the formation of towards workers' self UveI une omanon o workolace directors.
increasingly the regional Concernoce leaderships were discussing sine proposes for ac keeping factories going under workers mccu estaonsn emergenc workers plans. the trend towards a confrontation political power came to ahead over the decision to propose a Hallullai ine rade umon on une rune lioning and methoos political structures' The infamous ZOMO riot police The second difference between Poland and Chile was the character of the leadership movement Watesa Allende.
Salvador Allende believed in the importance of a mass movement WUIACIS DUl vue surcuy subordinale lo uc June brotessional politicians in parliament He entirely all such leaders do to bed on the independent ac. build an alternative power tivity and organisation of the workers Accoretay. crucial points in the Chilean the Popular Unity government sought and cutarorisc with the bosses and the army. Army Indeed, the army felt it could overthrow the government and crush the precisely ot this nesitating weakness of Lnt icaucis id.
zaruze ski on the other hand, decided on martial law not because of Solidarnose's vacillating leadership because he feared the consequences of Solidarnose going onto tie dressive the readership of sonear nosc is a rank and file leader. ship that learns its lessons in gle.
crucial turning Solidarnosc leadership stood for one thing above alt else Comtes 1 et worrer could rely upon their own ability and preparednes: to struggle because millions of Polish Slave caucalca in ws key messarı that desnute the renression Poland today and the serious setback suffered by the mass Socialist Challenge moreers have not been cru novement There widesprea: resistance Today, alas, in Chile eight years after the coup :he workers' movement has sti short Ollyska liquidation rank and file of Solidarno: leaders, along the lines of the Chilean slaughter.
Force The Polish regime is ne which is Solidarnosc means or a soviel-inspirea invasic when States' Unica difficult Over tervene in world nollties a did over the Chilean coup the NATO alliance cacaousty the last len years • internano... economic crisis, and by bion peasants of Central America in Asia and Africa The capitalist 21.i0 have been quite over the roland Undoubtedly the enemie: of workers throughout world have been stren by the events there lave Laust oumism decause roland not another Chile.
21 January 1982
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point in Poland over the last months