the state'.
trade union, the against August. the 'signing recognised Solidarnosc.
Meanwhile, mass protest actions continued in Lublin, a city in the South west or rolana, police shot dead five proLeOnic aliveisal y demonstrations. lulicial. vuluay ed a strike by the copper miners.
The Polish authorities tried to dismiss niversary aemonstrations But their extent and size coudn't be ignored. cording to the unofficial sources put the number demonstrated in excess oi 100,000, in at least 12 cities authorities admitted 15,000, but since they only acknowledged demonstrations in eight cities. sunday uney nau acknowledged that place towns in 34 provinces.
The size of the demonstrations more remarkable given the intimidation repression. were killed, Inalter and a whopping 4,050 peosentences are being handed down to many of the arrested demonstrators.
The level of intimidation and repression can be gauged from the following report from Le Monde 'In state of seige from OR. the population began to gather at the meeting designated Solidarnosc, SHOW TRIALS of leaders of the Workers Defence Committee, KOR, are being prepared by the Polish military junta, for 'crimes against KOR played a major role trade union, Solidarns This shows the up to the formation of the free treme desperation of the Jaruzelski regime in aftermath of the mass martial law which occured This was the second anniversary of of the Gdansk on Tuesday numbering wiere une Inousanas, mediately Clalzcu The witnessgas masks'. the an- Lublin This Times, repeated who opened The which But by they fell action again, was even Lenin shipyard, afternoon, and outright people up the well over 100 gathered seriously monument Heavy they their Lech Wojczech gency', and the early 'Freedom Pope at 4 o'clock win"
the demonstrations on 31 accords which afternoon. demonstrators several were and violently by the anti-riot units of the militia which made massive use or tear gas and was equiped with scenario was up and down Poland. And, as we know in Lublin the police even fire the Uli demonstrators. It was impossible for the authorities Which was expressed. So expressed. back the Judicrous explanation that these demonstrations did not involve 'real workers'. Lets listen to Le Monde reporting Gdansk: 'At the exit to the Tuesday 5,000 10,000 workers that made shift Wolls around the dedicated to the workers killed in the riots in 1970. For an hour chanted slogans which left no doubt as to sentiments: 'Free (Walesa), (Jaruzelski), lock 'End the state of emer'Free the interned condemned' for bread for the people', "The must come 'Solidarity will .... Ihen. no sooner had a police officer given the order for demonstrations disperse, than the air was nued WiLl tear smoke demonstrators off). tud the misto the granades and they were joined by numerous other people the LOWI responded (to the police attacks) by and bricks.
SLuliCs CYCU erected benches dustbins. permanent harrying by the police they resisted for five But of course, for Jaruzelski the shipyard workers are not "real workers"!
reality demonstrations show the continunig massive. port Solidarnosc. shows the authority which the newly reorganised naTemporary Committee (1KK) achieved.
Gas This development is a disaster for the Jaruzelski Because it comes on top of its failure to stem the economic crisis. In the first four months of this ell by 10.2 per cent com year, which marked a major decline. This figure was despite the increase COa tion. Production foodstuffs and fodder have markedly, despite given priority. Thus, given the government doubling of the cost of living, revenues have declined by 25 per cent.
This is the background to the decision to go for show trials of the KOR the detonatol gas and (The moved LCal smoke and throwing They barricades and the face Lenin the supCoordinating has already producanimal declined being decree leaders and repression of Solidarnose help have the anti-riot police. The scene as the police attacked the march.
to intensify They have clearly abandoned the illusion that they could split off a collaborationist wing with the of the Catholic hierarchy. In fact Solidarnosc militants and leaders further radicalised during the eight months of In precedented development, the TKK openly criticised Gemp ithe of the Catholic Church for his overtures to the regime. This is the first time for decades that the Church been criticised by recognised The ability to mobilise in the way that they did will stimulate Solidarnosc to develop its resistance to developed its underground to the point where it is organised in early every factory an neighbourhood.
publications sparodically broadcasting radio stations in a number of cities just the highly publicised Warsaw. The debate about how to bring down the regime and the preparation of an all-out strike therefore intensify over the next months. As the Gdansk shipyard workers 'Solidarnose will The beginning of the pro-Solidarnosc march in Warsaw. Within minutes it was visciously attacked by ZOMO, the hated paramilitary police. , These thugs were the main forces to attack the protesters Workers in Gdansk chantad: 'Gestapo!' 'Nazis!' Jaruzelski is dubbed Zomosa.
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